UPDATE
The 9th Street Bridge has been re-opened to traffic. All major construction work on the bridge has been completed and crews will be finishing minor work over the next month. The continued progress and work performed is as follows:

PROJECT PROGRESS AND WORK PERFORMED:

• Continued to work on the Bascule Span Repairs with the installation of proposed Girder Heel Supports and Leveling pads;
• Contractor continued to work on Pier #3 temp. support while removing and dispose of stone cladding.
• Contractor worked on miscellaneous repairs like: clean and pressure wash expansion joints, seal deck cracks;
• Contractor continued to work on miscellaneous repairs at bascule span and operation house, to paint operation and rigging;
• Continued to work on piers encasement and post tensioning, continued to install concrete material for pier #3 cofferdam;
• Continued to install form / rebar in advance of pouring tremie seal at pier #3;
• Continued to remove and dispose pier claddings on pier #5 and #6;
• Continued to monitor and review MOT/Pedestrian safety; and
• Continued to notify park users and road users.

Thanks for your patience. If you have questions, please do not hesitate to call 202.561.3700 or email dcgetinvolved@yahoo.com.

Rehabilitation of 9th and 10th Street, SW Bridges

Work Will Require Closing of 9th Street Bridge

(Washington, D.C.) The District of Columbia Department of Transportation (DDOT) is scheduled to begin the rehabilitation of the 9th Street and 10th Street, SW Bridges over I-395 on Monday, November 17, 2008.  This extensive project is expected to take 360 days to complete and will require the closing of the 9th Street Bridge.

The project will make the bridges safer and more aesthetically pleasing.  The concrete bridge deck on the 9th Street Bridge will be replaced, including a new walkway and staircase to Frontage Road at L’Enfant Plaza.  The work will also include the replacement of the bridge bearings, structural repairs to the 10th Street Bridge beams, new roadway lighting, milling and resurfacing of the approach pavement and re-painting the exterior girders on the bridges.  DDOT will also repair the roof slab of a DC Water and Sewer Authority (WASA) pumping station that is beneath 9th Street.

The 10th Street Bridge, and the two ramp bridges from the 9th Street tunnel to I-395, will remain open to traffic during most of the construction, although temporary closures may be necessary.  Also, the lane configurations in the 9th Street tunnel will change from time to time and motorists are advised to use caution.

DDOT has installed traffic signs to warn motorists to expect construction delays and to direct them to alternate routes.  Residents and businesses in the area have also been notified about the project.

More information is available on DDOT’s website at www.ddot.dc.gov.  There is a link to Major Construction Initiatives.  Or you may contact the DDOT project engineer, Deinma Jamabo at (202) 671-4601.

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