#FSWormhole

[Kbikeva]

The Reston pathway system is world-class in terms of connectivity within Reston. It is maintained by a very responsive maintenance crew and in the summer the paths are a refuge for those on 2 wheels.

This wormhole connects parts of the Turquoise Trail that crosses Steeplechase Drive by going UNDER the road. While Steeplechase is generally a low-traffic road and there’s a crosswalk across it to continue on the Trail, one side is distinctly UN-wheel friendly. Note: do not use this wormhole when it’s been raining for 2 or 3 days.

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The reason to use the wormhole:

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The location of the wormhole. To see it in context, use google maps to search “Steeplechase Dr” and turn on the bicycling function. The bright green lines that go over Steeplechase are the indicator you’ve found the area. Just don’t take those.

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[bikesnick]

This is a reprise from my find of last year.

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There are 3 connections to this wormhole: E Street SW (at the corner of 2nd SW), G Street SW (at the corner of 2nd SW) and S Capitol Street (under the Southwest Freeway, 695).
Between E and G there is a staircase, down and up, to portage your bike and curb hops. The exit to S Capitol Street requires winding, about 1/4 mile, through a parking lot.

Entrance from G St SW
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Entrance from S Capitol St SW
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Entrance from E Street SW
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[Laurie E.]

@LuisFilipe 202990 wrote:

We are back from the future. Go tell your old self to buy some TP.

I am sponsoring the Wormhole prize this year again, and recognize Boomer, bikenick as winners of the 2020 edition and SteveO has the OG of Wormholes.

Could we have the #FSWormhole added to the leaderboard?

RULES:

Have you ever bent the spacetime continuum on a ride and wondered how did I get there so fast and yet it seemed slow?

If the concept of time is just something to be toyed with, then this prize is for you!

What’s a wormhole? It’s kinda like you know it when you ridden through it.

******* EDIT *******

I am going to edit this rule from last year: Once a wormhole has been identified, that is it others can go interstellar on it but they won’t get a further point.

CHANGE: Even if it’s identified/claimed by someone else and you ride through it, you can still ### it and gather a point.

The whole point of this side quest is make our connections between places easier, so go on and hypercyclespace your away around.

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Claim your spatial discovery on Strava with #FSWormhole and give it NAME (ie: The universe’s most inadvisable wormhole) and describe it here, post photos etc.

We have some previous explored wormholes from the past edition, which if you get to ride them this year you can claim but as always there are extra points for novelty and quality of wormholes.

What makes a quality wormhole? You know it once you ridden through them, if it brings a smile to you face you are doing it right, if it almost kills you talk to Steve.

Ride on,

Filipe

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[Laurie E.]

@LuisFilipe 202990 wrote:

We are back from the future. Go tell your old self to buy some TP.

I am sponsoring the Wormhole prize this year again, and recognize Boomer, bikenick as winners of the 2020 edition and SteveO has the OG of Wormholes.

Could we have the #FSWormhole added to the leaderboard?

RULES:

Have you ever bent the spacetime continuum on a ride and wondered how did I get there so fast and yet it seemed slow?

If the concept of time is just something to be toyed with, then this prize is for you!

What’s a wormhole? It’s kinda like you know it when you ridden through it.

******* EDIT *******

I am going to edit this rule from last year: Once a wormhole has been identified, that is it others can go interstellar on it but they won’t get a further point.

CHANGE: Even if it’s identified/claimed by someone else and you ride through it, you can still ### it and gather a point.

The whole point of this side quest is make our connections between places easier, so go on and hypercyclespace your away around.

********************

Claim your spatial discovery on Strava with #FSWormhole and give it NAME (ie: The universe’s most inadvisable wormhole) and describe it here, post photos etc.

We have some previous explored wormholes from the past edition, which if you get to ride them this year you can claim but as always there are extra points for novelty and quality of wormholes.

What makes a quality wormhole? You know it once you ridden through them, if it brings a smile to you face you are doing it right, if it almost kills you talk to Steve.

Ride on,

Filipe

Wormhole to nowhere!

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[Boomer Cycles]

@Laurie E. 205302 wrote:

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That wormhole looks vaguely familiar [emoji6]

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[huberww]

Here are wormholes that are east of Tysons and may help access Tysons (and downtown McLean) from the east and south.

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Lewinsville Park Backdoor Span – footbridge at the dead end of Warner Avenue gets you into the back of Lewinsville Park by the community gardens, ride out to Old Chain Bridge and go right. On-street bike lane into downtown McLean. (Pro tip: Greenberrys Coffee “downtown” on Beverly Ave has a large, well-ventilated, screened-off outdoorish space, though rather shady.)

