Weekend Closure set for Northbound I-295 between Howard Road and 11th Street, SE
Closure required to switch traffic to the new inbound 11th Street Freeway Bridge
Washington — This weekend the District Department of Transportation will be conducting a series of closures along northbound I-295 to prepare to switch traffic from the existing 11th Street inbound bridge to the new inbound freeway bridge.
This activity will occur as follows:
- A single lane will be closed on northbound I-295 between Howard Road, SE and 11th Street from 12 am to 10 pm on Saturday, December 17.
- All I-295 northbound lanes between Howard Road, SE and 11th Street, SE will be closed at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec.17 through 9 a.m. the following morning.
- The ramps from northbound I-295 (Exit 4) and 13th Street, SE to the existing 11th Street inbound bridge (Exit 4) will be closed from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18.
- The ramp from the existing 11th Street inbound bridge to the westbound Southeast/Southwest Freeway will be closed at 10 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 17 through 5 p.m. the following day.
- Starting at 9 a.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18, one northbound lane on I-295 will be reopened to traffic and starting at 11 a.m. a second northbound lane will also be reopened to traffic.
During the lane and ramp closures, signed detours will be posted.
This closure is in addition to the previously publicized off-peak closures of the 11th Street bridges, related ramps, local streets, Southeast/Southwest Freeway 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.