Metro News Release
For immediate release: October 7, 2011
Metrobus detours this weekend
Buses will temporarily reroute for special events throughout the region
This release has been updated.
Several Metrobus routes will detour this weekend for special events.
Friday, October 7 through Tuesday, October 11
- Bus routes 13, 32, 34, 36, 54, 63, 64, A11, A42, A46, A48, P6, S2, S4 and V8 will detour from 8 p.m., Friday through 3 a.m., Tuesday, October 11, around Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., between 9th and 14th Sts., for the Taste of DC.
Saturday, October 8
- Bus route 70 will detour from 6 a.m. to 5 p.m., on Saturday around 7th St. NW, between S and T St., NW (northbound lanes only) for road construction.
Sunday, October 9
- Bus routes 7A, 9A, 10A, 13F, 13G, 16B, 16G, 16K, 16P, 25A, 32, 34, 36, 52, 54, 74, 80, 96, P6 and V8 detour from 8 to 11 a.m. on Sunday around Washington Blvd., the Memorial Bridge and Independence Ave., SW. for the Army 10-miler.
- Bus routes 70 and 74 will detour from 5 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Sunday around 7th St., NW between F and H St., NW for heavy crane lifting operations.
For detailed information on the detours, please click here.
Metrobus customers can use the Next Bus information service to find out when buses will arrive at a given stop, by logging onto Metro’s website at www.wmata.com or by calling 202-637-7000 and saying, “Next Bus.”
News release issued at 9:17 am, October 7, 2011.