Expect Nighttime Lane Closures at Pennsylvania Ave. Bridge Until June 13


Scheduled repairs for the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge, which crosses over Rock Creek and its parkway between 28th and 26th Streets NW, have begun.

The following is the latest from the District Department of Transportation:
“DDOT will close one lane in each direction on the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge over Rock Creek Parkway, beginning Wednesday, June 3, from 9 pm until 5 am, the following day, weather permitting. These nightly closures will continue until Saturday, June 13.
 
“These lane closures are needed so that DDOT can conduct repairs and preservation activities on the bridge. A single lane in each direction will be maintained at all times.
 
“Moderate-to-heavy traffic delays are expected. DDOT encourages motorists to stay alert and look for workers and traffic devices as they travel through this work zone.”

The immediate repairs are part of a larger 15-month plan to rehabilitate the bridge, which has been tagged “structurally deficient” by DDOT. Designed by Civil War Gen. Montgomery Meigs, the bridge was constructed in 1860 and re-constructed in 1913.

In its March 25 issue, the Georgetowner reported that “falling debris from the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge closed the southbound lane of the Rock Creek Parkway and brought engineers to the scene to assess the damage on March 24. U.S. Park Police said that a parkway driver reported debris on the road below the bridge around 1 a.m. Tuesday. When structural engineers arrived on the scene for repairs, they were greeted with a flurry of falling debris with pieces as large as golf balls falling on them from underneath the bridge.”

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