Traffic Advisories for DC

Federal agencies have a couple of traffic advisories for you.

President Bush is scheduled to deliver the State of the Union speech tonight at about 9 o'clock, but the U.S. Capitol police will close off streets around the Capitol at 7:30 p.m. You'll find a full list of the streets involved at this Capitol police Web page.

The National Park Service announced that on Wednesday, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., it will close the inbound (or eastbound) ramp that leads from Memorial Bridge to the Kennedy Center and Rock Creek Parkway. This is for tree pruning, unrelated to the longterm project on the parkway.

Detour: Go to 23rd Street southbound, turn right at Independence Avenue and to then head north toward the Kennedy Center and Rock Creek Parkway.