WASHINGTON -- Drivers along the Southeast Freeway in D.C. may have noticed some confusing signs recently about a closure scheduled for this weekend.
While the entire southeast portion of the freeway will not be shut down Jan. 9 and Jan. 10, part of it will be off limits to cars and trucks.
The D.C. Department of Transportation is demolishing a couple of ramps that lead to RFK Stadium, and because of that, the Southeast freeway -- as you head toward RFK stadium -- will be closed after the exit for I-295.
"What that means for motorists is that they will have to stay to the right and take the I-295 exit for the 11th Street Bridges, or exit earlier," says DDOT spokesperson John Lisle.
He advises that a good alternate route to get across the Anacostia River would be the South Capitol Street Bridge.
So why close an entire section of the freeway?
"They are going be tearing down concrete and we want to make sure that there aren't any vehicles underneath. So, just as a precautionary measure, we need to close down that portion of the freeway which is past the exit for I-295 and the 11th street bridges," Lisle says.
The work is scheduled between 5 a.m. and 10 p.m. on Saturday. If crews have not finished the work on Saturday, they will be back on Sunday.
DDOT recommends the following detour and alternate routes:
To reach Pennsylvania Avenue:
- Take the Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue exit
- Turn left on Good Hope Road, SE
- Turn left on Minnesota Avenue, SE
- Detour Ends - Turn either right or left on Pennsylvania Avenue, SE
Motorists can avoid the detour by taking these alternate routes:
- From the SW Freeway, take the South Capitol Street exit
- Cross the South Capitol Street (Frederick Douglas) Bridge
- Take the Suitland Parkway Exit
- Take the ramp for I-295 North
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