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I'm headed to Pittsburgh on Sunday to bike down to Washington.  Sadly the second half of the trip is through the C&O Canal National Park, and it's closed. The owners of various B&Bs where I'm staying are very upset, but all are saying people are ignoring the closure and riding through anyway.  I've mapped out a road-based route over two lane roads to get to get to my reservations, but it…