The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) is beginnig construction of a new bike/pedestrian path over I-395 at Seminary Road this month. The new path will be on a separate bridge, with fencing and gently sloping ramps, making it easier and safer for everyone.
To construct this bridge, the existing bridge will be torn down and users will be temporarily detoured to a barrier-protected walkway on Seminary Road near Mark Center Ave and Kenmore Ave.
The new pedestrian bridge will be open in late spring 2015.
Thanks for this news. Very important that they get this right, even the temporary detour. I always see people using the current bridge (and many are children). There's a middle school, library, and shopping center on one side of the highway, and one of the largest affordable apartment complexes in the area on the other.
I assume cyclists can continue to use the roadway on the high bridge if they are comfortable doing so.
Posted by: scoot7 | December 09, 2014 at 11:59 AM
I have a friend who lives down this way. I look forward to getting just as lost in Virginia on my bike as I do in my car.
Posted by: Crickey7 | December 09, 2014 at 03:28 PM
Tiny steps, Crickey. Take your Capital Crescent Trail/towpath into Georgetown and cross your bridge of choice into VA. Go south along the river on the Mount Vernon trail, turn right onto the Four Mile Run trail at the airport and take to the WO&D trail, turn right on the Custis Trail, turn left at Key Bridge and you're back across the river and safely home w/out ever having ridden on a road.
Seminary is just a bit up from the WO&D at Shirlington if you're feeling especially adventurous.
Posted by: DE | December 10, 2014 at 08:01 AM