According to Mayor Len Carey, the fence on the north end of the Riverdale Park Station Section of the Rhode Island Avenue Trolley Trail was recently taken down (November 9th as I understand it) meaning that the trail is that much closer to completion.
Though trail users have been able to bridge the gap since last year, that was on a temporary route that detoured a couple of blocks to the west. The fence was on the short section between Woodberry and 47th Street which isn't long, but the fence meant trail users had to take a mult-block detour. The section between Woodberry and Van Buren doesn't appear to have been built yet. And I don't know if the section from Van Buren to the old detour point on the south side of the parking lot is done yet. But those would be the only two remaining pieces. Not sure when those will open.
Still it now means trail users can follow a much more direct route on the trail and Rhode Island Avenue where it isn't yet built.
Yay! I hated that fence.
Posted by: Richard B | November 13, 2018 at 07:18 AM
I have been riding through there periodically this fall (all the rain has meant the flooding on portions of the NE Branch Trail has gotten pretty bad - this is a good alternate) and in recent weeks it's been possible to use 47th St, one block east - the road that passes the end of the new bridge - to bypass the portion of trail that has not been finished and the fence.
Posted by: Purple Eagle | November 13, 2018 at 07:22 AM
Yay! I hated that fence.
Posted by: Richard B | November 13, 2018 at 10:06 AM