The Custis Trail is a 6-mile, paved bike trail in Arlington County, Virginia that extends from Key Bridge at Rosslyn westward to Lee Highway (U.S. Route 29) in East Falls Church. The Lee Highway was a National Auto Trail in the United States connecting New York City and San Francisco California via the South US Route 29 is a major north-south route in the Commonwealth of Virginia. 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 Mount Vernon Trail is a popular running and bike path in Northern Virginia that runs from near Theodore Roosevelt Island to Mount Vernon The Potomac River flows into the Chesapeake Bay, located along the mid- Atlantic coast of the United States. This is about the George Washington residence For other uses see Mount Vernon (disambiguation. The Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Regional Park is a popular and unusually-shaped Regional park in Northern Virginia. Purcellville is a town in Loudoun County, Virginia, United States. The Four Mile Run Trail and the Washington & Old Dominion Railroad Trail share parts of its route near its west end.
The Custis Trail was built alongside Interstate 66 (named the Custis Memorial Parkway in Virginia east of the Capital Beltway) and opened in the early 1980s at the same time that the highway did. Interstate 66 (I-66 is an Interstate highway in the eastern United States. Interstate 495 (abbreviated I-495) is a Freeway -class Interstate highway which circles Washington D The 1980s was the decade spanning from January 1 1980 to December 31 1989. 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. Georgetown is a Neighborhood located in the Northwest quadrant of Washington D
External links
- Maps and aerial photos
- Hybrid satellite image/street map from WikiMapia
- 2005 Arlington County pocket bike map showing route of Custis Trail (accessed September 6, 2007)
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