The bridge will stretch from a revamped VRE station in Crystal City to Reagan National Airport.
The scenic George Washington Memorial Parkway is undergoing a $161 million rehabilitation project.
The Post’s Dr. Gridlock reports that at this hour, a stretch of Route 1 in Alexandria is closed in both directions after being inundated by the heavy rainfall that swept through the area this morning.
Last Friday, Fort Hunt Patch reported on a chilling incident in which a driver on the George Washington Parkway sped by a group of cyclists and proceeded to slam on his brakes in front of them, one of which ended up under the car.
>> Starting in January, the so-called Humpback Bridge on the George Washington Parkway will be revamped to be hump free and more pedestrian friendly. [WTOP] >> Mayor Fenty’s administration tripled the number of employees making $175,000 or more from this time last year. Five of those employees, including the mayor himself, make over $200,000. [Examiner] >> Last night’s fatal shooting of a man in the Barnaby Terrace neighborhood brings D.C.’s 2007 homicide total for…
If you don’t want to pay a toll, just don’t leave the city. Information is sketchy at best, but the federal government may soon propose a toll on cars entering the city via the 14th Street bridge, reports The Examiner. According to the story, the proposal seems to be nothing more than another one of those fabulous pipe dreams feds float from time to time for improving our city. Like Sen. Sam Brownback’s “flat tax”…
Long exposure night photography is a tricky thing. Flickr user {ryan} kept his camera’s shutter open for nearly three long minutes to catch the light trails from the cars on the George Washington Parkway. Like the commenters note, the yellow curve sign makes a crucial focal point, pulling together a photo that required a lot of elements to come out just right. EXIF. Just a reminder, to have your photos considered for Photo of…
Over the weekend the British tabloid The Sun listed the world’s top 10 iconic car journeys, with U.S. roads taking five of the slots: 1. Boston to New York 2. Las Vegas to Grand Canyon; 3. Great Ocean Road, Australia; 4. Miami to Key West, Florida; 5. Amalfi Coast, Italy; 6. Pacific Coast Highway; 7. Monaco to Nice; 8. Route 66; 9. London Embankment; 10. The Rockies, Canada.And while we’re somewhat miffed at how the…
By DCist contributor Amanda Kazdoy Bistro Europa, a German and Italian restaurant smack dab in the heart of Old Town, suffers from an unfortunate situation. It occupies prime real estate (on King Street between Columbus and Washington streets), but never seems to have the full house that its more pedestrian neighbors, Bertucci’s and Austin Grill, enjoy every night. Perhaps it’s the absence of Zagat clippings in the window or the loud bar upstairs (which the…
Upper Northwest Residents May Be Sickened by WWI-era Chemicals: A survey by the Northwest Current of 345 households in the Spring Valley area found 131 current or former cases of “chronic” diseases. Some residents think the illnesses are caused by chemicals contaminating the soil in the area from the World War I American University Experiment Station, where hundreds of scientists developed chemical weapons in a 600-acre area, including chlorine, chloride, cyanide, Lewisite, mustard gas and…
