(Washington, DC) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced it will close the eastbound and westbound lanes of the Southeast/Southwest Freeway, between 11th Street, SE and Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, during overnight hours on December 5 through December 8. The 9th Street, SE entrance ramp to the eastbound Southeast/Southwest Freeway will also be closed during this time. The lane closures will allow crews to install bridge girders over the Southeast/Southwest Freeway for a new freeway bridge.

• Closure will start at 10 pm on Monday, December 5 and continue through 5 am the following morning.
• Closure will start at 10 pm on Tuesday, December 6 and continue through 5 am the following morning.
• Closure will start at 10 pm on Wednesday, December 7 and continue through 5 am the following morning.
• Closure will start at 10 pm on Thursday, December 8 and continue through 5 am the following morning.

During the lane closures, signed detours will be posted.

Motorists will also encounter a single lane closure on the northbound lanes of 11th Street, SE between L and K Streets during the same time period. Pedestrians will also encounter a sidewalk closure on the northbound side of 11th Street, SE between L and K Streets and will be directed to use the sidewalk on the opposite side of the street.

Detours

Motorists traveling eastbound on the Southeast/Southwest Freeway will be detoured to southbound South Capitol Street to the Douglass Bridge to Suitland Parkway to the I-295 northbound on-ramp and then to Pennsylvania Avenue.

Motorists traveling westbound on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE will be detoured to southbound I-295 and then onto South Capitol Street to access the westbound Southeast/Southwest Freeway, Interstate 395, and destinations located via M Street, SE.

Variable message signs 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 11th 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.