Four Mile Run Trail Detour between Meade and Lang

[CaseyKane50]

There is a detour on the Four Mile Run Trail between Meade and Lang. The detour is well signed, but the detour puts you on a poorly maintained and narrow sidewalk. Some cyclists were taking the road eastbound. According to a posted sign, the detour will be in place until September 27.

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[Judd]

@CaseyKane50 193205 wrote:

There is a detour on the Four Mile Run Trail between Meade and Lang. The detour is well signed, but the detour puts you on a poorly maintained and narrow sidewalk. Some cyclists were taking the road eastbound. According to a posted sign, the detour will be in place until September 27.

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I like the hand drawn divider on the sidewalk. The portion of the trail that is closed off is being widened as part of a concession from the construction company doing the adjacent construction. I hope the closure is to do the trail work.

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[CaseyKane50]

@Judd 193207 wrote:

I like the hand drawn divider on the sidewalk. The portion of the trail that is closed off is being widened as part of a concession from the construction company doing the adjacent construction. I hope the closure is to do the trail work.

Yes, the detour is for fixing the trail.

Park and operate construction equipment for demo and reconstruction of 963 linear ft. of Four Run Trail along Four Mile Run Dr. including grading, landscaping and paving…

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[chris_s]

I for one am looking forward to 12 luxurious feet of trail width.

[zsionakides]

@chris_s 193216 wrote:

I for one am looking forward to 12 luxurious feet of trail width.

I would much preferred they use that developer funding to widen and put a barrier on the bridge just west of these buildings where you are directly exposed to Glebe Rd traffic. That is by far the least safe place on this part of 4MR, and actually not hard to fix since the right lane is 14ft+ wide there.

[chris_s]

@zsionakides 193218 wrote:

I would much preferred they use that developer funding to widen and put a barrier on the bridge just west of these buildings where you are directly exposed to Glebe Rd traffic. That is by far the least safe place on this part of 4MR, and actually not hard to fix since the right lane is 14ft+ wide there.

This isn’t funding, it’s the developer actually doing it as part of the building construction contract.

Getting off-site transpo improvements from development is a bigger lift (especially on an affordable housing project) but I’m getting better at it.

[Subby]

Best way around this heading west from DC is go through the Crystal City Connector and ride up 20th Street to Arlington Ridge Road and then absolutely bomb down to behind the Giant and then pick up the trail after/before the detour.

[DismalScientist]

@Subby 193270 wrote:

Best way around this heading west from DC is go through the Crystal City Connector and ride up 20th Street to Arlington Ridge Road and then absolutely bomb down to behind the Giant and then pick up the trail after/before the detour.

Or just go across Arlington Ridge down to Army Navy and pick up the trail again at Glebe and Glebe.

[ChristoB50]

So far riding it both ways each day this week, I don’t find the temporary detour nearly bad enough to warrant any alternate route (specifically re: the in-traffic riding required for Subby’s route, and nasty crossing waiting at the end of Dismal’s route.)

[DismalScientist]

But the alternate routes have a hill, which is good for the soul.

[huskerdont]

Rode through here yesterday. Since I kinda refuse to do any detour that involves putting cyclists on a sidewalk, I just went back down Glebe, right on Mount Vernon, right on Four Mile Road, then through some apartment complexes over to West Glebe (which can connect you back to the trail, although I didn’t do that). Admittedly this would not be good for a daily commute, but it had the benefit of extra distance and a spot of elevation gain.

[lordofthemark]

I keep forgetting to do Army Navy. Another choice (similar to Huskerdonts) would be Mt Vernon Ave to Four Mile Road to Old Dominion to Tennessee back to Glebe (where you must take the lane over the bridge, because the sidewalk is still closed) back to the 4MRT. (edit – you actually have to take Valley from Tennessee to Glebe, but you will hardly notice)

I did not do quite that last night, because I wanted to explore more of Mt Vernon Avenue for complete streets advocacy purposes. So I ended up taking West Glebe from Mt Vernon to a left on Executive (I considered making a left on to Russell, but wimped out). Not the kind of route I would usually take, but it worked.

[Subby]

@ChristoB50 193272 wrote:

So far riding it both ways each day this week, I don’t find the temporary detour nearly bad enough to warrant any alternate route (specifically re: the in-traffic riding required for Subby’s route, and nasty crossing waiting at the end of Dismal’s route.)

You bomb down Arlington Ridge so fast that you aren’t in traffic, you ARE traffic.

[Steve O]

@Subby 193327 wrote:

You bomb down Arlington Ridge so fast that you aren’t in traffic, you ARE traffic.

Given that the speed limit is 25, one may use varying definitions of “bomb.” On that section of Ridge, you can likely coast down at 25.

[ChristoB50]

OMG the new pavement looks like nirvana! Smooth as silk, beautifully wide. I expect that 2 block stretch will be a tiny slice of bliss!

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