Major Events, Street Closures this Weekend
MONDAY: The 2009 National Memorial Day Parade on Constitution Avenue begins at 2 p.m. (Photo: NMDP Web site.)
The following street closures in DC are from Alert DC… plus links to three major events in the area this Memorial Day Weekend (including Borderstan, of course!).
- Saturday: United House of Prayer for All People Memorial Day Parade.
- Sunday: Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Ride.
- Monday: National Memorial Day Parade
Saturday May 23
- United House of Prayer for All People Memorial Day Parade. The parade starts at 11 a.m. and there will be temporary road closures along the route.
- The parade route begins at 601 M Street…North on 6th Street, NW to Florida Avenue… West on Florida Avenue to 13th & U Streets, NW… South on 13th Street, NW to Logan Circle… East on P Street to 7th Street, NW… South on 7th Street to M Street, NW… East on M Street to end at the House of Prayer.
Sunday, May 24
- Rolling Thunder Motorcycle Ride. The following streets will be closed from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.:
- Arlington Memorial Circle
- Memorial Bridge
- Lincoln Memorial Circle
- 23rd Street, NW from Constitution Avenue to Lincoln Memorial Circle
- Henry Bacon Drive from Constitution Avenue to Lincoln Memorial Circle
- Constitution Avenue, NW from the Theodore Roosevelt Bridge to 3rd Street, NW
- 3rd Street from Constitution Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue, SW
- Independence Avenue from 3rd Street to 23rd Street, SW
- Ohio Drive, SW from Independence Avenue to the Inlet Bridge
- West Basin Drive, SW from Ohio Drive to Independence Avenue
- Jefferson Drive, SW
- Madison Drive, NW
Monday, May 25
- National Memorial Day Parade. Henry Bacon Drive closes at 5 a.m. and will remain closed until the conclusion of the parade. The following streets will be closed from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m.:
- Constitution Avenue from 7th Street to 23rd Street, NW
- Jefferson Drive from 4th Street to 15th Street, SW
- Madison Drive from 4th Street to 15th Street, NW
- 15th Street from Independence Avenue, SW to Constitution Avenue, NW
- 17th Street from Independence Avenue, SW to Constitution Avenue, NW
