Metro News Release

For immediate release: November 19, 2003

Metrorail bridge construction to cause daytime closing of M Street

Ongoing construction of the New York Avenue Metrorail station will necessitate the daytime closing of a section of M Street between First and Second Streets, NE, while construction workers erect a Metrorail bridge over M street into the new station. M Street, NE, will be closed between First and Second Streets for the entire day on Tuesday, Nov. 25, and then for approximately four weeks beginning Monday, December 1 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Drivers are encouraged to use the detour using First, Second and L Streets. Metrorail officials apologize for any inconvenience that this detour causes during the construction of the new station. For more information on the New York Avenue Metrorail station construction project, visit http://www.wmata.com/about/expansion/nyave.cfm.

News release issued on November 19, 2003.