DDOT Traffic Advisory: Piney Branch Parkway NW Opens to Vehicle Traffic on October 22, 2022

District of Columbia sent this bulletin at 10/21/2022 12:43 PM EDT

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

October 21, 2022

Media Contacts:

German Vigil – (202) 306-1668, german.vigil@dc.gov

Mariam Nabizad – (202) 359-2678, mariam.nabizad@dc.gov

Piney Branch Parkway NW Opens to Vehicle Traffic on October 22, 2022

Washington, D.C.) —The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) will reopen eastbound and westbound Piney Branch Parkway NW between Arkansas Avenue NW and Beach Drive NW to vehicle traffic on or about Saturday, October 22^nd, 2022, weather permitting.

This area was previously under temporary closures and detours necessary to construct the new multi-use trail and repair the existing revetment wall on Piney Branch Parkway NW as part of the Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail and Pedestrian Bridge project.

Once completed, the Rock Creek Park Multi-Use Trail and Pedestrian Bridge project will improve accessibility and connectivity to Rock Creek Park with improvements such as new and reconstructed trails, and a new 110-foot pedestrian bridge south of the Zoo Tunnel.

For more information about this project and to stay up-to-date on traffic related impacts and construction progress, please visit https://rock-creek-trail-dcgis.hub.arcgis.com.

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