See, the GGW agenda isn't dead.
A stretch of new sidewalk along Wisconsin Avenue in Chevy Chase is now open. The 0.7-mile sidewalk runs along the east side of Wisconsin Avenue between Grafton Street and Bradley Lane. The street already had a sidewalk on the west side, The Gazette previously reported, but the new sidewalk connects several bus stops in the area. The State Highway Administration built the sidewalk.
More here
Although minor utility work continues along the route, the sidewalk is now accessible to pedestrians and bicyclists.
That's in Chevy Chase, not Silver Spring!
Posted by: Ben Ross | February 20, 2015 at 07:47 AM
Only people who live there can tell the difference.
Posted by: DE | February 20, 2015 at 08:23 AM
It looks great, though I haven't tried it yet. Definitely a benefit for those riding North out of Chevy Chase, or as we call it, Silver Spring West.
Posted by: Crickey7 | February 20, 2015 at 08:27 AM
So here's what happened. I read the headline and started mine, and I thought it was talking about the Green Trail in Silver Spring, which is kind of a sidewalk. Then I read the article, but never fixed the headline. It happens.
Posted by: washcycle | February 20, 2015 at 09:34 AM
Any photos?
Posted by: Jack | February 20, 2015 at 12:08 PM
Just this one.
Posted by: washcycle | February 20, 2015 at 12:26 PM
Google maps has photos of workers building this segment
http://goo.gl/maps/ChXVW
I pass by there all the time and see people walking on it
Posted by: BRett Y | February 20, 2015 at 01:45 PM
That photo is so shopped.
I'm not sure about the cat riding the bike either.
Posted by: DE | February 20, 2015 at 01:55 PM
Why isn't the cat wearing a helmet?
Posted by: Jack | February 20, 2015 at 02:42 PM
I've actually used this twice to get back and forth to Bethesda. That stretch of Wisc between Friendship and Bethesda is one of the few places where I'll wimp out and ride the sidewalk. Despite three lanes and low traffic on the weekends,every time I've ridden it I've been buzzed. Esp nice since with all the salt on the roads,I've been slagging CaBi's through the mess.
Posted by: dynaryder | February 20, 2015 at 04:15 PM
Must be on an early one of his nine lives
Posted by: Washcycle | February 20, 2015 at 07:37 PM
As long as we're on it, that's not a piece of road I have the huevos to ride on, either. However, aren't there some R4-11s somewhere along there?
Posted by: Smedley Burkhart | February 21, 2015 at 09:37 PM
Had to look that up(may use full lane sign). Yeah,they're there,but MD drivers. The first time I rode that strip,it was a Sat afternoon and traffic was super light. I was getting passed like every few minutes. I was taking the right lane,and a woman passed within maybe a foot of me. I caught up to her at a light. She was purposefully looking straight ahead and not acknowledging me. But her sunroof was open so I leaned in a yelled,"YOU MISSED!". Rode the street once more and got buzzed again,so from then on I just used the sidewalk. I only run up there a couple times a year to hit up the comicbook shop,so it's not a big deal.
Posted by: dynaryder | February 22, 2015 at 04:59 PM
Isn't the "Green Mile" the last mile you travel before you die?
Posted by: SJE | February 25, 2015 at 01:58 PM
I ride the "green mile" sidewalk btween friendship heights and bethesda to work every day. And it's been CLOSED for months now bcs of about a 30 feet stretch that is all gravel. I have no idea what they are doing but day to day, it looks like pretty much nothing. any updates would be much appreciated!
Posted by: jeanne | September 04, 2015 at 12:17 PM