Alexandria is planning to revise the intersection of King Street, Callahan Drive, and Russell Road - located at the foot of the George Washington Masonic Temple with the goal of making the intersection safer, improving pedestrian movements, providing space for cyclists and preventing rush hour back ups. This is being paid for with a grant from the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) to make pedestrian and bicycle safety improvements to improve access to transit.
After a two-year break, the latest concept plan was released late last month. It shows a pair of bike lane on King Street on the west side of the intersection; a 5' wide concrete bicycle path on the south side of the street to the east side of the intersection along with sharrows EB on Kin, for those who'd rather stay in the road.
I have tried as best I can to highlight these:
I'm assuming the path would connect to the bike lanes at W. Rosemont, but it looks like the west side bike lanes end where King narrows as it passes under the railroad tracks.
There's also a new pedestrian crossing of King, better crosswalks everywhere, traffic island removal, and new and moved traffic signals.
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