Rock Creek Bridge demolition will close Rock Creek Trail

Rock Creek Trail in Chevy Chase will temporarily close between the Ireland Trail head and Ray's Meadow Local Park for about two weeks starting Tuesday, March 26, 2019. The closure is due to the demolition of the Rock Creek Bridge, a Doug Duncan-era replacement for the old Baltimore & Ohio railroad trestle that once carried freight trains over the creek there.

A detour (shown in purple on the map above) will route trail users around the closure. At a later date, Purple Line Partners contractors will construct two new bridges over Rock Creek at this location - one for the two light rail tracks, and one for the Capital Crescent Trail. Once again you can get a sense of how a project of this width would destroy the environment if the Purple Line were extended west of downtown Bethesda to Westbard and Sumner, as the Montgomery County cartel is secretly planning to do behind closed doors.