Upcoming Four Mile Run Trail closures

[Bike-Ped Manager]

Starting December 2nd and running for approximately 6 months, a short section of the Four Mile Run trail in Potomac Yard near the junction with the Mt. Vernon Trail will be closed during most commuting hours due to demolition of a bridge overhead.
A detour will be provided, but many riders may find it better to pick an alternate route to avoid the construction area altogether.
The detour – designed for ADA compliance, not necessarily bicycles – diverts traffic off of the trail onto the Jeff Davis Hwy west side sidewalk and also at the new switchback ramps to cross US1 at the S. Glebe Road signal. For those who are game, the switchback does incorporate a flight of stairs with bike rails built in.
The trail will be closed from 5am to 7pm Monday thru. Friday; and 8:30am to 6:30pm Saturdays. For the most up to date information, trail users are encouraged to check http://www.novaregion.org The demolition project is being managed by the Potomac Yard Development LLC. Issues and comments should be directed to [URL=”http://stephen.collins@pultegroup.com”%5Dstephen.collins@pultegroup.com%5B/URL%5D

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[elbows]

Could this be used as an additional justification to get the Army Navy Country Club connection moving any faster than its current rate? 4MR is already a detour to Columbia Pike due to the crappy bike connectivity there.

[chris_s]

@elbows 128263 wrote:

Could this be used as an additional justification to get the Army Navy Country Club connection moving any faster than its current rate?

The 4MR Trail work will be done before Arlington could even finish designing the ANCC connection. It’s not a small or quick project due to the steep hill over there.

[DrP]

I was quickly looking through the Arlington County page. Is this just the section from basically the airport to Shirlington? Or even not as far a Shirlington? Couldn’t they restripe Glebe with one lane in each direction, a center turn lane and bikes lanes on either side for the traffic?

[scoot]

@DrP 128274 wrote:

Couldn’t they restripe Glebe with one lane in each direction, a center turn lane and bikes lanes on either side for the traffic?

Since Glebe is a VDOT road, the guerrilla approach is our best bet:

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[Arlingtonrider]

I hope they’ll at least keep FMR trail open between Shirlington and Mt. Vernon Avenue. We’ll be majorly screwed if they don’t.

[mstone]

@scoot 128339 wrote:

Since Glebe is a VDOT road,

Hey, speaking of Glebe, how does one goose the semi-annual sweeping of the gravel at the intersection with Fairfax?

[DrP]

@mstone 128348 wrote:

Hey, speaking of Glebe, how does one goose the semi-annual sweeping of the gravel at the intersection with Fairfax?

It needs to be more frequently than that with the construction site there. I go through that intersection very slowly to keep an eye out for sharp objects that might possibly pop my tires.

[Starduster]

@Arlingtonrider 128343 wrote:

I hope they’ll at least keep FMR trail open between Shirlington and Mt. Vernon Avenue. We’ll be majorly screwed if they don’t.

Has anyone published a map of the affected area, so we can look accurately at our alternate route options?

[elbows]

@chris_s 128264 wrote:

The 4MR Trail work will be done before Arlington could even finish designing the ANCC connection. It’s not a small or quick project due to the steep hill over there.

I realize that, but sometimes when you majorly inconvenience a stakeholder, you think about what you can give them in exchange. That ANCC connection easement was approved in 2012 and we are at something like the mid 20s or 30s for provision.
A lane of Glebe is a better option than my suggestion but I was just trying to throw something out. On the other hand, ANCC is within Arlington’s wheelhouse, I believe. http://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2014/07/E-6-Army-Navy-Country-Club-Emergency-Access-Drive-.pdf

[chris_s]

@elbows 128361 wrote:

I realize that, but sometimes when you majorly inconvenience a stakeholder, you think about what you can give them in exchange. That ANCC connection easement was approved in 2012 and we are at something like the mid 20s or 30s for provision.
A lane of Glebe is a better option than my suggestion but I was just trying to throw something out. On the other hand, ANCC is within Arlington’s wheelhouse, I believe. http://arlingtonva.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/18/2014/07/E-6-Army-Navy-Country-Club-Emergency-Access-Drive-.pdf

These projects are great opportunities to highlight to those power what a disproportionate burden these sort of closures place on people trying to get around by bike, largely because we have so many fewer safe route options. That sort of comment fertilizes the ground so that when BAC & WABA go to bat at budget / Capital Improvement Plan time for moving up & prioritizing bike projects they can grow a bountiful harvest.

[Steve O]

@mstone 128348 wrote:

Hey, speaking of Glebe, how does one goose the semi-annual sweeping of the gravel at the intersection with Fairfax?

Try reporting it through the my VDOT reporting site. I have had good luck with that.

[dbb]

The sidewalk along Glebe by the wastewater treatment plan could be made passable fairly quickly. It has, alas, suffered from a couple of decades of inattention.

[Author]

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