I'm looking for a handyman (or woman) to assist with some cleanup tasks
on the back porch and yard. Recommendations would be appreciated.

FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL BRIDGE INBOUND LANE CLOSURES

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: MARCH 27, 2007
MEDIA CONTACTS: ERIK LINDEN, 202-671-2004 or KARYN LEBLANC, 202-671-
3490

FREDERICK DOUGLASS MEMORIAL BRIDGE
INBOUND LANE CLOSURES CONTINUE THIS WEEKEND

Inbound Lanes Closed for Continued Bridge Upgrades;

Fourth in Series of Weekend Closures Preparing for Summer
Improvements

(Washington, DC) As part of ongoing improvements to the Frederick
Douglass Memorial Bridge (sometimes referred to as the South Capitol
Street Bridge), the District Department of Transportation (DDOT)
will continue bridge repairs this weekend, starting Friday, March 30.

Following the morning rush hour this Friday, DDOT will temporarily
close the inbound lanes on the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge.
Inbound bridge drivers will be directed to follow signed detours on
Interstate 295 North to the 11th Street Bridge - providing direct
access into the District.

The inbound lanes will be closed beginning on Friday, March 30 at 10
a.m. until as late as Monday, April 2 at 4 a.m. All lanes will be
reopened in time for the Monday morning rush hour.

This weekend's closure is the fourth in a series of several weekend
bridge closures of all lanes in one direction. The off-peak
closures and repairs are needed to prepare for a major
rehabilitation that will take place on the Frederick Douglass Bridge
in July and August - at which time all lanes on the bridge will be
closed in both directions.

The first three weekend closures, which occurred the weekends of
January 26, February 9 and March 9 worked smoothly with minimal
impacts to the traveling public. As with any major traffic change,
however, DDOT continues to monitor conditions through each weekend
closure and make refinements as necessary.

The one-direction-only weekend closures on the Frederick Douglass
Memorial Bridge are necessary to allow workers to safely replace
bridge expansion joints with new joints (joints allow a bridge to
flex when temperature changes occur). Joint replacement work
requires extended periods of uninterrupted work hours, as it
involves removing existing joints from the concrete bridge deck,
making necessary repairs, installing new joints and placing concrete
to reconnect the existing bridge deck to the new joints. Under-the-
bridge steel repair work and painting also will occur.

The weekend closures and repair work, which are scheduled to
conclude in early June 2007, also may require periodic single-lane
closures during weekday non-peak travel times.

During the July-August closure, the northernmost portion of the
bridge will be lowered to become an at-grade roadway with a new
intersection at South Capitol Street and Potomac Avenue. Nearly
three blocks of elevated roadway - which currently act as a barrier
to access across South Capitol Street - will be removed and replaced
with at-grade intersections that will help knit the neighborhood
together. Additional improvements will occur such as paving and
painting the entire bridge.

Does anyone have a power washer that I can borrow for a day to clean the
outside of my house? I'm in A.U. Park a few blocks from Turtle Park.
Ideally, if I could pick it up on a weekend day I could return it that
night or the next day, along with a batch of homemade cookies! Bonnie