Late-night travelers should be aware: there may be some delays caused by the opening of the Woodrow Wilson Bridge tonight.
According to an alert system, the bridge will be opening tonight (Monday) at 10 p.m. to allow for the passage of the “Deep Playa Boat”. The opening should not last longer than 15-20 minutes, but there could be other openings due to scheduled maintenance later that night.
Drivers headed to Shirlington will have to take a detour through Alexandria next week, offering Arlingtonians a glimpse at life once Alexandria finally annexes Shirlington.
The northbound ramp off I-395 to Shirlington Circle will be closed overnight Monday night (Sept. 16) and Tuesday night (Sept. 17) into the following mornings next week. The closure will force drivers onto Martha Custis Drive in the Parkfairfax neighborhood.
The Shirlington Circle south rotary bridge — which connects Shirlington to Alexandria — will be closed (again) this weekend for rehabilitation work on the bridge with drivers sent on a lengthy detour down I-395.
VDOT said in a release that the bridge will closed from 10 p.m. on Saturday, July 13, until 5 a.m. on Tuesday, July 16.
The Woodrow Wilson Bridge is scheduled to open on Monday and Tuesday next week.
The first opening is at 4:45 a.m. on Monday, June 17. According to the Maryland State Highway Administration:
Drivers traveling near Shirlington and North Ridge or the Braddock neighborhood this weekend might want to plan ahead for some upcoming lane closures.
The first one is a planned lane closure on the Shirlington Circle south rotary bridge over I-395 — connecting Arlington and Alexandria.
Late-night travelers might want to find an alternative route to Maryland on Thursday: the Woodrow Wilson Bridge is having an opening on Feb. 8.
The Maryland Department of Transportation State Highway Administration said the bridge is scheduled to undergo routine maintenance.
Those crossing between Virginia and Maryland tomorrow night may want to avoid the Woodrow Wilson Bridge.
According to a traffic advisory, the bridge will be opening for maintenance multiple times tomorrow night (Thursday), starting at 11 p.m.
Updated at 7:45 p.m. — The 1800 block of Mount Vernon Avenue has reopened after small sinkhole was discovered Thursday night.
The Alexandria Police Department shut down Mount Vernon Avenue between Duncan Avenue and E.Bellefonte Avenue at around 6:30 p.m. to await a representative from the city’s Department of Transportation and Environmental Services.
It’s been a rough week for Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA), and to top things off: someone hit a Metro work vehicle in the Braddock neighborhood this afternoon.
The crash occurred around 2:30 p.m. on Oronoco Street near the intersection with N Henry Street.
There are major traffic delays leading up to Interstates 495 and 395 in Alexandria, as a trucker convoy protesting COVID-19 mandates has entered D.C. and created miles of backups.
Traffic snaked all the way down to Jefferson Manor, just south of Huntington, which is about a half-mile from the interstate.
Late night/early morning drivers planning to cross the Woodrow Wilson Bridge tonight might want to plan an alternate route.
The Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) said on Twitter that bridge openings are planned for 11 p.m.-4 a.m. tonight (Tuesday) through Wednesday morning.
