Key bridge to DC north of downtown

[DismalScientist]

Try the TR Bridge. It puts you out east of RCP at Washington Circle.

[dasgeh]

I second the TR Bridge. The other option would be Key – M (sidewalks if you don’t like the street, but the street is ok) – Bank or 33rd – Volta – Wisconsin (for a block) Q, use Q to cross Rock Park and continue on your way. I don’t know why someone told you P is bad – Q is quieter (ha), but P is still pretty residential and I’ve never had a problem with it.

[YallahBike]

@dasgeh 33121 wrote:

I second the TR Bridge. The other option would be Key – M (sidewalks if you don’t like the street, but the street is ok) – Bank or 33rd – Volta – Wisconsin (for a block) Q, use Q to cross Rock Park and continue on your way. I don’t know why someone told you P is bad – Q is quieter (ha), but P is still pretty residential and I’ve never had a problem with it.

This is an old post but I found it because I had the same question as the original poster. I just biked to work for the first time today from Arlington to DC (Penn and 18th), and was trying to figure out how to get across RCP so that I could take the C&O trail through Georgetown instead of going down M St to get to Penn Av (M St wasn’t pleasant). You referred to the TR Bridge to get across RCP, can you spell that out please and tell me how I would get to it from the C&O Canal path in Georgetown? Thanks!

[DismalScientist]

TR bridge is the north sidewalk of the Teddy Roosevelt bridge. The east side of it is east of the end of the C&O trail.

Here’s a map between Rosslyn and 18th and Penn: https://maps.google.com/maps?saddr=Rosslyn,+Arlington,+VA&daddr=18th+and+Pennsylvania+nw,+washington+dc&hl=en&ll=38.891734,-77.058663&spn=0.056049,0.035148&sll=38.893596,-77.014576&sspn=0.896761,0.562363&geocode=FRuEUQIdjPdn-ymrsDEqWba3iTHE_i-yx9reoQ%3BFX-PUQId4m9o-ymjY8quu7e3iTH-DktZsUuQ5Q&dirflg=b&mra=ls&t=m&z=15&lci=bike

[YallahBike]

Thank you!

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