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Westbury-‘Garity – Cut through from end of Westbury to Davis Court. Riding west towards Tysons, pop up onto the sidewalk by the Bike Trail sign and ride past the dead end of Westbury and out onto Davis Court. Davis Court becomes Magarity Road on the other side of Great Falls Street. Magarity is a good way to access the Tysons area and is much less trafficked than Dolley Madison/Route 123. This wormhole may be unnecessary for those who access Davis Court via Evers Drive.

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Streets in the Southridge neighborhood (near McLean HS, between Great Falls St and Westmoreland) have all been recently-paved, so this neighborhood is a smooth sailing alternative to Great Falls or Westmoreland for those coming up from Falls Church.

Now, ride up Magarity for the next set of wormholes.

[huberww]

These wormholes/cut throughs/bike infrastructure provide reduced traffic options to get to and across Route 123 from Magarity Road

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No Mo Ol’ Meadow – Kennedy Drive from Magarity to the top of Old Meadow, which has a new on-street bike lane down to McLean Metro Station. Kennedy Drive is within the Dolley Madison Apartments complex; a lift gate is usually down to prevent cars from using this cut through, but a bike can ride past without dismounting. (Despite the pastoral name, no meadow exists on Old Meadow any longer.)

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Scotts Run Trail — I would not term this brand-new multi-use trail a “wormhole” per se, but it is worth checking out for the fun serpentine section going up/down the hill. This trail runs from Magarity Road, access alongside Westgate Elementary, down to Old Chain Bridge Road close to the Kiss & Ride at McLean Metro. Check it out!

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Mitre Cut (Through) – Colshire Drive within the Mitre Corp campus is a good cut through from behind the Anderson Road Safeway (and Lost Dog Café). From traffic circle a new bike lane goes down to McLean Metro and Route 123. Along the way, you will travel through the intersection of Old Chain Bridge Road which is the end of the Construction Wormhole. Travel west on Old Chain Bridge across bridge to access the lower terminus of the Scott’s Run Trail.

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Construction Wormhole – see post # 76 — Old Chain Bridge closure. On the other side of the parking lot and jersey barriers, there’s a swell bike lane with no vehicles.

Cross Route 123 to get to the new Wegmans in the Capital One complex or ride on, up and over the Beltway into Tysons itself, on the new bike lane on Scotts Crossing. View looking across Route 123/Dolley Madison up Scott’s Crossing. A pretty decent climb up and over the Beltway to Jones Branch!

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[chuxtr]

https://futurism.com/the-byte/astrophysicist-travel-through-wormholes?ref=thefuturist

He must be competing for this pointless prize!

[huberww]

Scott’s Crossing Road – In the context of the tangle of freeways in this vicinity (including the Beltway, Dulles Access Road, and Route 123), Scott’s Crossing may qualify as a wormhole, despite being a multi-lane road. Scotts Crossing is a recently-completed connection from McLean Metro Station across Route 123/Dolley Madison, past the Capital One complex, over the Beltway, to Jones Branch Drive, which has on-street bike lanes that will allow to travel freely through Tysons.

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The climb from Route 123 to the top of the Beltway will get your heart pumping! This a great way to access Tysons from McLean/Falls Church/Pimmit Hills that is currently relatively traffic free.

https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/jones_branch_connector.asp

[Boomer Cycles]

@huberww 205338 wrote:

Scott’s Crossing Road – In the context of the tangle of freeways in this vicinity (including the Beltway, Dulles Access Road, and Route 123), Scott’s Crossing may qualify as a wormhole, despite being a multi-lane road. Scotts Crossing is a recently-completed connection from McLean Metro Station across Route 123/Dolley Madison, past the Capital One complex, over the Beltway, to Jones Branch Drive, which has on-street bike lanes that will allow to travel freely through Tysons.

The climb from Route 123 to the top of the Beltway will get your heart pumping! This a great way to access Tysons from McLean/Falls Church/Pimmit Hills that is currently relatively traffic free.

https://www.virginiadot.org/projects/northernvirginia/jones_branch_connector.asp

I went through that wormhole last night, but took the Metro elevator to the sky bridge above, rather than risk crossing the intersection of doom during rush hour traffic. I’m still assembling photo evidence before posting it on this thread.

