One of the shortest corridors on the list, the corridor that runs parallel to Braddock Road could be seen as a neighborhood complement to the Braddock Road sidepath - and likely a more appealing option to that minimal facility.
The corridor is 11 miles long with a 1.5 mile spur. On the west side it runs parallel to I-66, but I just connected it to the I-66 trail there and on the east side it connects to the Lee Meadows neighborhood after crossing Long Branch Stream Valley Park. Along the way it passes through neighborhoods; past parks, an elementary school and shopping areas; and a short way from George Mason and Eagle Bank Arena. For most of the way, it's both a power and gas corridor, but in Centreville, they split up and the shorter one goes south along Little Rocky Run where it meets up with a longer corridor between Middleberg and Lorton (#9 on this list). In the map above, the little blue line in the top left corner is corridor #12.
Near Clifton Road, it connects to two corridors that go north to I-66 and Penderwood and one that goes south to Clifton (Not one of the 12 on the list).
In three places, the corridor is immediately adjacent to Braddock Road, so the existing trail uses it, meaning that this corridor could be a complete trail with four pieces, each of which would be easy to do.
On the east side the a corridor trail would connect neighborhoods and 3 parks all on a route that's flatter than the Braddock Road path.
The center portion has fewer parks but passes two churches, two golf courses and Willow Spring Elementary School. It also has two other corridor connections.
And one of the two west side sections connects to the future I-66 Trail, businesses and a park; and the other follows a stream bed which could host a trail going farther north and south.
It's not very long, and in places a little redundant, but nonetheless the corridor could help make some important connections.
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