Traffic Alert: Delays Continue Along New York Ave.

Two eastbound lanes of New York Avenue remain closed today between Montana Avenue and Bladensburg Road after a water main break yesterday. Officials are offering no estimate for how much longer the repair work will continue.

The city suggests the following detours to get around the mess:

-- Take Rhode Island Avenue east to southbound South Dakota Avenue to eastbound New York Avenue.
-- Take Florida Avenue southeast to Benning Road, and go east to I-295.
-- Take Florida Avenue southeast to 14th Street, NE and go south to Maryland Avenue. Make a left on Maryland and then another left on Bladensburg Road. At the intersection of Bladensburg and New York Avenue, make a right turn.