MCDOT to Close Lanes on Rockville Pike in Bethesda This Weekend

For Immediate Release: Friday, June 9, 2017

 

This weekend, MCDOT will close two southbound left lanes and one northbound left lane of Rockville Pike (MD 355) between Woodmont Avenue and Center Drive near the Medical Center Metro Station, the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and the Walter Reed National Military Medical Center at Naval Support Activity Bethesda. Weather permitting, the lanes will be closed starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, June 9 through 5 a.m. on Monday, June 12.

 

These lane closures are part of the ongoing construction of the Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station, which will establish a shallow pedestrian underpass between NIH and Walter Reed, and deep elevators on the Navy side of MD 355 to the Metrorail mezzanine. Construction of the Crossing Project will continue through mid-2021.

Release ID: 17-132
Media Contact: Esther Bowring 240-777-7155