Holmes Run Trail Detour – Bridge construction at Ripley Street

[CaseyKane50]

The informational meeting scheduled for tonight (March 14) has been canceled. A new meeting date has not been set.

[CaseyKane50]

The informational meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, March 21 from 7 – 8 pm at the William Ramsay Recreation Center, 5650 Sanger Avenue.

@CaseyKane50 156991 wrote:

The informational meeting scheduled for tonight (March 14) has been canceled. A new meeting date has not been set.

[CaseyKane50]

Here is an update from the City

The Holmes Run Bike Trail project is progressing. Installation of the panels for the first retaining wall started on Monday July 10th. The construction of the second retaining wall along with the excavation for the bridge pier and abutments will begin the first of August. Early winter is the anticipated timeframe for the installation of the bridge superstructure.

It appears that the project is a bit ahead of schedule and might finish before March 2018.

You can see the panels for the first retaining wall in the photo below.

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[CaseyKane50]

The bridge for the project is scheduled to be installed this week. There were delays in the fabrication of the bridge.

Retaining walls have been finished and part of the trail has been paved on the south side of Holmes Run.

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[CaseyKane50]

The bridge was installed today. Contractor thinks they will need four to six weeks to complete project.

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[peterw_diy]

Still not done. Ride the HR trail from the east and there’s a “Sidewalk Closed” sign telling you to cross the street. There should have been additional signage telling trail users to go to Pegram and follow the High Water Detour. Being unfamiliar w/ the area & route I didn’t know that the High Water Detour would get me back on the trail, so I bailed.

[KWL]

@peterw_diy 180044 wrote:

Still not done. Ride the HR trail from the east and there’s a “Sidewalk Closed” sign telling you to cross the street. There should have been additional signage telling trail users to go to Pegram and follow the High Water Detour. Being unfamiliar w/ the area & route I didn’t know that the High Water Detour would get me back on the trail, so I bailed.

Same for me last week. Does anyone know the status of the bridge opening?

[CaseyKane50]

@KWL 180063 wrote:

Same for me last week. Does anyone know the status of the bridge opening?

I talked to the City’s project manager late last week, she indicated at least three more weeks, weather permitting. While the bridge is mostly done, a portion of the railing alongside the trail was torn out by a wayward tree and will need to be replaced before the bridge can be opened.

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The contractor has been significantly delayed in finishing the project due to the frequent rains. The rain or the threat of rain has not allowed the contractor to finish the stream bed restoration.

Further west, at the trail head at Morgan and Beauregard is yet another problem. The recent rains and high water flow have accelerated erosion underneath the trail at the last fair weather crossing along the Alexandria portion of the HRT.

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The City has not begun addressing a fix to this problem. Riders wanting to go west will need to take the alternate trail entrance, just north of Morgan on Beauregard. (Note, the alternate is not fully paved until you reach the fair weather crossing.)

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[CaseyKane50]

I got an email from City staff today, “Bridge is expected to open the first week in September”. Repairs have been made to the railing destroyed earlier this summer
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And the stream bed and embankment appear to have stones in place.

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[JCFlack]

Good news! The new bridge across Holmes Run at Ripley Street opened right after Labor Day. It includes the new ramp to the tunnel under 395. There is still a little bit of cleanup being done, but most of the construction area has been cleared. I understand that there will be a follow-up project to widen and improve the parallel trail (currently very little of this is paved) on the south side of Holmes Run, but this has not started.

@CaseyKane50 180615 wrote:

I got an email from City staff today, “Bridge is expected to open the first week in September”. Repairs have been made to the railing destroyed earlier this summer
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And the stream bed and embankment appear to have stones in place.

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[peterw_diy]

Official bridge-opening celebration and free “safety swag” this Thursday at 10am: https://www.alexandriava.gov/localmotion/info/default.aspx?id=92893

(This was originally scheduled for Tuesday the 6th.)

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