Photo by Brandon Kopp.

President Barack Obama will be delivering an address on jobs to a joint (well, almost) session of Congress. And you know what that means for us locals — road closures!

The U.S. Capitol Police will shut down most of the pavement around the Capitol to accomodate this evening’s speech, which begins at 7 p.m. Be sure to adjust your route appropriately if you were planning on driving near the Capitol in order to get home in time to catch tonight’s NFL opener.

Police will shut down the following streets at 5 p.m. tonight:

• D Street, NE between 2nd Street, NE & Louisiana Avenue, NW
• C Street, NE between 2nd Street, NE & Louisiana Avenue, NW
• Constitution Avenue between 2nd Street, NE & Louisiana Avenue, NW
• Delaware Avenue between Columbus Circle & Constitution Avenue, NE
• New Jersey Avenue, NE between Louisiana Avenue, & D Street, NE
• Pennsylvania Avenue between 1st Street, & 3rd Street, NW
• East Capitol Street between 2nd Street, & 1st Street, NE/SE
• 1st Street between Columbus Circle, NE & C Street, SE
• 1st Street between Louisiana Avenue, NW
• Washington Avenue, SW
• Maryland Avenue, SW between 1st Street, & 3rd Street, SW
• Maryland Avenue, SW between 1st Street, & 3rd Street, SW
• C Street between 1st Street, SE & Washington Avenue, SW
• Delaware Avenue between Washington Avenue, SW & C Street, SW
• New Jersey Avenue between Independence Avenue, & D Street, SE
• South Capitol Street between Independence Avenue & D Street, SE/SW