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A busy stretch of N. Glebe Road just north of Ballston was completely blocked Tuesday afternoon.

A moving van took down a utility pole and live wires near 15th Street N. just before 2 p.m. The road was closed in both directions while police and fire personnel awaited utility crews to start cleaning up the mess.


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The Arlington County Board has delayed making a final decision on a controversial Green Valley redevelopment proposal.

Board members voted 5-0 on Saturday to defer consideration of the 531-unit project that developer CC Rock Arlington Owner, LLC wants to put at 2480 S. Glebe Road — the current site of Hotel Pentagon and Comfort Inn Pentagon City.


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Charges are expected to be filed after yesterday’s fatal, high-speed crash at along Wilson Blvd.

Police say charges are pending against one of the drivers, who was seriously injured. The deceased, meanwhile, has been identified as a 32-year-old woman: Xuewei He of McLean.


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Expect a days-long closure of N. Glebe Road near Chain Bridge due to emergency water main repairs.

The busy commuter route was closed Thursday afternoon between Chain Bridge Road and Military Road. Outbound traffic from D.C. is being diverted onto Chain Bridge Road, while northbound traffic heading toward the District is being rerouted onto Military Road.


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Plans to add a traffic signal to a crash-prone intersection north of Columbia Pike are taking another step forward.

Proposed improvements to S. Glebe Road and 9th Street S. will be the topic of a county open house on Thursday, Dec. 5.


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Looking for a parking spot on N. Glebe Road? Be sure to read the signs.

A roughly 0.7-mile section of the road is home to Arlington’s lone “rush hour zones,” portions of the roadway where drivers may only park outside of hours of peak road congestion.


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A public hearing on plans to replace a 60-year-old bridge over N. Glebe Road is happening tonight.

The Virginia Department of Transportation plans to rebuild the Old Glebe Road bridge, just up the hill from Chain Bridge, with a wider sidewalk on the eastern side and an additional sidewalk on the western side.


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A pedestrian has been struck and seriously injured at a busy Ballston area intersection.

The crash happened around 4:15 p.m. at the intersection of N. Glebe Road and N. Henderson Road. Initial reports suggest a person on a scooter was struck by the driver of a pickup truck.


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A fire in a small strip mall has blocked Glebe Road during the morning rush hour.

Firefighters were dispatched to a restaurant at 71 N. Glebe Road around 6:30 a.m. for a report of a business on fire. They found smoke coming from below the roof, fire in the basement and a hole in the floor, according to scanner traffic.


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Just over 1,200 Dominion customers were without power in Arlington this morning on an exceptionally sweltering day.

The outage affected a far northern section of Arlington — along parts of N. Glebe Road, Military Road and Chesterbrook Road — plus a portion of McLean. It followed reports of an arcing power line on the 3600 block of Miliary Road, which prompted a fire department response.


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