Lane Closures Tonight on I-295 Kenilworth Avenue

Starting at 9 p.m., District road crews will lay new asphalt on southbound I-295 (Kenilworth Ave.) in the area where it intersects with Burroughs Ave in Northeast.

District Department of Transportation officials expect the work to be done by 6 a.m. Saturday.

For those nine hours, the left and center lanes of the road will be closed. During the closure, the transportation department suggests a few good alternatives to get onto the Beltway.

1) I-395 to 50 East (New York Avenue)
2) Whitney Young Memorial Bridge/East Capitol Street/Central Avenue
3) Sousa Bridge/Pennsylvania Avenue, Southeast