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With President Obama set to drop by the U.S. Capitol tonight to deliver the annual State of the Union Address, officials will be closing many roadways between Capitol Hill and the White House tonight. The closures will begin at 7 p.m. and be lifted when the speech is over and the President has departed the Capitol.
The following roads will be shut to vehicular traffic:
- North Side of Capitol Square
- D Street NE between Second Street NE and Louisiana Avenue NW
- C Street NE between Second Street NE and Louisiana Avenue NW
- Constitution Avenue between Second Street NE and Louisiana Avenue NW
- Delaware Avenue between Columbus Circle and Constitution Avenue NE
- New Jersey Avenue, NW between Louisiana Avenue and Constitution Avenue NW
- Pennsylvania Avenue between First Street and Third Street NW
- East Capitol Street between Second Street and First Street NE/SE
- First Street between Columbus Circle NE and C Street, SE
- First Street between Louisiana Avenue NW and Washington Avenue, SW
- Second Street NE between Constitution Avenue and East Capitol Street NE
- South Side of Capitol Square to Maryland Avenue SW between First Street and Third Street SW
- Independence Avenue between Second Street SE and Washington Avenue SW
- C Street between First Street SE and Washington Avenue SW
- Delaware Avenue between Washington Avenue SW and C Street SW
- New Jersey Avenue between Independence Avenue and D Street SE
- South Capitol Street between Independence Avenue and D Street SE/SW
Additionally, the area immediately surrounding the Capitol will be open only to credentialed pedestrians beginning at 6 p.m.
