Annual 'March' Will Close City Streets

WASHINGTON - The annual March for Life will cause some street closures and parking restrictions Tuesday in the District.

The Metropolitan Police Department anticipates that temporary street closures will include:

• 4th Street, NW to Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
  
• Constitution Avenue, NW, to First Street, NE, from approximately 1 to 4 p.m.

There will also be anticipated street closures on:

• 7th Street between H Street, NW and Independence Avenue, SW
  
• Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, from 4th Street to 7th Street.

These streets will reopen to vehicular traffic immediately after the marchers pass.

The main march is scheduled to begin at the National Mall between 4th Street, NW, and 7th Street, NW, at approximately 9 a.m. Marchers will assemble on the Mall grounds and continue until approximately 1 p.m., when the group will march to the Supreme Court.

In conjunction with this event, no parking will be allowed at the following locations from 7 a.m. until 2 p.m. on Tuesday.

• Both sides of 4th Street from Pennsylvania Avenue, NW to Independence Avenue, SW
  
• Both sides of 7th Street from F Street, NW to Jefferson Drive, SW
  
• North side of Constitution Avenue from 3rd Street to Louisiana Avenue, NW

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