Northbound I-395 and S. Glebe Road are reopening after an earlier closure caused by a vehicle that crashed into a propane tank along the highway.
“Units are on scene of a propane leak from a 500-gallon tank at the N. Glebe Rd exit on I-395 northbound after a vehicle struck the tank,” the Arlington County Fire Department said on social media at 7 p.m. “I-395 northbound is closed for the foreseeable future. The driver was not injured. Crews are actively working to mitigate the leak.”
A water main break has partially closed a busy road in Cherrydale.
As of 3:30 p.m. the northbound lanes of N. Quincy Street were closed near 18th Street N., as water gushed a buckled portion of roadway in front of Restoration Anglican Church. Traffic control personnel were on scene, awaiting the arrival of county water crews.
A number of roads were closed and there were reports of a strong odor of gas near the Pentagon due to a major gas line rupture Monday afternoon.
Initial reports suggest a 12-inch gas line was struck around 1:15 p.m., at the construction site for the Arlington National Cemetery expansion near the intersection of Columbia Pike and S. Joyce Street.
Heavy traffic and some road closures are expected around Arlington National Cemetery this weekend as volunteers lay holiday wreaths at thousands of headstones.
Following record turnout and traffic backups during Family Pass Holder Day last Sunday, the cemetery is, as usual, encouraging volunteers to take the Metro to either Rosslyn or the Pentagon on Saturday. The Arlington Cemetery Metro stop will also be open, but congestion is expected there.
The worst of the roadwork on Columbia Pike is finally coming to an end.
Residents and business owners alike are breathing a sigh of relief as the extensive Columbia Pike Multimodal Improvements project approaches “substantial completion” — meaning reopened lanes and sidewalks.
In expectation of large crowds in the run-up to Thanksgiving, a pair of road closures will be in effect in Clarendon tonight (Wednesday).
The Arlington County Police Department is closing off Wilson Blvd and Clarendon Blvd between N. Highland Street and Washington Blvd “to accommodate the expected increase in nightlife activity.”
A pair of 5K races — one part of a program teaching life skills, the other fundraising for economically vulnerable mothers — are taking place in Arlington this weekend.
The 11th annual Jennifer Bush-Lawson Foundation Memorial 5K, happening across the Yorktown, Rock Spring and Williamsburg neighborhoods on Saturday morning, will be accompanied by a kids’ fun run and a “Fun Day” with moon bounces, laser tag and a mechanical bull.
One side of a 1950s-era bridge over Four Mile Run will close for reconstruction beginning next week.
The west side of the Arlington Ridge Road bridge, which crosses from Arlington into Alexandria just south of S. Glebe Road, will close next Wednesday to all vehicle and sidewalk traffic. It will remain inaccessible for about 11 months while crews demolish and reconstruct the southbound side.
The Marine Corps Marathon is still happening this weekend despite the government shutdown, bringing numerous road closures to Arlington.
Now in its 50th year, the sold-out race — one of the largest marathons in the country — will begin as scheduled on Sunday morning, just like the Army Ten-Miler last week, organizers announced in an Instagram post.
As happened during last night’s rush hour, Key Bridge again closed to traffic heading into D.C. Friday morning.
The closure was announced at around 10:15 a.m. and appears to be associated with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to Washington. The Ukrainian embassy is in Georgetown, near the entrance to the Key Bridge. The bridge was also closed for a few hours in August due to a Zelensky visit.
The Key Bridge was closed in both directions “for an unknown duration” at the start of the evening rush hour.
An Arlington Alert message about the closure was sent out around 4:45 p.m.
The intersection of Wilson Blvd and N. Fillmore Street is blocked due to a crash involving an overturned vehicle.
The reported two-vehicle crash happened around 2:15 p.m., sending one of the vehicles tumbling onto its side. The occupants were able to get out prior to emergency responders arriving on scene, according to scanner traffic.
