For Immediate Release: Friday, November 22, 2024
Due to the Girls on the Run Fall 5k in Bethesda, Ride On Routes 26 and 47 will experience detours on Sunday, Nov. 24 from 5 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Details of the detours can be found below.
ROUTE 26 TO GLENMONT STATION
Leaving the Montgomery Mall Transit Center, left onto the mall roadway, left on Democracy Boulevard using the exit on Traveshire Way (just before the gas station), then left on Old Georgetown Road, and back on route.
Missed Stops: 22210 (Fernwood Road & Marriott Drive), 28408 (Rock Spring Drive & Fernwood Road), 28410 (Rock Spring Drive & Rockledge Drive) and 25480 (Rock Spring Drive & Rockledge Drive).
Alternate Stops: 27170 (Westlake Drive & Arizona Circle) and 27162 (Westlake Drive & Democracy Boulevard).
ROUTE 26 TO MONTGOMERY MALL
Bypass Rock Spring Drive, continue on Old Georgetown Road, right on Democracy Boulevard, right on the first entrance to the mall (by the Westfield sign), immediate right onto the roadway to the Transit Center.
Missed Stops: 22208 (Fernwood Road & Rock Spring Drive), 28414 (Rock Spring Drive @ 6700), 28412 (Rock Spring Drive & Rockledge Drive) and 25484 (Rock Spring Drive & Old Georgetown Road).
Alternate Stops: 21736 (Democracy Boulevard & Fernwood Road), 27162 (Westlake Drive & Democracy Boulevard) and 27164 (Westlake Drive & Arizona Circle).
ROUTE 47 TO BETHESDA
When on Westlake Drive, at the first traffic light, right onto the mall, immediate right onto the roadway at the mall all the way to the Transit Center. When leaving the Transit Center, use the same exit (entrance), then left on Westlake Drive, left on Democracy Boulevard, right on Fernwood Drive, back on route.
Missed Stops: 15358 (Rockledge Drive & Democracy Boulevard), 17236 (Rockledge Drive & Rock Spring Drive), 28410 (Rock Spring Drive & Rockledge Drive), 28408 (Rock Spring Drive & Fernwood Road), 22210 (Fernwood Road & Marriott Drive) and 27166 (Westlake Drive & Lakeview Drive).
Alternate Stop: 22216 (Fernwood Road & Winnepeg Road).
ROUTE 47 TO ROCKVILLE
From Fernwood Drive, left on Democracy Boulevard, right on Westlake Drive, at the first traffic light make a right into the mall, and right onto the roadway all the way to the Transit Center. When leaving the Transit Center, use the same exit, then left on Westlake Dr, back on route.
Missed Stops: 21734 (Democracy Boulevard & Fernwood Road), 15360 (Rockledge Drive & Democracy Boulevard), 28412 (Rock Spring Drive & Rockledge Drive), 28414 (Rock Spring Drive @ 6700), 22208 (Fernwood Road & Rock Spring Drive), 28406 (Westlake Terrace & Motor City Drive) and 27168 (Westlake Drive & Lakeview Drive).
Alternate Stops: 27162 (Westlake Drive & Democracy Boulevard) and 27164 (Westlake Drive & Arizona Circle).
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