Construction on the NW Branch Trail near Route 1 in Hyattsville

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  • September 22, 2011 at 2:36 pm #910404
    Greenbelt
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    Don’t know if it’s short term or longer, but they were digging up the trail. Easy work around, though: just take a 50 meter or so cyclocross challenge through the grass around the bridge up to the Route 1 sidewalk, or backtrack a little bit and take the paved park spur up to 41st street by Rhode Island Reds. Here’s the location (hopefully).
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  • October 4, 2011 at 6:47 pm #930712
    ogozi12
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    Thanks for the info pal.

    October 5, 2011 at 12:26 am #930718
    Justin Antos
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    Yeah, I rode by this tonight. Looks like the trail pavement is being re-done? The small footbridge is blocked off with orange plastic fencing. The detour on 41st is not terribly well paved and a little rough going (potholes and mud, bring thick tires), but does enable crossing Rhode Island Ave with traffic. Alternatively, I saw folks riding on the grass up to RI Ave.

    October 10, 2011 at 9:53 pm #930898
    Greenbelt
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    Looks like they’re repaving the basketball court and the trail section. Detour is though the grass or back through a (pothole filled) alley. They were working on it Saturday and today. Here’s the grass version (definitely doable on a road bike, although Wednesday’s rain forecast could create a mudbath):
    [video=vimeo;30340691]http://vimeo.com/30340691[/video]

    October 13, 2011 at 12:16 am #930966
    Justin Antos
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    I rode this again both detours tonight, and I think the cyclocross challenge on the grass up to RI is the lesser of the two evils – slightly preferable to the potholes and mud on 41st Pl, even in the rain. The grass path is almost starting to wear down to a dirt singletrack now.

    October 13, 2011 at 2:56 pm #930979
    Greenbelt
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    Looked like somebody piffed on the sidehill this morning. There was a mud scar with the telltale pattern of a horizontal bike slide.

    October 25, 2011 at 2:51 pm #931397
    Greenbelt
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    I talked to a construction worker this morning. Apparently the CX challenge detour will be with us for about two more months — he said the project was supposed to be done by the first of the year. They’re building a skatepark where the basketball court was.

    November 4, 2011 at 2:07 am #931992
    Greenbelt
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    Here’s the concept plan: it will include a skate park, half-court basketball court, additional parking, and a straightened trail:

    http://www.pgparks.com/Assets/Parks+$!26+Recreation/Your+Parks/Melrose+Park+Concept+Plan.pdf

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