Traffic, Transit Advisories

Couple of advisories today for drivers and transit users.

March Madness and Metro
The NCAA games at Verizon Center are scheduled to start at 12:20 p.m. and will continue well into tonight. (Here's a link to Verizon Center's directions page.) The center sits atop Gallery Place Station, which is a junction of three Metro lines, the Red, Green and Yellow.

For the games that end in the off-peak afternoon and night time hours, Metro will put on extra trains to help with the crowds. And for the late game, Metro will stay open till 1 a.m.

Gallery Place has three entrances, but if you're traveling on the Red Line, it's just a couple of blocks west to Metro Center Station on G Street NW and a couple of blocks east to Judiciary Square Station on F Street NW.

Road Work in Tysons
A left turn lane on Route 7 East between Gosnell Road and Route 123 into the northside service road is closed today from 9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., the Virginia Department of Transportation says. Drivers can turn left at the next intersection.