Entrance Ramp to Eastbound SE/SW Freeway From Pennsylvania Avenue Also Closed

20-Minute Traffic Stoppages Also Expected On SE/SW Freeway Westbound Lanes

Crews to Install Bridge Girders over Freeway

(Washington, D.C.) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will close the eastbound lanes of the Southeast/Southwest Freeway between Pennsylvania Avenue, SE and 11 ^th Street, SE from 10 pm to 5 am on November 17, 21 and 22.  During this time the entrance ramp to the eastbound Southeast/Southwest Freeway from Pennsylvania Avenue, SE will also be closed.

These lane closures and traffic stoppages will be required to install bridge girders over the Southeast/Southwest Freeway for a new freeway bridge.

While the eastbound lanes of the Southeast/Southwest Freeway are closed signed detours will be posted. 

Motorists will also encounter 20-minute traffic stoppages on the Southeast/Southwest Freeway westbound lanes between 11 ^thStreet, SE and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE during the same time period.

Detour

Motorists traveling eastbound on the SE/SW Freeway will be detoured to southbound South Capitol Street to the Douglass Bridge to Suitland Parkway to I-295 NB on-ramp and then to Pennsylvania Avenue.

In the event of inclement weather or other unforeseen conditions, this work will be rescheduled and an updated advisory will be distributed.

This closure is in addition to the previously publicized off-peak closures of the 11 ^th Street bridges, related ramps, local streets, and I-295/DC 295.

For more information about this work or the 11th Street Bridge Project, please contact DDOT Project Manager Ravindra Ganvir at  202-359-6948  or visit  www.ddot.dc.gov/11thStreetBridge.

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