Unifest to Close Some Anacostia Streets

The annual festival is scheduled for 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Saturday, but the street closings in the area begin earlier and end later: 11 p.m. Friday to 1 a.m. Sunday

Here's the street list:
-- Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue SE from 11th Street Bridge ramp to Howard Road
-- Ramp from I-295 to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue and Good Hope Road SE
-- Good Hope Road SE from 13th Street to Martin Luther King Jr Avenue
-- U Street SE from 14th Street to Shannon Place
-- V Street SE from 14th Street to Shannon Place
-- W Street SE from 14th Street to Railroad Avenue SE
-- Pleasant Street SE from 13th Street to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
-- Mount View Place SE from Pleasant Street to Talbert Street (Subject to change.)
-- Maple View Place SE from Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue to Mount View Place
-- Chicago Street SE from Railroad Avenue to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue
-- Shannon Place SE from U Street to Howard Road
-- Talbert Street SE from Shannon Place to Martin Luther King Jr. Avenue

Howard Road will remain open from the Douglass Bridge on South Capitol Street to Pomeroy Road SE.

Drivers, please be careful in the area of the street festival, which draws many thousands of people.