June 2021 – Road and Trail Conditions

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  • June 6, 2021 at 11:30 am #922335
    consularrider
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    Just because it’s a new month. FYI, the tourists are back in NYC

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  • June 10, 2021 at 3:35 am #1114390
    Smitty2k1
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    NPS bringing some seriously nice infrastructure improvements to the Mall and surrounding areas. Some disruptions expected but it seems like most work will be done this year.

    https://www.nps.gov/nama/learn/management/improving-multi-use-trails-around-the-national-mall.htm

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    June 13, 2021 at 9:47 pm #1114395
    ursus
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    I was riding westward on the W&OD early this morning. Soon after I crossed the new bridge, I came to a barrier at Little Falls Street with no indication of a detour. How is one supposed to continue westward?

    June 14, 2021 at 11:39 am #1114396
    consularrider
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    The detour used to be marked, Little Falls to Fairfax Dr/Lincoln St to West St and back on the W&OD

    June 14, 2021 at 4:56 pm #1114398
    scoot
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    @consularrider 210898 wrote:

    The detour used to be marked, Little Falls to Fairfax Dr/Lincoln St to West St and back on the W&OD

    Even when the W&OD is open, this is a nice alternative to be familiar with. Since I first learned about Lincoln Ave, I have never returned to the official route (aka the stop sign olympics) through there again except for group rides.

    June 15, 2021 at 12:43 pm #1114397
    DrP
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    After the heavy rain last night, there were some minor effects on the trails.
    I did an Arlington Loop before 8am, sticking to 4MRT between Shirlington and Glen Carlyn park. Mostly tree litter, a few puddles, mud on the underpasses for West Glebe and Wilson, and flooding on the two usual fords (Carlin Springs and by the Arlington Mill Community Center. There is a tree down on Custis east of the I-66 underpass (just east of the entrance from the pedestrian bridge accessing the trail on the other side of I-66 (this was part of the detour last year). Easy to get over and I am sure that there is someone who could jump it.

    June 16, 2021 at 12:53 pm #1114403
    Tania
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    @scoot 210901 wrote:

    Even when the W&OD is open, this is a nice alternative to be familiar with. Since I first learned about Lincoln Ave, I have never returned to the official route (aka the stop sign olympics) through there again except for group rides.

    Used this today and will keep using it. Thanks!

    June 21, 2021 at 9:22 am #1114412
    ursus
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    @consularrider 210898 wrote:

    The detour used to be marked, Little Falls to Fairfax Dr/Lincoln St to West St and back on the W&OD

    I used it yesterday. A detour sign is up now heading west but directs one south, not north.

    June 22, 2021 at 10:52 am #1114424
    consularrider
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    @ursus 210927 wrote:

    I used it yesterday. A detour sign is up now heading west but directs one south, not north.

    Park St as an alternative has been touted before, but has more stop signs.

    June 22, 2021 at 4:37 pm #1114425
    ursus
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    @consularrider 210936 wrote:

    Park St as an alternative has been touted before, but has more stop signs.

    It is also longer.

    June 23, 2021 at 7:21 pm #1114437
    n18
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    Pedestrian bridge collapsed earlier today in NE DC over 295, next to Lane PL. See this Google Maps link, and this Street View. It was caused by a truck that hit the bridge or its supports. It seems that no one was on the bridge, and few people had non-life threatening injuries. The bridge was last inspected in February and deemed structurally sound. Traffic is blocked both ways on 295, and not expected to clear before tomorrow.

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/pedestrian-bridge-collapses-onto-295-in-dc-6-hurt/ar-AALm8Ou

    June 24, 2021 at 5:48 pm #1114439
    LhasaCM
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    The update from this morning was that the truck had a boom arm that was not lowered and so that hit the bridge itself. (There’s also a dashcam video taken from someone driving the other way.) So while the bridge was in need of replacement sooner rather than later, that was a secondary factor to the impact.

    June 24, 2021 at 6:45 pm #1114442
    n18
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    Found the dashcam footage:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JkYj3bZGiPU

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