Hi, Maintenance?

If you're wondering what this

did to the Eisenbahn State Trail in Washington County, then I have news! I rode the full length of the Washington County segment today and found only a couple of serious issues. The most serious is the landslide at the Woodford Drive underpass:

Looks like the county maintenance team already came through with heavy equipment to reopen the trail. It's going to need a fresh topping of crushed limestone as soon as possible. The Woodford Drive bridge appears to have been somewhat undercut by the landslide. I don't know whether it can be saved. As a wooden-deck bridge, it's a piece of history. I would be sorry to see a plain steel-and-concrete span in its place.

There's also noticeable erosion where the Moraine Park Technical College connector meets the Eisenbahn, but that's nothing new. The connector was constructed at too steep a pitch. It really should be ripped out and replaced.

I found only one tree toppled by the weekend storm:

Until the county arrives with a chainsaw, you'll find that obstacle between mile markers 4 and 5, just a little south of County Highway H.