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TRAFFIC ADVISORY: 2023 Women’s Half Marathon on Sunday

Thursday, May 4, 2023

On Sunday, May 7, 2023, the Women’s Half Marathon will take place in the District of Columbia. In conjunction with this event, there will be street closures that motorists should take into consideration:

The following streets will be closed by the Metropolitan Police Department to vehicle traffic on Sunday, May 7, 2023 from approximately 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.:

  • 1200 block of Maine Avenue, SW

  • Westbound I-395 Exit to Maine Ave & 12th Street Tunnel Exit, SW

  • Southbound Potomac River Freeway Split to Route 66, NW

  • Theodore Roosevelt Bridge Ramp to Ohio Drive, NW

  • Westbound E Street Expressway ramp to Southbound Potomac River Freeway, NW

  • 9th Street Tunnel ramp to Maine Ave, SW

 

The following streets will be closed by United States Park Police to vehicle trafficon Sunday, May 7, 2023 from approximately 5:30 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.:

  • Ohio Drive from 23rd Street to East Basin Drive, SW

  • Independence Avenue from 14th Street to 23rd Street, SW

  • Rock Creek Parkway from Ohio Drive, NW to Shoreham Hill

  • East and West Potomac Parks

  • East Basin Drive, SW

  • Raoul Wallenberg Place, SW from 15th Street to Maine Avenue, SW

  • Ramp from Memorial Circle to Ohio Drive, SW

  • Homefront Drive, SW

  • Daniel Chester French Drive from Independence Avenue to Lincoln Memorial Circle, SW

  • Maine Avenue at ramp from East Basin Drive to Independence Avenue, SW

  • 17th Street from Constitution Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue, SW

  • Parkway Drive from Lincoln Memorial Circle to Rock Creek Parkway, NW

  • 15th Street from Constitution Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue, SW

  • Madison Drive from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW

  • Jefferson Drive from 14th Street to 15th Street, SW

 

For timely traffic information, please visit twitter.com/DCPoliceTraffic.

All street closures and listed times are subject to change based upon prevailing or unexpected conditions.

The public should expect parking restrictions along the street and should be guided by the posted emergency no parking signage. All vehicles that are parked in violation of the emergency no parking signs will be ticketed and towed.

Motorists could encounter possible delays if operating in the vicinity of this event and may wish to consider alternative routes. The Metropolitan Police Department and the D.C. Department of Transportation also wishes to remind motorists in the vicinity of this event to proceed with caution as increased pedestrian traffic can be anticipated.