Media Contact:  Karyn Le Blanc, 202-497-4572

(Washington, DC) Work scheduled to begin the week of May 18th on the northbound 14th Street Bridge will now be pushed to start on or about the night of Tuesday, May 26th. The change in timing in starting work on this heavily traveled corridor is to ensure traffic plans are coordinated to the maximum extent possible among District Department of Transportation, the Virginia Department of Transportation and the National Park Service and to allow unrestricted travel over the bridge during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.

Details on the construction, including graphics showing the eight phases of work, are at www.ddot.dc.gov/14thstreetbridge. Commuters are encouraged to also sign up for email or Twitter alerts.