A bridge on the D.C. Metrorail Yellow Line will be closed for seven months—the longest ever for the transit system. Blue Line service and shuttles will attempt to make up the difference.
Connecting the new Potomac Yard station, under construction now for several years, into the D.C. Metrorail system, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) “is shutting down all rail service on the Yellow and Blue lines south of National Airport between September 10 and October 22,” reports Stephen Repetski for Greater Greater Washington.
The six week shutdown is a preview of the bigger shutdown to come, however. “On October 23, when the six rail stations south of National Airport reopen (there will still only be six; Potomac Yard station will not yet be open), Metro’s Yellow Line bridge between the Pentagon and L’Enfant stations will close, and won’t reopen until May of 2023,” reports Repetski.
The source article, linked below, provides more details on the repair work and how the WMATA plans to make up for the loss of the Yellow Line for such a protracted period.
FULL STORY: Metro’s Yellow Line bridge is closing for seven months. Here’s what you need to know.
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