Four Bridges Connecting Va. to D.C. Will Be Closed Starting Tuesday

Matt Blitz January 15, 2021 at 5:45pm

(Updated at 7 p.m.) A number of bridges connecting Arlington to D.C. across the Potomac River are closing due to presidential inauguration security measures. ... Virginia State Police is working with the United States Secret Service to close Roosevelt Bridge, the I-395 Bridge and the 14th Street Bridge starting Tuesday morning through Thursday at 6 a.m., according to a joint statement from Virginia lawmakers.

The Arlington Memorial Bridge closed tonight, according to news reports, and will remain closed until Thursday. The HOV span of the 14th Street Bridge is set to close Saturday morning until Thursday, according to the Secret Service. ... That would leave the Key Bridge in Rosslyn and the Chain Bridge from N. Glebe Road as the main routes from Arlington into the District for two days.

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Additionally, Metro announced this afternoon that the Pentagon Metro station will be closed, and bus service there suspended, on Inauguration Day. ... “Blue and Yellow Line trains will continue to operate but will pass through the station without stopping,” Metro said. “The Pentagon Transit Center, served by six Metrobus lines, will also be closed. Buses will be relocated instead to Pentagon City, on the east side of Hayes Street S. and 12th Street S. for the day.”

Arlington Cemetery station is also closing, along with a number of D.C. stations, starting today. ... Virginia Railway Express trains, meanwhile, will not be running Monday through Wednesday, due to the Martin Luther King Jr. Day holiday and “enhanced security measures” related to the presidential inauguration.

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