June 2022 Road and Trail Conditions

[Henry]

Please note: the Four Mile Run Trail is scheduled to have two sections closed with major detours starting the first week on June and lasting many months.

West Glebe Bridge underpass.

From the County: The segment of the Four Mile Run trail at the intersection of South Glebe Road and West Glebe Road will close in two phases starting the week of June 6 as part of the West Glebe Road Bridge reconstruction project.

Phase 1: Daily closures of the trail segment will take place the week of Monday, June 6, from 7:00 A.M. to 4:00 P.M. The trail will reopen for the weekend.
Phase 2: The trail segment will close starting on the week of June 13, 2022 and will remain closed until Spring 2023.
Detour: During trail segment closures, trail users should stay on the upper trail next to South Glebe Road and on South Four Mile Run for about 0.25 miles to reconnect with the trail. Signs will be posted to direct traffic.

Dominion Power Glebe Transmission Lines project.

From the Dominion Power May 31 email: On May 11, 2022, we held a virtual community meeting and provided information on construction scheduled to begin this summer. A recording is available on our project website.
We also shared plans to keep the Four Mile Run Trail in operation by building a temporary boardwalk which allows trail users to quickly bypass construction outside the substation and let our crews work safely and efficiently. It will take approximately four months to construct the boardwalk. Until work is complete, a temporary detour, known as the Glebe Road detour will be needed. We are pleased to announce Arlington County and the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) have approved our detour plan. The plan is attached for your reference.
We expect to close the trail around the substation the week of June 6, 2022. The Glebe Road detour will be in place and re-route trail users along Route 1, Glebe Road, and South Eads Street. Adjustments will be made to the sidewalk on Route 1 and the traffic pattern on Glebe Road to accommodate the new traffic.

[DCAKen]

The Rock Creek trail will be closed between Virginia Avenue and Monument Circle (Lincoln Memorial) from June 1 to 15 as they open the tunnel under the Roosevelt Bridge and reconfigure the “Belvedere”.

“UPDATE: From June 1-15, construction on upgrades to the bike & pedestrian path between the Kennedy Center & the National Mall will force a closure of the trail along the Potomac. Detours will be clearly marked at Virginia Avenue & Parkway Drive.”

[Starduster]

Much-needed repairs to the Theodore Roosevelt bridge, including the wider sidewalk deck we have been lobbying for, are moving forward: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/06/01/roosevelt-bridge-rehab-expected-to-bring-new-paint-job-and-wider-sidewalks/?fbclid=IwAR32arzIxs98IEXVs0YnlCDq1gHvmNsYcEQepjG3brpxsqLqt2dBYuCHnc8

[Starduster]

@DCAKen 219220 wrote:

The Rock Creek trail will be closed between Virginia Avenue and Monument Circle (Lincoln Memorial) from June 1 to 15 as they open the tunnel under the Roosevelt Bridge and reconfigure the “Belvedere”.

“Mommy, what’s a Belvedere?”

[ursus]

@Starduster 219246 wrote:

“Mommy, what’s a Belvedere?”

It’s an old Plymouth. Perhaps there is one abandoned on the trail.

[arlcxrider]

@Starduster 219246 wrote:

“Mommy, what’s a Belvedere?”

The “Belvedere” was intended to be the monumental termination of Constitution Ave. The TR Bridge and its gawdawful tangle of ramps turned it into a vestigial oddity.

[CaseyKane50]

@arlcxrider 219254 wrote:

The “Belvedere” was intended to be the monumental termination of Constitution Ave. The TR Bridge and its gawdawful tangle of ramps turned it into a vestigial oddity.

[sjclaeys]

@arlcxrider 219254 wrote:

The “Belvedere” was intended to be the monumental termination of Constitution Ave. The TR Bridge and its gawdawful tangle of ramps turned it into a vestigial oddity.

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[Starduster]

@Starduster 219223 wrote:

Much-needed repairs to the Theodore Roosevelt bridge, including the wider sidewalk deck we have been lobbying for, are moving forward: https://www.arlnow.com/2022/06/01/roosevelt-bridge-rehab-expected-to-bring-new-paint-job-and-wider-sidewalks/?fbclid=IwAR32arzIxs98IEXVs0YnlCDq1gHvmNsYcEQepjG3brpxsqLqt2dBYuCHnc8

Additional detail from The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/transportation/2022/06/02/roosevelt-bridge-updates/

[Starduster]

@CaseyKane50 219257 wrote:

This would make a hell of a Jeopardy question. I knew of its past- look on a Google map and you will see the lineup of trees planted along the original route. Now I must find a photo of this spot *before* it was forever changed by the freeway ramps of the TR Bridge.

[CaseyKane50]

@Starduster 219266 wrote:

This would make a hell of a Jeopardy question. I knew of its past- look on a Google map and you will see the lineup of trees planted along the original route. Now I must find a photo of this spot *before* it was forever changed by the freeway ramps of the TR Bridge.

Here is a picture taken during construction. You can clearly see the Belvedere and the trees lining Constituion Avenue.

[arlcxrider]

@CaseyKane50 219267 wrote:

Here is a picture taken during construction. You can clearly see the Belvedere and the trees lining Constituion Avenue.

The TR Bridge was a planning calamity not easily undone.

[mstone]

@arlcxrider 219268 wrote:

The TR Bridge was a planning calamity not easily undone.

Just think how much easier it would be to navigate if they’d just connected up the street grids instead of building expressways to nowhere.

[Starduster]

I went looking for photos of this configuration, pre-1950. That was difficult. It was easier to find its history, starting with where Tiber Creek became the Washington Canal, which became B St. NW, which became Constitution Ave. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Constitution_Avenue

[Starduster]

An update from my fall coming home from AFCC last weekend. I finally went back to the “scene of the crime” and did some accident reconstruction. This was a bus stop on S. Clark St, at 23rd St. S., Crystal City, Arlington. On any other day, I would be taking a lane on this street. I didn’t on Saturday because race course fencing was still up, and I was determined to find a detour. Which I paid for. I had evidence- chalky concrete dust well up the sidewall. [ATTACH=CONFIG]29060[/ATTACH] Instead of riding the curb edge [ATTACH=CONFIG]29061[/ATTACH] I tiptoed around the back side of all the sign structures. [ATTACH=CONFIG]29062[/ATTACH] I thought this bit of concrete did me in, [ATTACH=CONFIG]29063[/ATTACH] but look at the drop-off from concrete to grass. I did not see this in time. [ATTACH=CONFIG]29064[/ATTACH] To be fair, this hazard can happen anywhere. Be safe, all!

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