Problem of its own. If it allows it to fall down. And if we allow this application period to go by because two jurisdictions couldnt figure it out, shame on us. The park service says if repairs dont begin by 2019 it will need to close the entire bridge by 2021. Rerouting 68,000 vehicles each day on to other area bridges. There is no doubt a number of congressional staffers and the National Park Service Employees will be having an allnighter to get the application in order. Even so, critics say the park service dug itself too deep of a hole to now dig out of. Live in arlington, im kevin lewis. Abc7 news. Leon thanks, kevin. Covering metro tonight, g. M. Paul wiedefeld and chairman jack evans faced hours of tough questioning on capitol hill. The pair met with senators from virginia and m overnight hearing. The Lawmakers Said while much more needs to be done, metro is slowly making progress improving safety. They praise the hiring of the new york veteran Patrick Lavin as the chief safety
Wjla wjla wjla wjla patchy frost possible north and west of town. We will check out the 15 minutes. Jummy thank you. Jamie sullivan is tracking trouble spots. Jamie we are not seeing too much as far as accidents. The issue for us right now will mainly be road work. This is our map heading northbound right near seminary road. Again, this is the northbound stretch of 395. You can see passing by edsall road, we are slow. Quite back to the mixing bowl, but again, its going to be heavy as you continue to seminary road where the work is in place. As we move to take a look outside, show you what we are seeing in maryland. No problems near connecticut. A great pace. No construction near Georgia Avenue to slow you down. Live look bad at all. If you had northbound, getting past falls road, our southbound traffic, same thing. Mmy thank you. Were following new developments as three brothers accused of launching a deadly and bush at the north county Police Station face a judge. John gonzalez is liv
Democracy. And the cap tam face off against the flyers at 7 00 p. M. Sand and seasoned hordes of children and their parent expected to flock to the Convention Center for the all day science and engineering festival. Hotels will be packed and roads will be too. All i can say is they are making money. This is a fancy gib camera to get the spectacular shots in the festival parade tomorrow. If you cant come out, you can watch it on abc7 news at noon and channel newschannel8 at 2 00. Alison thank you, jay. Maureen even more street closings. 19th street between pennsylvania avenue and g street and eighth street between 20 pennsylvania avenue. They will be closed until sunday at 10 00. Find a list of the street closings around the area this weekend at wjla. Com. As jay mentioned the emancipation day parade means road closures in the district. The city holiday dates to 1866. But didnt become official until 2000. It imagines the date in 1862 when Abraham Lincoln ended slavery in the city. D. C.
Condition. Brad i am told there is hope they can get two left lanes open in the next 15 or 20 minutes or so. Well let you know. Leon how is it looking . It is rough to get around it. There arent many options. This is a live look. You can see that a lot of the activity is confined to the righthand side. So when they reopen the outer loop they will get the traffic get by using the left lanes. This is still closed. Lets talk about how it is impacting you. Seven miles north near the ritchie marlboro road to route 50 diverting traffic. We have a few options. But dont think the detours that you take mean you will get where you need to go quick. Everyone is using them. Once you exit at route 50 you can take 410 to 201 and continue north to access the outer loop. That will get you the green belt and college park. Still a rough ride. Horace holmes knows what a rough ride is. Lets check in with him now. Horace the pictures tell it all. We are moving but bumper to bumper in outer look of the belt
Winchester, downtown 65, finally made far north as frederick. Well keep the chance for showers and thunderstorms until 8 00. Well cancel the yellow alert about 9 00. The highest risk again east of i95 and south. Southern maryland is in the crosshairs in terms of the chance for heavy, maybe severe storms. Time frame now till 8 00 and the threat is still strong wind and also some heavy downpours. Well come back, talk about the cold front moves through later tonight, going to kick up some winds tomorrow and what that means for the Cherry Blossoms. Now the crime spree that we mentioned at the top of the show. Workers at the Census Bureau in suitland got back to work today. Bruce leshan has more on the suspect at the center of the crime. Reporter his name is Ronald Anderson and he is in Police Custody at the hospital tonight after taking several rounds in a gunbattle with police here. Court records show anderson was convicted of manslaughter in 1991 and that when he allegedly kidnapped his