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Conservancy warns repairs to trestles will close large section of Virginia Creeper Trail
Summary
The Virginia Creeper Trail Conservancy told the Washington County Board the worst‑off trestles will require closures that could shut the trail above Taylors Valley during repairs; bids are planned for early October and work aimed for a Dec. 1–March 1 window to limit peak‑season disruption.
Lisa Quigley, executive director of the Virginia Creeper Trail Conservancy, told the Washington County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 24 that two trestles on the upper trail — identified as Trestle 30 and Trestle 31 near mile marker 24 — require significant structural work and will need to be closed while crews repair them.
Quigley said the two trestles have no road access and can only be reached through the trail, so closure of the bridges "means…
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