(WASHINGTON, DC) —The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will implement temporary overnight closures of the north and southbound lanes on DC-295 overnight on Friday, March 8, 2024, weather permitting. This activity is required to safely demolish the main span of the old Douglas Street Pedestrian Bridge. 

Temporary overnight closures will be implemented from Friday, March 8, 2024, at 8:00 pm until Saturday, March 9, 2024, at 5:00 am to minimize impact on residents and the general public.

The DC-295 detour will consist of two-lane closures of the North and South bound lanes, with intermediate, full closures of DC-295 between the hours of 8 pm and 5 am. Work will take place adjacent to Douglas Street Pedestrian Bridge (between Quarles Street NE and Nash Street NE), weather permitting. Please use alternate routes to avoid traveling on DC-295 during this time. Closures will begin at Route 50 (John Hanson Highway) southbound and travel northbound at Benning Road NE.

While the new pedestrian bridge is being completed, pedestrian traffic will be detoured to the Nash Street Pedestrian Bridge. The closure will be in place Friday, March 8, 2024, between 8 pm and 5 am, weather permitting. 

Once completed, the Douglas Street Pedestrian Bridge project will remove and replace the existing bridge over Kenilworth Avenue, NE (DC-295) and adjacent service roads with a new bridge with increased vertical clearance and ADA-compliant ramps, as well as improving the bridge’s structural integrity.

For more information about this project and to stay up to date on traffic-related impacts and construction progress, please visit www.ddot.dc.gov. or contact the public outreach coordinator for this project, Shanna Viera, at 202-509-4164.