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Canal Road midday closure, SE-SW Freeway will be closed overnight

Canal Road NW midday closure

Heads up for those who use Canal Road after rush hour — A midday closure of Canal Road NW is scheduled for maintenance. The work is planned between the hours of 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.

Here are the specifics:

  • Monday, Dec. 12 through Wednesday, Dec. 14 — Canal Road NW will be closed between Arizona Avenue and Foxhall Rd, daily between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m.
  • Traffic will be detoured to MacArthur Boulevard to get around the closure
  • Crews will clear by 2pm at the latest

SE-SW Freeway overnight closure

The 11th Street Bridge Project continues this week — Construction crews will block all lanes of the Southeast-Southwest Freeway between Pennsylvania Avenue and the 11th Street Bridge Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. The lane closures will allow crews to install bridge girders over the SE-SW Freeway for a new freeway bridge.

The following will take place Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m.:

  • Both directions of the SE-SW Freeway will be closed between the 11th Street Bridge and Pennsylvania Avenue
  • The 9th Street SE entrance ramp to the eastbound Freeway will also be closed
  • Anyone traveling eastbound on the freeway will be detoured to southbound South Capitol Street to the Douglass Bridge to Suitland Parkway to the Interstate 295 northbound on-ramp and then to Pennsylvania Avenue
  • Anyone traveling westbound on Pennsylvania Avenue SE will be detoured to southbound I-295 and then onto South Capitol Street to access the westbound Freeway, I-395, and destinations located via M Street SE
  • There will also be a single lane closure on the northbound lanes of 11th Street SE between L and K Streets

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