Thought we were done with major road closures after the inauguration? Guess again.
More than a dozen roads around the Capitol will be closed Tuesday night as President Barack Obama delivers an address to a joint session of Congress. The 9 p.m. speech will be streamed live on NBCWashington.com.
The Capitol Square will be restricted to authorized pedestrians only beginning at 6 p.m. In addition, the following streets surrounding the Capitol will be closed from 7:30 p.m. until the event has concluded:
- D Street between 2nd Street, NE & Louisiana Avenue, NW
- C Street between 2nd Street, NE & Louisiana Avenue, NW
- Constitution Avenue between 2nd Street, NE & Louisiana Avenue, NW
- Delaware Avenue between Columbus Circle, NE & Constitution Avenue, NE
- New Jersey Avenue between Louisiana Avenue, NW & D Street, NW
- Pennsylvania Avenue between 1st Street, NW & 3rd Street, NW
- East Capitol Street between 2nd Street & 1st Street
- 1st Street between Columbus Circle, NE & C Street, SE
- 1st Street between Louisiana Avenue, NW and Washington Avenue, SW
- Maryland Avenue between 1st Street, SW & 3rd Street, 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, SE & D Street, SE
- South Capitol Street between Independence Avenue & D Street