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[Boomer Cycles]

@huberww 205330 wrote:

Mitre Cut (Through) – Colshire Drive within the Mitre Corp campus is a good cut through from behind the Anderson Road Safeway (and Lost Dog Café). From traffic circle a new bike lane goes down to McLean Metro and Route 123. Along the way, you will travel through the intersection of Old Chain Bridge Road which is the end of the Construction Wormhole. Travel west on Old Chain Bridge across bridge to access the lower terminus of the Scott’s Run Trail.

I used the #mitre cut through wormhole myself last night, too. It’s a wonderful wormhole!!

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[LuisFilipe]

@huberww 205330 wrote:

These wormholes/cut throughs/bike infrastructure provide reduced traffic options to get to and across Route 123 from Magarity Road

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No Mo Ol’ Meadow – Kennedy Drive from Magarity to the top of Old Meadow, which has a new on-street bike lane down to McLean Metro Station. Kennedy Drive is within the Dolley Madison Apartments complex; a lift gate is usually down to prevent cars from using this cut through, but a bike can ride past without dismounting. (Despite the pastoral name, no meadow exists on Old Meadow any longer.)

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Scotts Run Trail — I would not term this brand-new multi-use trail a “wormhole” per se, but it is worth checking out for the fun serpentine section going up/down the hill. This trail runs from Magarity Road, access alongside Westgate Elementary, down to Old Chain Bridge Road close to the Kiss & Ride at McLean Metro. Check it out!

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Mitre Cut (Through) – Colshire Drive within the Mitre Corp campus is a good cut through from behind the Anderson Road Safeway (and Lost Dog Café). From traffic circle a new bike lane goes down to McLean Metro and Route 123. Along the way, you will travel through the intersection of Old Chain Bridge Road which is the end of the Construction Wormhole. Travel west on Old Chain Bridge across bridge to access the lower terminus of the Scott’s Run Trail.

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Construction Wormhole – see post # 76 — Old Chain Bridge closure. On the other side of the parking lot and jersey barriers, there’s a swell bike lane with no vehicles.

Cross Route 123 to get to the new Wegmans in the Capital One complex or ride on, up and over the Beltway into Tysons itself, on the new bike lane on Scotts Crossing. View looking across Route 123/Dolley Madison up Scott’s Crossing. A pretty decent climb up and over the Beltway to Jones Branch!

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ALL HAIL THE UBER huberWW the Uber rookie of wormhole explorations. 9 WormHole discoveries in an urban Jugle….!!!!
I am still tabulating extra points like a pinball machine that lost its tilt function, but you are getting extra points some for sure for Beating Boomer to the punch. (That’s his wood) You went there and claimed it. Well played. +1 POINT just for that.

10 Points for now, + more to be warranted during the WOW report (Oh yeah these make the list).

Ride on.
f.

[Steve O]

@bikesnick 205299 wrote:

This is a reprise from my find of last year.

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There are 3 connections to this wormhole: E Street SW (at the corner of 2nd SW), G Street SW (at the corner of 2nd SW) and S Capitol Street (under the Southwest Freeway, 695).

Last year I dubbed this the baddassiest wormhole of all time (B-Woat!). Check out my posts with more photos and my fawning review: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?15973-Wormhole-pointless-prize&p=198484#post198484

I maintain that, IMHO, this wormhole remains the baddassiest of all time.

[Steve O]

Today I reprised the alternate to the Universe’s Most Inadvisable Wormhole (UMIW), which connects the 14th St. Bridge with Boundary Channel Drive, but does not require riding the wrong way on I-395.
Last year’s post describing this wormhole: http://bikearlingtonforum.com/showthread.php?15973-Wormhole-pointless-prize&p=197888#post197888

Today, though, I request special bonus points for riding the muddy, rutted, rooty, single track wormhole on my fixie. I felt some trepidation on the approach, but conquered it without dismounting or putting a foot down.

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Oh, yeah. This wormhole needs a name. I was thinking Tip Jar Wormhole, but that’s pretty obscure (if you know why, you are a true wormholer!). How about:
Humpback South Hole

[Steve O]

A little shortcut for when you are traveling north on the Mt. Vernon Trail after passing the airport parking. So you are late for your date at Buffalo Wild Wings or Highline or another establishment on Crystal Drive…or over on the 23rd St. stretch of restaurants. Don’t go ….all…the….way… to the CC connector tunnel. No.

After passing the second water fountain, cyclo-cross over to the traffic light
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You will likely have to Idaho the light, because it will not detect your bike. Take a left onto the overpass and exit at Crystal Drive
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Voila! Crystal Drive next to the volleyball courts. Proceed from here to your destination.
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