Pedestrian Bridge Opens in Aspen Hill
The Veirs Mill Road project received $5.3 million in federal and state funding.
State and county officials, designers and cyclists celebrated the opening of the multi-million dollar Rock Creek Pedestrian Bridge on Saturday in Aspen Hill. The span is suspended like an airy green tunnel over busy Veirs Mill Road and includes artistic engravings reflecting the area's industrial past. It connects two parts of Rock Creek Hiker-Biker Trail over the road at its intersection with Aspen Hill Road just southeast of Twinbrook, eliminating the need for cyclists, hikers, runners and pedestrians to cross the road in order to stay on the trail. "It's already becoming kind of a landmark in the county," said Mary Bradford, director of Montgomery County Parks, who led Saturday's official opening of the bridge, which has been open to …
