POSTPONED: Controlled Blasts Planned for Area Near the Medical Center Metro Station

For Immediate Release: Monday, March 5, 2018

Controlled, underground blasts that were re planned at the Medical Center Metro station in Bethesda for this week will not occur.

The blasts are part of the construction process for the MD 355 Crossing Project.

 

About the Crossing Project:

 

This work is part of the ongoing construction of the Crossing Project at the Medical Center Metro Station, which will build: 1) A shallow, pedestrian underpass connecting the National Institutes of Health and the bus/commuter transit center on the west side with the Naval Support Activity Bethesda/Walter Reed National Military Medical Center on the east side of Rockville Pike; and 2) Deep elevators on the Navy side of MD 355 to the Metrorail mezzanine.  When completed by the end of 2021, the Crossing will provide a safer environment for people and vehicles in this heavily trafficked area.

See photos of the construction project online.

Release ID: 18-044
Media Contact: Phil Alperson, Montgomery County BRAC Coordinator 240-777-2595