Overnight Closures Planned for the Inbound 11th Street Bridge Exit Ramp to M Street, SE

November 4, 2011 The Advoc8te

Government of the District of Columbia Department of Transportation

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Friday, November 4, 2011

Media Contact: Monica Hernandez – 202-671-2261

***TRAFFIC ADVISORY***

Overnight Closures Planned for the Inbound 11^th Street Bridge Exit Ramp to M Street, SE

Closures Will Apply to Eastbound M Street, SE Between 11^th and 12^th Streets

Crews Will Install Bridge Girders over M Street, SE

(Washington, D.C.) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will close the exit ramp from the inbound 11^th Street bridge to M Street, SE from 9 pm to 5 am November 7 through November 10. During this time eastbound M Street, SE between 11^th and 12^th Streets will also be closed and westbound M Street, SE between 11^th and 12^th Streets will have limited access. The lane closures will allow crews to install bridge girders over M Street, SE for a new freeway bridge.

Motorists traveling westbound on M Street, SE will have limited access between 11^th and 12^th Streets during this time period.

During the lane closures, signed detours will be posted.

Detours

× Motorists traveling eastbound on M Street will be detoured to 11^th Street, SE and then onto O Street, SE to access M Street, SE and Water Street, SE.

× Motorists traveling on the existing inbound 11^th Street Bridge wanting to access M Street, SE will be detoured to the 8^th Street, SE exit, onto I Street, SE and then onto 8^th Street, SE.

Variable Message Signs (VMS) will be in place to provide motorists advanced notice of the scheduled detour.

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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