You may want to avoid driving near the Capitol Tuesday night. Capitol Police are shutting down many streets in the area starting at 7 p.m. due to the State of the Union address.



DDOT shared the following from Capitol Police on the closures:



North Side of Capitol Square:

D Street NE between 2nd Street NE & Louisiana Avenue NW

C Street NE between 2nd Street NE & Louisiana Avenue NW

Constitution Avenue between 2nd Street NE & Louisiana Avenue NW

Delaware Avenue between Columbus Circle & Constitution Avenue NE

New Jersey Avenue NW between Louisiana Avenue & Constitution Avenue NW

Pennsylvania Avenue between 1st & 3rd streets NW

East Capitol Street between 2nd & 1st streets NE/SE

1st Street between Columbus Circle NE & C Street SE

1st Street between Louisiana Avenue, NW & Washington Avenue SW

2nd Street NE between Constitution Avenue & East Capitol Street NE

South Side of Capitol Square:

Maryland Avenue SW between 1st & 3rd streets SW

Independence Avenue between 2nd Street SE & Washington Avenue SW

C Street between 1st Street SE & Washington Avenue SW

Delaware Avenue between Washington Avenue SW & C Street SW

New Jersey Avenue between Independence Avenue & D Street SE

South Capitol Street between Independence Avenue & D Street SE/SW

Roads will reopen when the event had concluded.



Additionally, Capitol Square will be restricted to event-credentialed and authorized pedestrians only, beginning at 6 p.m. Tuesday.

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