14-th bridge ramp closure on the DC side — Done tomorrow 10/26!

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  • October 25, 2018 at 3:22 pm #920716
    pmf
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    I believe the sign says construction until December 1, but its looking pretty close. I asked one of the construction guys this morning when they expected to be done. He said ‘tomorrow’. It’ll be a real treat not to have to go up and down all those stairs every day. And WTF is the purpose of those little metal trays the NPS installed going up the stairs? An assist for wheeling heavy electric bikes up the stairs? All it accomplished was to make the stair case narrower and more treacherous.

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  • October 30, 2018 at 2:54 am #1090896
    bentbike33
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    Monday morning there were what looked like a couple of pieces of a “Road Closed” fence (boards with reflective white and orange diagonal stripes) zip-tied to the sign pole facing inbound riders from Virginia. I thought that to be considerate of someone.

    October 30, 2018 at 12:14 pm #1090918
    huskerdont
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    Standard markings? If folks complain enough maybe we can get one of those orange cones that fixes everything put in front of the pole.

    October 30, 2018 at 12:33 pm #1090919
    mstone
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    @huskerdont 182350 wrote:

    Standard markings? If folks complain enough maybe we can get one of those orange cones that fixes everything put in front of the pole.

    and on both sides of the path. maybe even a maze kind of thing to slow people down for their own good.

    October 30, 2018 at 3:47 pm #1090922
    Judd
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    @mstone 182351 wrote:

    and on both sides of the path. maybe even a maze kind of thing to slow people down for their own good.

    Chicanes everywhere!

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    October 31, 2018 at 12:53 pm #1090927
    zsionakides
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    @bentbike33 182335 wrote:

    The pavement past the light pole could have been extended a bit further down the hill before cutting left,

    I agree with this. I almost ran off the pavement as I was coming through there the first time, as the straw makes it hard to tell where the pavement ends. I can’t imagine adding a little more pavement would have added but a trivial amount of money to the project.

    October 31, 2018 at 6:16 pm #1090933
    lordofthemark
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    “Where is that triangle they were talking about at Coffee Club?”

    “Wait, did I just flat?”

    “Oh, that’s the triangle they were talking about, glad I didn’t flat”

    October 31, 2018 at 6:19 pm #1090934
    Brendan von Buckingham
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    @zsionakides 182360 wrote:

    I agree with this. I almost ran off the pavement as I was coming through there the first time, as the straw makes it hard to tell where the pavement ends. I can’t imagine adding a little more pavement would have added but a trivial amount of money to the project.

    I had the same thought. Enough so that I wonder if they’re planning on relocating the whole huge sign superstructure that spans the highway. That would get the post out of the middle of the trail. Dare to dream. I still can’t believe that cyclists careening down those steps isn’t a daily occurrence.

    At least the new curb cuts that discharge onto East Basin Drive south of the Jefferson are wider. You can actually almost execute the turn.

    October 31, 2018 at 6:28 pm #1090936
    lordofthemark
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    @Brendan von Buckingham 182367 wrote:

    I had the same thought. Enough so that I wonder if they’re planning on relocating the whole huge sign superstructure that spans the highway. That would get the post out of the middle of the trail. Dare to dream. I still can’t believe that cyclists careening down those steps isn’t a daily occurrence.

    At least the new curb cuts that discharge onto East Basin Drive south of the Jefferson are wider. You can actually almost execute the turn.

    My understanding is that NPS plans to redo all the signs on the bridge within – not sure, the next decade I guess – and when that is done, the post in the trail will be moved. Not sooner.

    November 1, 2018 at 1:45 am #1090938
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    @dasgeh 182343 wrote:

    It’s the stairs I fear the most, when I’m biking in the Virginia-bound direction with my kids.

    I am more than happy that no one went *down* the stairs during my shop rides! Especially at night!

    November 9, 2018 at 8:09 pm #1091205
    pmf
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    @lordofthemark 182369 wrote:

    My understanding is that NPS plans to redo all the signs on the bridge within – not sure, the next decade I guess – and when that is done, the post in the trail will be moved. Not sooner.

    Which will, no doubt, involve repaving the ramp …

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