Press Releases - Department of Transportation
Controlled Blast Planned for Area Near the Medical Center Metro Station on September 22
For Immediate Release: Tuesday, September 19, 2017
On Friday, September 22 between 11 a.m. and 2 p.m., weather permitting, a single, controlled, underground blast is planned at the Medical Center Metro station in Bethesda as construction continues for the MD 355 Crossing Project. Alarm horns will sound five minutes prior to the blast. Traffic will be halted on Rockville Pike in both directions between Jones Bridge Road and South Wood Drive (Navy Gate #2) for approximately 10 minutes. It is anticipated that very minimal vibrations will be felt and that the alarm horns will be heard only by people in the immediate vicinity.
This work is part of the ongoing construction of the Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station, which will establish a shallow pedestrian underpass between the National Institutes of Health and Naval Support Activity Bethesda/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, and deep elevators on the Navy side of MD 355 to the Metrorail mezzanine. Construction of the Crossing Project will continue through 2021.
Media Contact: Phil Alperson, Montgomery County BRAC Coordinator 240-777-2595
