The South Capitol Street Corridor Project will transform the street from an urban freeway into a boulevard while improving safety, multi-modal transportation mobility and community access that will support economic development.

Purpose:

• Improve safety
  The design and deteriorating condition of infrastructure in the corridor creates the need for improvements.
• Improve multimodal mobility
  Roadway connections are missing and facilities for pedestrians, bicyclists are lacking.
• Improve accessibility
  Grade separations and intersection configurations limit access.
• Support ongoing economic development
  Development in the area will add jobs.

Key Project Elements:

• a new arched bascule Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge across the Anacostia River;
• a new at-grade traffic circle at Suitland Parkway; a reconstructed Suitland Parkway/Interstate 295 interchange; and a new Martin Luther King Jr. and Suitland Parkway interchange east of the river
• a new at-grade traffic oval connecting South Capitol Street, Potomac Avenue and Q Street SE, a reconstructed South Capitol Street as a six-lane boulevard with an improved streetscape from the oval to Independence Avenue and at-grade M Street SE intersection west of the river.
• improved bicycle and pedestrian facilities throughout the corridor