W&OD 2-month Closure for Four Mile Run Stream Repair near N. Madison St.

[Henry]

Arlington County will be undertaking an emergency construction project along Four Mile Run starting on February 11, 2019. The project will add soil and stone to the north bank of Four Mile Run between Ohio Drive and Patrick Henry Drive to protect the Washington & Old Dominion trail. The project will stabilize the stream bank, limit future erosion and address the current safety concerns for users of the trail.

The W&OD and Four Mile Run trails in this area will be closed to users during construction. A detour has been established.
Construction will begin around February 11, 2019 and will take approximately 4-8 weeks.
• The WO&D trail will be closed for approximately 4 weeks.
• Four Mile Run trail will be closed for the duration of construction.
• A short trail detour will be in place (see web site link for detour map).
• Clear directional signage will be provided along the detour route.
https://projects.arlingtonva.us/projects/four-mile-run-stream-repair/
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[Starduster]

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Wow. I haven’t ridden along here in a while. We’ll deal with the detour. Just get that fixed, stat!

Madison St. alternate preferred.

[Tania]

@Steve O 186962 wrote:

The official detour does not take you much out of the way–I suspect it adds less than 2 minutes–and if you take Madison instead of Manchester, there’s not even a hill.

However, I would never want to deprive you of the Military rollers.

I wasn’t going to be anywhere near that part of the W&OD on my route into work.

[accordioneur]

@huskerdont 186978 wrote:

Note that the trail portion of the detour isn’t really the kind of place for fancy cycling. It’s more of a neighborhood trail for dog walkers and such.

Please share that sentiment with the 2,000 or so Lycranauts who buzzed me this morning when I was out for a run on that section of the trail.

[musclys]

@dasgeh 186951 wrote:

Do drivers ever get frustrated where there’s no bike lane and you take the lane?

There’s always one. But that’s on them.

[mstone]

@Starduster 186980 wrote:

Wow. I haven’t ridden along here in a while. We’ll deal with the detour. Just get that fixed, stat!

It’s ok, because there’s orange plastic.

[DismalScientist]

An alternative if you are continuing on the Custis is to cross the bridge at Ohio over I-66 and take 14th and 11th east across Patrick Henry and turn right on Kennebec to Fairfax and the Custis trail. I hesitate to suggest this alternative because I would prefer to keep you riffraff on the south side of the freeway.

[consularrider]

@DismalScientist 187029 wrote:

An alternative if you are continuing on the Custis is to cross the bridge at Ohio over I-66 and take 14th and 11th east across Patrick Henry and turn right on Kennebec to Fairfax and the Custis trail. I hesitate to suggest this alternative because I would prefer to keep you riffraff on the south side of the freeway.

Might as well just do the 10th Rd/Manchester hills. If it’s still going on in May, stop by my house for a cup of coffee. :p

[bentbike33]

@DismalScientist 187029 wrote:

An alternative if you are continuing on the Custis is to cross the bridge at Ohio over I-66 and take 14th and 11th east across Patrick Henry and turn right on Kennebec to Fairfax and the Custis trail. I hesitate to suggest this alternative because I would prefer to keep you riffraff on the south side of the freeway.

I was scouting routes like this around the detour today and saw the sign on the trail-block fence set off the trail says the detour will start February 18, not 11. Any more updates we should know about?

[DrP]

So, on Sunday there was a sign on the W&OD at the planned southern cutoff about the trail closing on the 18th. I gather that it did not close yesterday then?

[josh]

@DrP 187339 wrote:

So, on Sunday there was a sign on the W&OD at the planned southern cutoff about the trail closing on the 18th. I gather that it did not close yesterday then?

Yep, was still open around 7pm tonight.

[Boomer Cycles]

I just rode by it last night, and it was still open. I assume it will remain open through Presidents Day.

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[Brandon]

Still open this morning

[zsionakides]

When I went by this evening there was a road closed sign at the intersection with the Custis trail blocking further progress west bound. I wasn’t travelling through that part of the W&OD, so I can’t confirm that it’s actually blocked in the construction zone, but signs are up.

[bentbike33]

The trail was still intact and even had been brined past the detour signs about 5:45 pm. I went through as usual along with FFG.

[Starduster]

@bentbike33 187647 wrote:

The trail was still intact and even had been brined past the detour signs about 5:45 pm. I went through as usual along with FFG.

When I went by Sunday, signs were up, areas were taped off for equipment, but still open. I gather that’s still the case. They *should* get rolling on this repair *soon*. Erosion is already undermining the trail bed in one spot. And today’s weather might make matters worse.

[Author]

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