Virginia Sqaure to L’Enfant Plaza

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  • May 22, 2015 at 12:53 pm #916884
    Julia Schipper
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    I am starting to commute from VS to L’Enfant Plaza, D street. This week I rode along the Custis Trail and then over the TDR Bridge (is that even the name?) and looped past the Kennedy Center to get back on the route to the mall/past the Washington Memorial and then down MD ave to the garage. Is this the best way or should I go through the cemetery to the Arlington Memorial Bridge? Thanks!

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  • May 22, 2015 at 1:36 pm #1030698
    dasgeh
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    We just had a thread on this from someone asking about Ballston to… somewhere in DC. Can someone link to that? (I’m on a phone)

    Long story short: lots of us would take the TR bridge, some may recommend you get there by taking Key Blvd to Veitch to the Custis, or Clarendon Blvd to Lynn, depending where you are in VA Square.

    I think taking the base to the cemetery is the best commute in dc, but it’s difficult now with new access restrictions unless you’re a federal employee.

    A 3rd option is cutting through Ashton Heights (6th then 7th) to Pershing to the route 50 trail to the iwo jima to the 110 trail to the Memorial Bridge

    May 26, 2015 at 11:42 pm #1030943
    baiskeli
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    I have a close route to yours. This is my low-traffic, low-hill route: I ride down Fairfax, left on Irving, right on 13th, left on Highland, right on Key, left on Veitch to the Custis, which runs next to Lee Highway at that point (with a detour for construction now – just cross Lee and follow Veitch to the trail).

    I take either the Roosevelt Bridge or the Memorial. From the Roosevelt, I take H St. to Pa. Ave. past the White House. To take the Memorial Bridge, you go under it first and then turn right about a quarter mile past. Be very careful at that intersection if you do that, as well as at the crossing of Lynn St. (the “Intersection of Doom”).

    Let me know if you want to ride sometime and get a tour of a route from a grizzled old commuter (me).

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