S. Clark Street Bridge In Crystal City Is Set For Demolition

Drivers in Arlington County will have to use 15th and 20th Streets South as alternate route following the call for the demolition of the S. Clark Street bridge over 18th Street S. in Crystal City, which is set to be torn down this month.

  The demolition, which is set for late May, is part of a $6 million project to tear down the elevated section of S. Clark Street and build a “new open space” with streetscaping that’s friendlier to development. This will happen in an area next to the Crystal City Metro station that’s likely to become a hotspot with Amazon’s arrival. The Crystal City Sector Plan and accompanying Multimodal Transportation Study called for the demolition of the bridge in order to make way for new building sites and an improved surface street network. The demolition started last summer and of the beginning of 2019 crews had already demolished the S. Clark Street overpass over 15th Street S.  Arlington County Officials hope to complete the project by this summer.

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