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No, VDOT did not continue the Fairfax County Trail on the new section of 7100.

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Sometimes on roadways bridges there are “Bridge May Be Icy” or “Bridge Ices Before Road” signs so what about “Slippery when Wet” signs.

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The Eclipse condos are planning to Fence off the the temporary dirt trail from 4-Mile Run to Potomac Ave.

https://groups.google.com/group/alexandriabpac/browse_thread/thread/53a204cf35b5ac5f

FROM: jfox DateTime: Apr 6, 9:28 am

At the Eclipse board meeting on April 4th it was said that Pulte
(builder of the condos just south of 4-mile Run) plans to fence off
access from the bridge/road level to the 4-Mile Run bike trail
level.
The area is to the immediate west and north of Potomac Ave bridge,
between the Eclipse condos and $-Mile Run.
This undeveloped access is used by many walkers and bikers from the
adjacent buildings (the Eclipse and the Camden), Crystal City, and by
bike commuters.
That small patch of land (1.2 acres) is actually in Alexandria, not
Arlington
(see http://gis.alexandriava.gov/parcelviewernet/viewer.htm )
CDD # 10, Parcel 008.03-02-01, Address 1317, Parcel Area 1.2 A,
Parcel No. 7, Block No. 4, Legal Lot No. (510)
Potomac Avenue bridge over 4-Mile Run is an ideal point of access to
the 4-Mile Run Trail for pedestrians and bicyclists,
as current use demonstrates. But there is no definite plan to build
bike access there. The master plans are ambiguous on that point.
There is no developed access from Four Mile Run Trail to Potomac
Avenue (which connects to Crystal Drive going north and to Potomac
Yards going south).
The only current ‘developed’ access between 4-Mile Run bike trail and
Crystal City or Potomac Yards in this area is
1) exit 4-MileRun bike trail at US-1 (at BMW/Porsche of Arlington)
and either
– go north one block, cross at S. Glebe
– go south 1/2 block and cross at light at Alexandria Toyota &
Potomac yards Mall
these intersections are dangerous for bicyclists and
pedestrians because vehicles making turns
are not regulated by a light, US-1 is six lanes wide at
these points, and there is heavy traffic.
2) bike north on GW/Mt Vernon bike trail, enter Crystal City about
1 mile north near 18th St.
The 4-Mile Run master plan ‘envisions’ pedestrian access to the Run,
but does not describe bicycle access between the Run and any point
east of US-1 (meaning that access to Crystal City or Potomac Yards
would mean crossing US-1)
And who knows how many years it will be before any access improvements
are made.

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