June 2022 Road and Trail Conditions
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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.
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.
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@CaseyKane50 219224 wrote:
The bridge repairs have been delayed by weather and challenges in tearing up the old concrete. The contractor said they expect to finish with the repaving early next week.
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
Pretty embarrassing turn of events on the bridge project in west Alexandria. For the past week or so, no signs of any progress at all. Then today, on Alexandria’s project webpage, a brief note that the project is on hiatus due to “material shortage”.
Then, down at the bridge itself, the project poster has had the completion dates taped-over, an apparent white flag from the city.
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
@Fairlington124 219328 wrote:
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
Pretty embarrassing turn of events on the bridge project in west Alexandria. For the past week or so, no signs of any progress at all. Then today, on Alexandria’s project webpage, a brief note that the project is on hiatus due to “material shortage”.
Then, down at the bridge itself, the project poster has had the completion dates taped-over, an apparent white flag from the city.
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
Yes, it is frustrating, but I would not say the bridge was perfectly functional before the work began. The surface had been deteriorating for several years, exposing the rebar that helps support the bridge structure. What was unfortunate was a supply disruption for the speciality concrete that they were using for the project. Probably should have ensured they had more than enough to finish the project before starting.
As to the sign, the initial dates for completion of the project were incorrect in the body of the text. The title on the sign had the correct dates. Rather than remaking the signs, the city used tape to correct the dates
This picture shows the incorrect dates in the body of the text.
The same sign with tape correcting the mistake.
@Fairlington124 219328 wrote:
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
Here are a couple of pictures from 2019 showing the condition of the bridge surface. You can see that they had attempted to fix the deterioration with patches.
@Fairlington124 219328 wrote:
Carrying this over from the May R&TC thread (can I do that?)
Pretty embarrassing turn of events on the bridge project in west Alexandria. For the past week or so, no signs of any progress at all. Then today, on Alexandria’s project webpage, a brief note that the project is on hiatus due to “material shortage”.
Then, down at the bridge itself, the project poster has had the completion dates taped-over, an apparent white flag from the city.
This is very frustrating because the bridge was perfectly functional up until the moment the city closed it down for repairs, and now an important connector from the Duke Street corridor to Taney Avenue is closed off indefinitely.
The Beatley Bridge has reopened..
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