WashPo | D.C.’s 11th Street Bridge: Local span opens, freeway ramps finishing up

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Exerpt:

The opening of the local bridge also marked the permanent closing of the 13th Street SE ramp, an important access point to the bridge on the Anacostia side. This begins a difficult time for many drivers, who will be using detours and enduring extra congestion. 

Inbound traffic from Anacostia will be directed to the intersection of Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Good Hope Road SE to reach the new local span. As drivers cross the river, they will arrive at the O Street SE intersection, where the Navy Yard entrance is to the left. If they turn right on O Street, then left onto 12th Street SE, they can reach M Street SE. 

As yet, drivers using the local bridge don’t have a direct connection to the westbound Southeast-Southwest Freeway. To reach the freeway from M Street SE, they can make a right on 11th Street and go north to I Street, where they turn left. I Street leads into Virginia Avenue SE and, eventually, to the Third Street SE ramp to the westbound freeway. Or they could continue on M Street and make a right on Third Street to reach the freeway ramp. 

Another option from the Anacostia side is to drive south on Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue, make a right on Howard Road SE and get onto I-295, which leads to the inbound freeway bridge. But if enough drivers do that, it will lead to some additional traffic congestion south of the bridge.