Trail closed under Roosevelt Bridge — 10/2/18

[accordioneur]

@AlexandriaBiker 181650 wrote:

Is this really a surprise? Like everyone else who rides across Trollheim, they slipped and fell. 😳

I was thinking that this really should be reported on the Report your MVT wooden-bridge accident here. Date, location, circumstances thread

[DrP]

@Erin Potter 181644 wrote:

Came here to clarify this same note.

Also, here’s the quick update I received from NPS:
“Here’s a tweet about the closure. Bikers should detour on DC side by crossing TR Bridge to get north of the trail closure. We are working to open the trail before the evening rush hour, but we’re unsure of when the work will be done.”

Appreciate all of your updates, fine folks of the Forum!

Okay, so those of us who use the trail to get from north Arlington to south Arlington are quite possibly going to need to either do the 110 trail or W&OD to 4MRT trail this evening and tomorrow, is that what I am seeing here? Good to know. I will check here later in hopes of more updates! Thank you all, this is why I joined the forum – trail information.

[consularrider]

@PStokes 181643 wrote:

In addition to the detour that is the subject of this tread (which explains the dudes riding on the GW Parkway!), which took me into DC and down to the 14th St Bridge, where the “stair detour” is located (which by the way you can push your bike up, so no biggie), there was a detour on the 4 Mile Run trail near Shirlington for sewage line repair. A three detour day I guess, keeps things interesting.

Makes me glad I did the Loop variant on Eads and the 110 Trail and skipped Rosslyn. What a Maroon! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8GGpYFmkYI

[ian74]

I’ll be handing out low-fives at the stairs at the 14th St. Bridge today since it seems like everyone is going to have to go that way. See you there #bikearlington!

[TwoWheelsDC]

“So glad I’m a Chain Bridge user” was not something I expected to go through my mind today, but here we are…

[KWL]

@consularrider 181658 wrote:

Makes me glad I did the Loop variant on Eads and the 110 Trail and skipped Rosslyn…

Makes me glad I did a MVT out-and-back going downriver from Crystal City today. A CW Arlington Loop tomorrow may introduce me to the Roosevelt Bridge trench run. What fun.

[ursus]

reopened
https://twitter.com/NPSJennyAS/status/1047216921094103040

[pmf]

Well, I’m getting ready to head home soon. Just so I can enjoy the stairs detour on the 14-th street bridge, I’ll take that, turn left rather than right, head past DCA and pick up the FMR to W&OD trail.

When I stopped this morning at the accident, a woman pulled up beside me riding an electric bike. She said she just took up bike commuting 2 weeks ago. What can I do she asked. She told me she wanted to go to Crystal City. I told her that I planned on going across Roosevelt bridge and weaving my way through DC to my office over by the Washington Monument. She was welcome to follow me and I’d show her to the 14-th street bridge. So I ride through town at 10 mph so she can keep up. We finally get to the stairs detour. She tells me there’s no way she can pick up her heavy electric bike and carry it up those stairs. So I hauled the thing up the stairs for her. I get to the top and there’s this guy standing there with an even bigger, heavier, electric bike. Its got 3 wheels. The tires are literally 4″ wide. Can you help me carry my bike down the stairs? So then I get to go back down the stairs helping him haul this monstrosity of a bike. Electric bikes. Not a fan.

[Harry Meatmotor]

@pmf 181667 wrote:

Electric bikes. Not a fan.

Yeah, but they’re the panacea we’ve all been waiting for to make sure everybody who has money and political power experiences the inconveniences of bike commuting so they can then lobby on behalf of the plebs that ride regular bikes.

[dkel]

@Harry Meatmotor 181671 wrote:

Yeah, but they’re the panacea we’ve all been waiting for to make sure everybody who has money and political power experiences the inconveniences of bike commuting so they can then lobby on behalf of the plebs that ride regular bikes.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry.

[TwoWheelsDC]

That escalated quickly….

[jrenaut]

@pmf 181667 wrote:

So then I get to go back down the stairs helping him haul this monstrosity of a bike. Electric bikes. Not a fan.

On the bright side, your Bike Karma Meter is full for the foreseeable future

[mstone]

@DrP 181617 wrote:

So, is this a chance to get a better trail than slippery wood?

No.

[pmf]

Boardwalk was open this morning! I didn’t even spot any new boards, although my wife claimed she saw some. The stoopid National Park Service site says the trail is still closed. Enjoyed the stairs at the 14-th street bridge — didn’t have to haul a single ebike up or down. Have a great day and enjoy the bike commute — it beats the shite out of taking the metro.

[dasgeh]

@Harry Meatmotor 181671 wrote:

Yeah, but they’re the panacea we’ve all been waiting for to make sure everybody who has money and political power experiences the inconveniences of bike commuting so they can then lobby on behalf of the plebs that ride regular bikes.

I wouldn’t put it this way, but the sentiment is right: ebikes make biking accessible to more people and more people on bikes makes biking safer and better for all (both because drivers see bikes and because they lobby for better bike infra). Note that the woman in the story just started bike commuting — she wouldn’t have been biking had she not had the ebike.

For future reference, this would have been the most straightforward detour without going into DC/taking stairs. This detour is shorter but harder to follow if you’re not used to riding around the Pentagon.

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