Dec 2022 Road and Trail Conditions

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  • #922772
    Henry
    Keymaster

    Starting the Monthly Thread.

    Sunny and clear, but chilly, today.

    Watch for frozen leaves.

    Henry

    #1122089
    Starduster
    Participant

    This alert is documented with images from November, but still…

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    This is the older section of the Doctors Run connector, which starts at S. 12th St & S. Quincy, and joins up with the newer illuminated section (connected to Randolph Elementary School) and on down to S. George Mason Dr. Pavement here has become severely broken up, and flaking away on the outside in spots, enough so that if I were still leading rides, I could no longer send my group through here with any feeling of safety.

    This stretch *is* a part of the 12th St. Bike Boulevard. Who do we petition to get it repaired?

    #1122094
    Steve O
    Participant

    I am pleased to report that the dangerous, forest-green, steel bollard on the bridge over the NW Branch of the Anacostia, just south of the turnoff to Maryland Meadworks has been removed.

    Old – from Google trail view
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    New – no bollard
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    #1122003
    consularrider
    Participant

    @Steve O 220790 wrote:

    I am pleased to report that the dangerous, forest-green, steel bollard on the bridge over the NW Branch of the Anacostia, just south of the turnoff to Maryland Meadworks has been removed.

    Old – from Google trail view
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    New – no bollard
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    This one’s for Steve O – They couldn’t be bothered to relocate this single utility pole on a brand new extension of the Jackson Creek Trail in Bloomington, IN. Those traffic cones make all the difference. :rolleyes:[ATTACH=CONFIG]29167[/ATTACH]

    #1122149
    Henry
    Keymaster

    Anyone see any closures on the 110 Trail? We got this post on Twitter but have been able to lay eyes on it.

    “It looks like some underground cable installation might be about to happen along the 110 Trail. Will trail access be affected?”

    Also checking with County sources.

    Henry

    #1122135
    arlcxrider
    Participant

    @Henry 220917 wrote:

    Anyone see any closures on the 110 Trail? We got this post on Twitter but have been able to lay eyes on it.

    “It looks like some underground cable installation might be about to happen along the 110 Trail. Will trail access be affected?”

    Also checking with County sources.

    Henry

    Nope, open this morning. But a plethora of orange construction fencing in the area.

    Is this a county trail, btw? If so, it could do with a repaving, and the center stripe is very faint.

    #1122162
    arlcxrider
    Participant

    Construction fencing is gone. I suspect it had something to do with “Wreaths Across America,” to keep people from parking willy-nilly along 110.

    #1122159
    Henry
    Keymaster

    Yep, that’d be my guess. They had it up on the other side, too, over by the Pentagon.

    #1122192
    KaMi
    Participant

    Didn’t ride today because of the possible freeze this afternoon but just saw this: https://wtop.com/dc/2022/12/beer-truck-hops-over-jersey-wall-on-14th-street-bridge/

    Re-route from DC to VA would have sucked this morning if I was riding!

    #1122190
    bentbike33
    Participant

    @KaMi 221058 wrote:

    Didn’t ride today because of the possible freeze this afternoon but just saw this: https://wtop.com/dc/2022/12/beer-truck-hops-over-jersey-wall-on-14th-street-bridge/

    Re-route from DC to VA would have sucked this morning if I was riding!

    What a mess. I wonder how long the bike/ped lane will be out of commission?

    #1122170
    bentbike33
    Participant

    Watch out riding the W&OD, especially westbound, at Idylwood Park. There is ice covering the trail on the curve at the bottom of the hill.

    #1122176
    Steve O
    Participant

    @bentbike33 221059 wrote:

    What a mess. I wonder how long the bike/ped lane will be out of commission?

    It was back in commission by about 2PM on Friday (or earlier). That’s when I rode by the site. They are using temporary chain-link fence as the barrier between the sidepath and the highway traffic.

    #1122203
    LhasaCM
    Participant

    @Steve O 221076 wrote:

    It was back in commission by about 2PM on Friday (or earlier). That’s when I rode by the site. They are using temporary chain-link fence as the barrier between the sidepath and the highway traffic.

    They also added some chain link fencing on the river side where the railing took a bit of a hit and was a bit dented.

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