Nov 2019 – Road and Trail Conditions

[DrP]

Happy November!

The storms yesterday and last night brought a tree down on the Custis between the trail heading up towards Veitch (i.e., the trail east of the bridge to nowhere, through McCoy park) and Lee Highway. It looked like maybe you could go under, but I went up and around.

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[rcannon100]

Was the lite post wearing a helmet?

[TwoWheelsDC]

No signs of construction at Banneker Park as of 9am.

[Sunyata]

@TwoWheelsDC 194641 wrote:

No signs of construction at Banneker Park as of 9am.

When I went home yesterday afternoon, they had placed barriers beside the trail and covered detour signs. When I went through this morning, they were still there and the trail was still open.

I expect they will have everything in place sometime today for the detour.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@Sunyata 194678 wrote:

When I went home yesterday afternoon, they had placed barriers beside the trail and covered detour signs. When I went through this morning, they were still there and the trail was still open.

I expect they will have everything in place sometime today for the detour.

Yeah, looked like they did some survey work or utility marking yesterday…planning for a detour tonight.

[arlcxrider]

@TwoWheelsDC 194689 wrote:

Yeah, looked like they did some survey work or utility marking yesterday…planning for a detour tonight.

The county’s “official” detour involves two beg buttons, etc. I think I’ll continue crossing Roosevelt at 16th St, which becomes Columbia St in Falls Church.

[My obligatory “one post” to register for Freezing Saddles.]

[bentbike33]

@TwoWheelsDC 194689 wrote:

Yeah, looked like they did some survey work or utility marking yesterday…planning for a detour tonight.

For the detour (westbound), I recommend exiting the trail at the Roosevelt St. cul-de-sac, up to a left on Sycamore/Roosevelt (there is a median in which to take refuge if you have to wait for the southbound cars to clear) for the short hop to a right onto 16th/Columbia. Then either past Bikenetic or all the way out to Little Falls, and right back to the W&OD. See this ride.

[Tania]

@bentbike33 194699 wrote:

For the detour (westbound), I recommend exiting the trail at the Roosevelt St. cul-de-sac, up to a left on Sycamore/Roosevelt (there is a median in which to take refuge if you have to wait for the southbound cars to clear) for the short hop to a right onto 16th/Columbia. Then either past Bikenetic or all the way out to Little Falls, and right back to the W&OD. See this ride.

You are my detour guru.

[TwoWheelsDC]

@bentbike33 194699 wrote:

For the detour (westbound), I recommend exiting the trail at the Roosevelt St. cul-de-sac, up to a left on Sycamore/Roosevelt (there is a median in which to take refuge if you have to wait for the southbound cars to clear) for the short hop to a right onto 16th/Columbia. Then either past Bikenetic or all the way out to Little Falls, and right back to the W&OD. See this ride.

Seems a lot longer and more involved then just taking the path from the basketball court to Sycamore to 19th, no? Admittedly I refuse to take the signed bridge construction detour and just take the sidewalk on Fairfax Drive because I’m ultimately headed to Westmoreland, not the W&OD further west…so maybe that’s why your route makes less sense to me.

[bentbike33]

@TwoWheelsDC 194707 wrote:

Seems a lot longer and more involved then just taking the path from the basketball court to Sycamore to 19th, no? Admittedly I refuse to take the signed bridge construction detour and just take the sidewalk on Fairfax Drive because I’m ultimately headed to Westmoreland, not the W&OD further west…so maybe that’s why your route makes less sense to me.

Yes, I’m going west on W&OD. Also, I don’t like riding on sidewalks, and the Columbia St. stoplight at Lee Hwy (Washington St/Route 29) is well behaved.

[dasgeh]

@bentbike33 194699 wrote:

For the detour (westbound), I recommend exiting the trail at the Roosevelt St. cul-de-sac, up to a left on Sycamore/Roosevelt (there is a median in which to take refuge if you have to wait for the southbound cars to clear) for the short hop to a right onto 16th/Columbia. Then either past Bikenetic or all the way out to Little Falls, and right back to the W&OD. See this ride.

This seems to work westbound, but I would STRONGLY recommend against it eastbound — the sightline at the intersection of Columbia/16th St & Sycamore/Roosevelt is VERY BAD.

Also, it’s December.

[Judd]

@bentbike33 194710 wrote:

Yes, I’m going west on W&OD. Also, I don’t like riding on sidewalks, and the Columbia St. stoplight at Lee Hwy (Washington St/Route 29) is well behaved.

Is it harder to see potholes and junk on the recumbent?

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