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The Best Ride You Can Take

The single greatest thing a person can do--for health, for the environment, for traffic congestion and time management--is to ride a bike to work. If every adult American pedaled to work just one day per week, we'd reduce auto emissions by 92 million tons of CO2 per year, burn 5.1 trillion calories (shedding a collective 1.5 billion pounds) per year, ease traffic congestion, save time (no need to go to the gym that day) and reduce stress with the simple pleasure of riding a bike.

Steve Madden; Bicycling Magazine

Arlington's multi-use trails, bike lanes, and routes can take you where you want to go! Take a ride to do errands in an urban landscape or relax in a natural environment on trails along our stream valleys. Here's a few links to help plan your ride.

 

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Bike Rides

These loop rides cover most areas of Arlington County. They are good for a Saturday morning ride, after-work stress reliever, or even a lunchtime rides.

  • East Falls Church - Westover - 5.5 miles
  • Potomac Overlook - 6.3 miles
  • Heart of Arlington - 10 miles
  • Lubber Run - Barcroft - 5.6 miles
  • Arlington Ridge - Aurora Highlands - 5.8 miles
  • Grand Tour - 18.2 miles
  • Visual Art Tour - 14.0 miles
  • Arlington History Bicycle Tour- 23.0 miles

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    Construction and Detours

     

    According to the National Park Service, the Humpback Bridge Replacement Project on the George Washington Parkway is set to begin in January 2008. This project will improve safety for motorists, bicyclists, and pedestrians as well as improve traffic flow. The project includes:

    • Replacing the historic Humpback Bridge, using similar materials and configuration of the existing bridge, to feature wider traffic lanes, a new acceleration lane for northbound traffic from the I-395 on-ramp, and a separate wider lane for users of the Mount Vernon Trail.
    • Adjusting the grade of the road to improve sight distance over the bridge.
    • Replacing a pedestrian crosswalk with a tunnel under the Parkway for safe access between the Columbia Island Marina, the Mount Vernon Trail and the Potomac shoreline.
    • Providing a barrier along the Humpback Bridge to separate users of the Mount Vernon Trail from Parkway traffic — Closing the northbound vehicle entrance into the Columbia Island Marina and Lyndon Baines Johnson Memorial Grove parking areas.
    Construction is scheduled to be completed in Spring 2010. For more information on this project, visit the National Park Service's project Website.