District officials are hosting a big celebration for the new bridge on Labor Day, complete with a 5k run. The bridge spans the Anacostia River.
It’s being built next the deteriorating, 68-year-old memorial bridge in Southeast.
The Frederick Douglass Bridge became stuck in the open position during routine testing this weekend.
D.C. today unveiled renderings for a new bridge that would replace the existing South Capitol Street Bridge across the Anacostia River.
After two long months of being shut completely for a major overhaul, the Frederick Douglass Bridge, aka the South Capitol Street Bridge, finally reopened to commuters this morning. DDOT actually reopened the Anacostia River crossing one week ahead of schedule overnight. When was the last time you remember a major construction project being finished early? Overall, it looks like the strategy to close the bridge completely, despite its inconveniences, was a good one. By…
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Good morning, D.C. After Tuesday’s false Friday, it feels pretty damn good finally to be heading into a real weekend. It’s going to be hot, sunny and dry on Saturday and Sunday, so get out there and enjoy it. Police Shot Man Who Died: Two D.C. police officers shot a 23-year-old man near the intersection of 17th Street and Bladensburg Road NE this morning who may have been involved in a gun battle with another…
Ninety-six degress, Washington. That’s what weather.com is predicting for today’s high. That should put the heat index safely into the hundred range, and the city as a whole into the “justified complaining” range. And it’s what made this photo from phillefan_99 catch our attention. It’s hard to look at it and not think wistfully of summer days at Cameron Run, rubbing our backs raw on the waterslides and bobbing in the suspiciously salty wave…
Yeah, it’s raining (this DCist left his umbrella at the office, super!) and there are weather-related problems all over the region, including flooding. And look at the traffic from this D.C. traffic cam looking at the Suitland Parkway approach to the Frederick Douglass Bridge in Southeast. And it’s going to be in the 20s tomorrow morning. Summer was bound to end sometime. And there are 15-minute delays on the Yellow and Green lines in…
