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Maine Avenue cycle track progress https://twitter.com/bikepedantic/status/893633310471204864.

Of course soon thereafter Phase 2 construction of the Wharf will start messing up Maine Avenue some more.

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@TwoWheelsDC 163626 wrote:

As of Monday, the storm drain detour at Foundry Branch (just outside G-town) is now in place on the CCT. All things considered, the detour is actually impressively well-executed and signed. I think the wooden ramps (with grip strips) may become problematic as they get worn and the grip strips peel off, which they’re starting to do already, but I didn’t have any problems on them during the torrential downpour on Tuesday. Hopefully they’ll switch to covering the ramps with grip sheets instead of strips, but the ramps themselves are pretty solid otherwise.

Oh, that is what is going on there! Thanks for the link.

BTW, the detour was already being used on Sunday.

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I saw that downed tree very early this morning (about 3:15) while I was heading in the opposite direction, so I saw it well in advance. I would have posted here at that time if I owned a smart phone.

BTW, there were several downed trees between Hamilton Station Road and Ivandale Road on the W&OD this morning. but they probably have been removed by now,

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@huskerdont 163659 wrote:

Done, though I just realized I failed to mention the “trail” between the Kennedy Center and the river. I did mention that the entire MVT except for that section newly redone by the TR Island parking lot is bumpy, divoted, and too narrow to be safe for a heavily used recreational/commuter corridor.

If the Memorial Bridge underpass were in that red box, I would have asked for another pony.

FWIW, I also think that they did an excellent job of redoing the Humpback Bridge and its approaches a few years ago. Remember how narrow the bridge itself was and how steep the western approach was?

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@ursus 163185 wrote:

Can someone post if the Custis is passible for the evening commute? I plan to use it early tomorrow and want to know if I should plan an alternate route.

It was fine.

BTW, the wood on The Citizens Bridge on the W&OD is being replaced. While this is happening the bridge is single tracked. :p

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Can someone post if the Custis is passible for the evening commute? I plan to use it early tomorrow and want to know if I should plan an alternate route.

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@ursus 162630 wrote:

I guess that nothing much has happened this month.

A few things to report. I will do them individually.

Does anyone know why they introduced a very short detour just west of the Belmont Ridge Road intersection on the W&OD? I know of course that they are building an overpass for BR Road, but this goes around a hole west of the intersection. They even paved the detour and painted a line.

The short detour had been eliminated when I was there yesterday (Friday).

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@Tania 163086 wrote:

Transition Tri maybe? They’re not new, they’ve just relocated.

https://transitiontri.com/find-us/

It could be, but then they also changed their name.

Edit: You are correct.

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South of the W&OD in Leesburg in the townhouse development which seems to have been under construction for years there are signs for what I imagine will be a bike store called “Swim Bike Run Shop”. (This is west of the eastern of the two intersections with Catoctin Circle.) Actually it probably is a triathlon store or maybe a tetrathalon store if “shop” is a fourth part.

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@ian74 163013 wrote:

Camera adds 10 pounds

Get a lighter camera.

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I was on the W&OD yesterday. I am happy to report that the Belmont Ridge Road overpass above the trail is now open which means that there is one fewer road crossing on the W&OD. There is still a lot of construction but this is a great improvement.

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@ursus 162834 wrote:

Good news, the exit ramp from the 14th Street Bridge to Maine Avenue eastbound, west of the Fish Market, is closed. Bad news, the sidewalk crossing that probably most people use to cross that ramp has been cordoned off. Maine Avenue eastbound is down to one lane which makes it difficult for a westbound cyclist to go through even after getting off the curb. Eastbound one can go with the slow moving traffic. I was unable to figure out exactly what was going on.

It is fine now. They repaved the ramp including where someone riding on the sidewalk crosses the bottom of the ramp.

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Good news, the exit ramp from the 14th Street Bridge to Maine Avenue eastbound, west of the Fish Market, is closed. Bad news, the sidewalk crossing that probably most people use to cross that ramp has been cordoned off. Maine Avenue eastbound is down to one lane which makes it difficult for a westbound cyclist to go through even after getting off the curb. Eastbound one can go with the slow moving traffic. I was unable to figure out exactly what was going on.

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This may have been mentioned elsewhere, but does anyone know what the purpose of paving a trail over the old bridge just west of Georgetown on the CCT and connecting it to the CCT on both sides? I am sure that anyone who uses the CCT in that area has seen this. Is this going to be the scenic CCT route?

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