Three bicycle trail advocacy groups have filed a federal lawsuit asking for a restraining order to prevent Maryland from demolishing a bridge across the Potomac River, as they seek a crossing for bikes.
Maryland is building a four-lane bridge parallel to the Governor Harry W. Nice Memorial/Senator Thomas “Mac” Middleton Bridge, which Maryland plans to demolish once the new bridge is complete.
The structures both span the Potomac River from Charles County to King George County as part of Route 301.
The complaints of the Potomac Heritage Trail Association, Dahlgren Railroad Heritage Trail Association, and Oxon Hill Bicycle and Trail Club stem from now-defunct plans to include a bike lane and pedestrian path on the new bridge, a proposal removed from the structure’s plans in 2019.