Southwest Waterfront redevelopment, Water St. to be closed

@PotomacCyclist 79189 wrote:

Of particular note for cyclists is the removal of much or all of Water Street. The new buildings will be constructed up to Maine Ave. (A cycle track is planned for Maine Ave. See the next post below.)

Thanks for providing all the info in one place. It’s a bummer that Water St. might be closed for a long period of time (it’s on my commute route), but what can you do.

For those looking to get to the Navy Yard/Nats Park/Annacosita area, if you don’t want to ride Maine/M St for the whole length, my suggestions is riding the Case Bridge, and then Maine –> 7th –> I St. It makes the time on Maine short.

Oh my goodness – I’ve only commuted a half dozen times, and this is on my route (pentagon-14thst bridge-water-7th-eye to Navy yard area).

I am very excited about the new development and what it provides for bikes, but I really hope there is some temporary accommodation. I really do not want to ride on Maine Avenue.

@rcannon100 79248 wrote:

Take
14th St Bridge to Jefferson
Bike south towards HP
Halfway between the shorelines on HP, on Buckeye Dr – is an onramp to a bicycle bridge following the Southwest Frwy that will take you to L’Enfant Plaza
From Benjamin Banneker Park at the south end of L’Enfant you can bike into SW
Eye St SW has a bike lane

This will bypass Maine Ave ~ Map hopefully

thanks, I will have to try this.

Part of this looks like it might be a good workaround for avoiding the crowds at the Tidal Basin area during cherry blossom season as well. Thanks for posting the detailed info and map!

@Steve 79233 wrote:

Thanks for providing all the info in one place. It’s a bummer that Water St. might be closed for a long period of time (it’s on my commute route), but what can you do.

For those looking to get to the Navy Yard/Nats Park/Annacosita area, if you don’t want to ride Maine/M St for the whole length, my suggestions is riding the Case Bridge, and then Maine –> 7th –> I St. It makes the time on Maine short.

I rode Maine Ave today for the first time in a while. It’s not so bad at 7am. I’ve never ridden it in the afternoon though. Ugh… I hate detours. The workaround the 4MT bridge removal is already adding a mile+ to my commute. Can we do 1 big detour at a time please?

Additional question – I see that the fishmarket has been left out of these plans, which I’m happy to see… but at the same time maybe a little disappointed. That area needs some upgrades to the facilities. And will there be a better way to deal with the stench that flows out of there? Wow. Some mornings, it can be BAD! I don’t see residents of the brand new nearby, swanky condos tolerating that.

@Steve 84633 wrote:

Update on Water St.:

Yesterday a sign went up stating that starting on or around yesterday (I’m not totally sure if it’s happened yet) that there were new traffic patters and no parking on Water St. It appears that this might just be a change for the northern part of Water. Anyways, it appears that they are trying to keep Water St. open, and just taking away parking while construction starts. This is a very good thing for now.

As a side note, yesterday that had moving trucks pulling all of the furniture out of Phillips. Seems like work is going quickly.

The construction is starting to add just a tad bit annoyance to what had been the easiest bit of street cycliing on my route, the ride on Water Street from the fish market to 7th. The closed sidewalks mean pedestrians are out in the street, and one of the large tracked thingies next to Phillips was stuck far enough into Water Street to require me to ride further left than I prefer.