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Road closures due to ‘Best Buddies Challenge’

By WTOP Staff

WASHINGTON –Washington area drivers will have a series of road closures to contend with Saturday morning due to a race.

According to the Metropolitan Police Department the planned Best Buddies Challenge, a 20-mile-plus race to raise awareness for Down Syndrome, will cause a number of road closures around the National Mall and other main thoroughfares.

The closures include:

  • Clara Barton Parkway, from Chain Bridge Road to Glen Echo to MacArthur Boulevard NW, 6 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
  • Canal Road from 36th Street to Chain Bridge Road NW, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  • Whitehurst Freeway NW, 6 a.m. to 10 a.m.
  • Independence Avenue from 14th Street to 23rd Street, 6 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
  • Pennsylvania Avenue between 3rd Street and 15th Street NW, 6 a.m. to 9 a.m.

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