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Canal Rd and the GW Parkway
Posted by: Super Why? ()
Date: March 18, 2018 08:44PM

Why is there a road all along both sides of the river?

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Re: Canal Rd and the GW Parkway
Posted by: Ranarfon ()
Date: March 21, 2018 10:23AM

I am curious too

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Re: Canal Rd and the GW Parkway
Posted by: You are so stupid ()
Date: March 21, 2018 10:32AM

To help motorists get to where they need to go.

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Re: Canal Rd and the GW Parkway
Posted by: Fairfax Resident 2 ()
Date: March 21, 2018 10:33AM

This is due to the many NPS parks along both roads. On the MD side is the C&O Canal. The roads were designed for park access only, not to be commuter routes.

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Re: Canal Rd and the GW Parkway
Posted by: Mister Knowitall ()
Date: March 21, 2018 01:11PM

The original idea was to have another parkway on the Eastern side of the Potomac to run from great falls to Wilson Bridge.
Portions of this road were built, as evident in what is known as the Clara Barton parkway. You can thanks the citizens of d.c. for putting the halt to it's completion.
This was only partially built and you can still see bridges crossings without roads along it.

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Re: Canal Rd and the GW Parkway
Posted by: Engineer Ernie ()
Date: March 21, 2018 01:23PM

Canal Road basically from Chain Bridge to Foxhall is bounded to the east by significant cliffs. Neighborhoods (such as Palisades) have long existed on top of those. The same cliffs exist on the VA side, but the GW Parkway is on top of them, thus explaining the Scenic Overlooks.

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