Trail Closing

[Tim Kelley]

“The bike path will be closed through tomorrow. The pipe needs more work to be done tomorrow.”

[DrP]

Just so people know, the closure is on the Four Mile Run Trail. The closure is small, but there is no way around it and no warnings at the last chance to turn off the trail (Yes, I needed to backtrack last evening). It is between the two exits to Arlington Mill Road. If coming from the South, you should turn off on to W&OD at that nasty little hill by 9th street (between the two fords) or get off on Arlington Mill Road itself, although I am not sure that you can get back on the trail with the access on Arlington Mill Road (no idea what that street looks like). If coming from the North, you should get on to the W&OD at Glencarlyn Park, although perhaps it is possible to go up the exit to Arlington Mill Road (I couldn’t tell from the W&OD) and still no idea what that road looks like. Oh, and you can smell the issue from before Columbia Pike.

Why can’t they post detour signs?

[Steve O]

@DrP 120101 wrote:

Why can’t they post detour signs?

Because, you know, not cars.

[Tim Kelley]

Last update:

“the bike path will be closed until late Thursday.”

[Tim Kelley]

@DrP 120101 wrote:

Why can’t they post detour signs?

Checking….

[Tim Kelley]

@Tim Kelley 120144 wrote:

Checking….

FYI–they say, “We have roadwork ahead and road close sign posted we are working on installing more.”

[consularrider]

You can get back on the 4MRT after the work zone at the western end of Arlington Mill. This morning there were also multiple trucks on the W&OD just east of Columbia Pike (again no warning at George mason). Looks like power pylon work, and I had to deal with one of the trucks backing up some distance.

Another gripe about the road construction crews putting up their “road narrows” sign blocking over half of the narrow 4MRT/sidewalk width at the bride over Long Branch. Two wide lanes on S Glebe there and this is the second time in two weeks they block the trail! A little guerrilla sign movement was called for.

[DrP]

I tried Arlington Mill as a detour last night (thank you for letting me know that worked) after, just for the extra exercise, I rode to the signs telling me the trail was closed because how was one to officially know that it were closed until you got there. Note that these are the same signs as before, basically at the closure, nothing at the intersection before it. There were two traffic cones on the southern Arlington Mill connector with no purpose (they got lost? Ran away? Falls Church policeman wandering the neighborhood?) So this trail closure is just like what they have been doing to the trail along S. Arlington Mill Dr in Shirlington on and off about a week or two ago. Namely, you do not see it until you have to turn around and go back a ways to make a safe change in plans, although in that case at least, you could go around the signs and keep on the trail since they were working to the side. They would never do this to cars – they would have a sign of “road closed ahead, local traffic only” at the last intersection.

[DrP]

Detour signs!

[DrP]

A little late on the update, but trail was open Friday evening, although detour signs were still up (and may have been Thursday evening, but I followed the detour signs then, just in case.).

[consularrider]

Detour signs were still up this morning (at least heading east).

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