If you drive the beltway in Maryland you've probably seen them working on this. I'm not sure how useful it would be to a bike commuter (as I've never biked the area myself) but they are calling it a bikeway.
On Wednesday, a ribbon-cutting was held for the $7.7 million Forest Glen Pedestrian Bridge on the west side of Georgia Avenue between Locust Grove and Forest Glen roads. The bridge and bikeway allows access to the Forest Glen Metro station and retail outlets across Georgia Avenue.
The quarter-mile pedestrian and bike bridge spans three Capital Beltway ramps. The bridge, paid for mostly by county money, was built to provide safer and more convenient access to the Forest Glen Metro station.
Its usefulness is limited. It's not worth it to cross Georgia to get to it if you're traveling north. But if you don't like dealing with cars leaving and entering the beltway ramps at the same time, it's perfect. It's a very good thing for pedestrians, though, as most of the crosswalks were not visible to Georgia Ave. traffic. Now, if we can get them to extend the Northwest ranch trail past the beltway . . .
Posted by: kevin | September 11, 2006 at 02:53 AM