Contact (Media Only): Erik Linden (202) 671-2004

(Washington, DC) The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) announced today that weather permitting, on Monday, August 14, 2006 the right and center lanes of the northbound Anacostia Freeway (I-295) will be closed to traffic between the hours of 10 am and 3 pm approximately 1/2 mile south of Exit 1, Laboratory Road. This closure is necessary to perform roadway maintenance. The left lane will remain open to traffic at all times.