Custis Trail

Custis Trail
map of the Custis Trail

The Custis Trail is a 4-mile, paved bike trail in Arlington County, Virginia that extends from Key Bridge at Rosslyn westward to the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail.[1] It connects at its east end to the Mount Vernon Trail, which continues east and south along the Potomac River to Mount Vernon and at its west end to the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail, which continues northwest to Purcellville, Virginia.

The Custis Trail was built alongside Interstate 66 (named the Custis Memorial Parkway in Virginia east of the Capital Beltway).[2] The trail opened in the early 1980s at the same time that the highway did. Because the trail directly connects to the Key Bridge into Georgetown and to the Mount Vernon Trail, which provides easy access to the other three downtown river crossings, it is a popular bicycle commuter route.

References and notes

  1. ^ Bike Washington Custis Trail, Bike Washington website.
  2. ^ "Arlington Virginia List of State Roads". Environmental Services. Government of Arlington County, Virginia. 2009-07-14. http://www.arlingtonva.us/Departments/EnvironmentalServices/cpe/row/EnvironmentalServicesState.aspx. Retrieved 2010-08-23. 

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Coordinates: 38°53′14″N 77°07′02″W / 38.887239°N 77.117361°W / 38.887239; -77.117361


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