Road Closures for State of the Union

You may want to avoid driving near the Capitol Tuesday night. Capitol Police are shutting down many streets in the area starting at 7 p.m. due to the State of the Union address.

DDOT shared the following from Capitol Police on the closures:

North Side of Capitol Square:

• 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 NW between Louisiana Avenue & Constitution Avenue NW
• Pennsylvania Avenue between 1st & 3rd streets NW
• East Capitol Street between 2nd & 1st streets NE/SE
• 1st Street between Columbus Circle NE & C Street SE
• 1st Street between Louisiana Avenue, NW & Washington Avenue SW
• 2nd Street NE between Constitution Avenue & East Capitol Street NE

South Side of Capitol Square:

• Maryland Avenue SW between 1st & 3rd streets SW
• Independence Avenue between 2nd Street SE & Washington Avenue 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

Roads will reopen when the event had concluded.

Additionally, Capitol Square will be restricted to event-credentialed and authorized pedestrians only, beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

ALSO SEE:

• Obama State of the Union to Focus on Economy, Guns
• Md. Gun Control Advocate to Attend State of the Union
• State of the Union: 5 Speeches to Remember
• President Obama: "Our Journey Is Not Complete"
• Obama Starts New Term With Eye on History

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