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Latest News
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Chain Bridge closed for next two weekends
The Chain Bridge will be closed the next two weekends so the D.C. Department of Transportation can complete reconstruction work that has been postponed for months.
March 11, 2010, WTOP
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Bike the Blossoms 2010
WABA will again have its bike valet, and Bike and Roll and NPS will again do tours of the blossoms, via the going out gurus.
March 9, 2010, WashCycle
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3 pedestrians struck in separate incidents; 2 dead
Three pedestrians were killed or critically injured by vehicles in three separate incidents within an hour of one another across the D.C. region Saturday morning, police said. In two of the cases, police said, the drivers did not stop.
By Matt Zapotosky, March 7, 2010, Washington Post
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Chain Bridge closed March 12-15
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Chain Bridge will be closed March 12-15
The District Department of Transportation (DDOT) is advising motorists that it plans to completely close the Chain Bridge on the weekend of March 12-15 for reconstruction work on the bridge deck, approaches and structural steel beams.
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Storm assessment: Sidewalks were biggest problem in D.C.
City workers did a good job clearing the streets after the recent snowstorms, D.C. officials said, but residents and business owners not doing their part to clear the sidewalks was a problem.
By Hristina Ninova, February 28, 2010, Examiner
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Two Wheels or Two Feet: Sharing the Way (PDF)
