Road Closures Planned for President's Address to Congress

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
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