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[Starduster]

@Judd 225199 wrote:

Detour is going to continue to be in place for another three months.

Looks like one lane of motor vehicle traffic each way. Exposure to turning traffic, but limited. I can live with that to a point. Big question-when will they finish work underneath the bridge so that the trail route can reopen?

[Judd]

@Starduster 225201 wrote:

Looks like one lane of motor vehicle traffic each way. Exposure to turning traffic, but limited. I can live with that to a point. Big question-when will they finish work underneath the bridge so that the trail route can reopen?

My understanding is that the trail detour will be in place until the end of the project in 3 months. With the bridge opened to vehicles, trail users have a pretty long wait to get the signal.

[arlcxrider]

@Judd 225203 wrote:

My understanding is that the trail detour will be in place until the end of the project in 3 months. With the bridge opened to vehicles, trail users have a pretty long wait to get the signal.

Disappointing that the project was scheduled in such a way that 4MR trail users will have to navigate a high-volume street crossing for THREE MONTHS.

[Starduster]

@arlcxrider 225204 wrote:

Disappointing that the project was scheduled in such a way that 4MR trail users will have to navigate a high-volume street crossing for THREE MONTHS.

Yeah, I didn’t expect that. I don’t think we were told, even early on. The trail underneath will be blocked until they finish up and remove the temporary ped bridge. Rode by there today and will confirm everyone’s observations. Not ideal.

Also on the journey, at the end of S. Eads, at the “driveway”, a solitary traffic barrel stands sentry. A second barrel is tucked against the fence, awaiting deployment. I could do nothing with it because a guy was sitting in a parked car there. This is a job for another covert lumberjack…

[huskerdont]

At the new Glebe Road Bridge, note also that westbound they got the ADA ramp a bit wrong and you could easily flat if you weren’t careful. It’s not as bad as the East Basin Drive ramp in DC.

[dbb]

@huskerdont 225225 wrote:

At the new Glebe Road Bridge, note also that westbound they got the ADA ramp a bit wrong and you could easily flat if you weren’t careful. It’s not as bad as the East Basin Drive ramp in DC.

I just got an email from the ArCo project manager who said “We are aware of the issue and it will be an item for the punchlist.”

[dbb]

@Starduster 225184 wrote:

OK fellow lumberjacks: What do we do now?

It seems that some reverse-lumberjacking has occurred

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[Judd]

@dbb 225240 wrote:

I just got an email from the ArCo project manager who said “We are aware of the issue and it will be an item for the punchlist.”

Thanks for e-mailing them. It was on my to do. The FoMVT storage unit is in Shirlington and we are hauling loaded down trailers over this curb and it would totally suck to have to unload and reload a trailer for a pinch flat on the way to an event.

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[dbb]

@Starduster 225184 wrote:

OK fellow lumberjacks: What do we do now?

Just got an email from Dominion that said “Thanks for reaching out. We are working on fixing this issue as soon as possible.”

Their rep has been pretty responsive to me so I’m remaining positive.

[Starduster]

The Columbia Pike/Southgate detour angst updated:

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Thursday of last week. The signage directly on the sidewalk was gone, but the single most *unacceptable* part of this detour remains. No room for error on this ramp.

[mstone]

@Starduster 225348 wrote:

No room for error on this ramp.

per buck v bell, the state has a vested interest in weeding out the gene pool

[Starduster]

I have another item to add to the repair list:

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This is the bridge over Boundary Channel that connects the Pentagon north parking lot with Columbia Island and Lady Bird Johnson Park. Approaching a severe state of decay. Who has juristiction here- The Pentagon Reservation or National Park Service?

[Judd]

@Starduster 225357 wrote:

I have another item to add to the repair list:

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This is the bridge over Boundary Channel that connects the Pentagon north parking lot with Columbia Island and Lady Bird Johnson Park. Approaching a severe state of decay. Who has juristiction here- The Pentagon Reservation or National Park Service?

NPS does. It’s fairly close to needing a complete redecking. Not sure if it’s all the original wood from when the bridge opened in 1977. From pictures I’ve seen of the opening the vertical elements appear to be original except for a few obvious repairs.

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[Steve O]

@Starduster 225208 wrote:

I could do nothing with it because a guy was sitting in a parked car there. This is a job for another covert lumberjack…

I do not know why this would prevent you from moving the barrel. The person in the car may very well see why you are doing it and be supportive. And if not, then what? You ride away, and he moves it back if he’s not too lazy.

[Starduster]

@Steve O 225398 wrote:

I do not know why this would prevent you from moving the barrel. The person in the car may very well see why you are doing it and be supportive. And if not, then what? You ride away, and he moves it back if he’s not too lazy.

Lessons learned from my father the Spy.

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