ASPEN HILL, MD—The Montgomery County Department of Parks is set to begin construction this week on a new pedestrian bridge for the Rock Creek Hiker-Biker Trail. A small section of the trail around the construction area will be closed to traffic. Signs directing traffic to temporary trail access will be posted.
The project is expected to be completed on or before September 2010. The work will include trail approaches, spur trail and sidewalk connections to the adjacent community, trail and sidewalk pavement, trail and bridge lighting, fencing, piers, abutment wing walls, a retaining wall, bridge deck, trail signage, landscape plantings and other work necessary to complete the project.
Once completed this new state-of-the-art pedestrian bridge will provide safer crossing of Viers Mill Road (MD Route 586) for Rock Creek Hiker-Biker Trail users.
The Rock Creek Hiker-Biker Trail runs approximately 18 miles from Beach Drive at the Washington DC line to Lake Needwood in Rock Creek Regional Park.
For a map of the Rock Creek Hiker-Biker Trail and more on the county’s trails system, visit www.MontgomeryTrails.org.
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Contact:
Kelli Holsendolph
Media Relations Manager
Montgomery County Department of Parks
301-650-2866