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Just as work to lay down tracks for the H Street NE streetcar line disrupted traffic in August, the District of Columbia Department of Transportation is warning drivers that the ongoing installation of streetcar tracks for the Anacostia Line will change traffic patterns at the intersection of South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue for the next couple of weeks.

New restrictions at the intersection began at 9:30 a.m. this morning, and will last until on or about Friday, November 20. From the advisory:

Traffic from the Naval Annex on Defense Boulevard will be prohibited from turning right onto southbound South Capitol Street from Defense Boulevard. All outbound traffic from the Naval Annex to southbound South Capitol Street will be directed to take the following detour:

*Go through the intersection on Firth Sterling Avenue, SE
*Turn Left on Barry Road
*Right on Firth Sterling Avenue
*Left to go south on South Capitol Street

The detour is approximately ½ mile in length.

Additional work will continue on South Capitol Street and Firth Sterling Avenue until mid-January. All motorists are encouraged to use alternate routes to avoid delays, including I-295 North to Suitland Parkway to South Capitol Street SE; Malcolm X Avenue SE to Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue to W Street to 13th Street to I-295 North; South Capitol Street SE to Suitland Parkway to I-295 South; or I-295 to 11th Street Bridge to Martin Luther King, Jr. Avenue to South Capitol Street.