Pennsylvania Ave. Bridge Falling Apart
By • March 26, 2015 0 650
Falling debris from the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge closed the southbound lane of the Rock Creek Parkway and brought engineers to the scene to assess the damage on Tuesday, March 24. U.S. Park Police said that a parkway driver reported debris on the road below the bridge around 1 a.m. Tuesday.
When structural engineers arrived on the scene for repairs, they were greeted with a flurry of falling debris with pieces as large as golf balls fallinh on them from underneath the bridge.
The bridge underwent repairs early this year and is slated by the D.C. Department of Transportation for substantial improvements starting this summer. No word yet on whether the March 24 incident and its aftermath will force DDOT to act on the bridge sooner than planned.
