Army Navy Drive Protected Bike Lane

Location

Army Navy Drive between Memorial Drive and South Joyce Street, 22202 View Map

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Status

Construction

Construction will begin in summer of 2025 and is expected to reach completion in spring of 2027.

About the Project

This project will add a two-way protected cycle track on Army Navy Drive between South Joyce Street and Memorial Drive. The bike facility will connect with the new cycle tracks built as part of the Army Navy Drive Complete Streets project between South Joyce Street and 12th Street South.

Project Goals

Build approximately .65 miles of protected two-way bike lanes
Sidewalk and curb ramp improvements
Streetlight and storm sewer improvements

Project Background

The Master Transportation Plan Bicycle Element calls for this segment of Army Navy Drive to be reconstructed with enhanced bike facilities, providing a safe environment for people walking, biking, using transit and driving. Prior to this project, this section of the corridor was identified as a “missing link” for enhanced bicycle facilities by the community during public engagement for the Army Navy Drive Complete Streets project.

This project will extend the reach of existing bike lanes by providing a connection to the adjacent Army Navy Drive Complete Streets project, creating a continuous link to the Crystal City Bike Network.

Public Process

The project team engaged with the community throughout the planning process of both phases of the project.

Summer 2021 - Existing Conditions

In the summer of 2021, the project team shared an online feedback form with stakeholders, community members and through county communication channels to gather and assess the community’s thoughts, ideas, and concerns about the existing conditions at the project location.

Engagement Materials

Winter 2021/2022 - Concept Design Engagement

The project team prepared two concept design alternatives for this corridor that incorporated the feedback received in the existing conditions engagement. We are currently reviewing public input collected during a public engagement on these alternatives to identify a preferred option to advance to final concept design. This engagement featured a virtual public meeting and an online feedback form.

View the Engagement Summary

Engagement Materials:

Public Meeting (January 19, 2021, 7:00 PM, Virtual)

Winter 2022/2023 - Public Information Update

The project team has been working since January 2022 to review public feedback received on the concept design alternatives and incorporate them into the selected concept. Recently, the team began pursuing an opportunity to coordinate this project’s concept design with other adjacent projects to improve the broader context of multimodal connections and route options within the project limits. The project team is working on revising the design of this project to reflect these changes and will be hosting a second, updated concept design engagement on the refined design in Spring/Summer 2023.

Fall 2023 - Project Update Open House

In November 2023, the project team joined staff from other nearby projects for a community open house for transportation projects in the Arlington View and Arlington Ridge neighborhoods. At the open house, attendees could learn more about the projects and speak with project managers about how we got here and what next steps are coming.

For this project, we shared 90% Design drawings of the revised design, which better connects the future Arlington View Connector trail to the forthcoming cycle track on Army Navy Drive.

See the exhibits displayed at the Open House(PDF, 2MB)

Funding

Funding comes from local commercial and industrial tax revenues dedicated to transportation and the County’s infrastructure investment fund for Crystal City.

Contacts

Project Manager

Nick DiTaranto
703-228-4309

Media Inquiries

Claudia Pors
703-228-0745