Long Bridge Drive Multimodal Connection

• Streets Element: the County's Complete Street Policy (Streets Element Policy #4.2) informs the scope of this project to improve safety for all road users, including people walking, biking, taking transit and driving
• Bicycle Element: This segment of Long Bridge Drive is included in the Bicycle and Trail network as a primary bicycling corridor with an existing bikeway (striped bike lanes)

• The 2021 Vision Zero Action Plan calls on County Transportation staff to take a proactive approach to safety, to eliminate severe and fatal crashes from our transportation network by 2030
• Separating vulnerable road users (people walking and biking) from motor vehicle traffic is a core, effective tool for eliminating severe and fatal crashes before they occur.
• Providing a multi-use trail that fully separates people walking and biking is an essential safety tool for a corridor that provides motor vehicle access to a major interstate, especially when we anticipate a significant increase in bicycle and pedestrian traffic along the corridor in the coming years.

• Strategic Direction #2 of the Public Spaces Master Plan calls for the County to "[i]mprove the network of trails to, between and within public spaces to increase access and enhance connectivity"
• Priority Action 9.2.1.5 further specifies that the County should "[c]reate safe routes to parks and other public spaces by filling gaps in sidewalks and trails that connect public spaces to neighborhoods, schools, transit stations and other County facilities"

Additionally, the corridor serves the Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center and Long Bridge Park and provides a direct link between high-density residential and commercial neighborhoods with public space, facilities, and multi-use trails for transportation, recreation and activity.

The project team has developed a preliminary concept design for the Long Bridge Drive corridor between Boundary Channel Drive and S. Clark Street / 12th Street S. The concept design was informed by your input, alongside Board-adopted plans and policies, operational and safety data, and staff observations.

The proposed multi-use trail would connect the Crystal City and Pentagon City neighborhoods with the Mount Vernon Trail and the future Long Bridge walking and biking connection to Washington DC. The concept design is below, along with two focus areas where multiple concepts were developed for your input.

Engagement Resources

• Concept Design Roll Plot(PDF, 10MB)
  • Two Concepts: Intersection at Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center / Boundary Channel Drive(PDF, 513KB)
  • Two Concepts: Single or Split Trail(PDF, 674KB)

As part of this public engagement opportunity, we asked for your feedback on a preliminary concept design for the corridor. There were two ways to share your input:

Attending the public open house

We held a project open house on September 26, 2024 from 5:00pm-7:30pm at Long Bridge Aquatics & Fitness Center. At this meeting, attendees learned more about the project, checked out the concept design, and spoke with project staff about how we got here.

Learn More and Save the Date

Share input in the online feedback form

We collected feedback about the concept design in an online feedback form. This short online portal provided an introduction to the concept designs, asked a few questions about how the new design might impact your use of the corridor, and then offered an interactive map to gather your location-specific input. The online feedback form was open through September 29, 2024.

Share your Feedback

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What We Heard

We appreciate everyone's input online and in-person. We've compiled comments into an engagement summary.

Fall 2024 Engagement Summary

For the initial public engagement opportunity, the project team shared what we've learned as we've reviewed the existing conditions along Long Bridge Drive and gathered input from the community on their experiences in this corridor. We are using this feedback to inform a concept design for the intersection, which we’ll share back with the community for input in 2024.

Engagement Summary - Existing Conditions and Experiences

• Feedback Form Comments(PDF, 108KB)
• Interactive Map Comments(PDF, 2MB)

The now-closed Online Feedback Form is available for review using one of the links below:

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