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Southeast Boulevard
Reconfiguration of the route between 11th St. SE and Barney Circle; reopened to traffic Dec. 22, 2014
Planning study underway for a design more integrated into its surroundings; no timeline for completion
Technically part of the 11th Street Bridges's Phase 2, greenlighted in 2012
- Full Neighborhood Development MapThere's a lot more than just the projects listed here. See the complete map of completed, underway, and proposed projects all across the neighborhood.
- What's New This YearA quick look at what's arrived or been announced since the end of the 2018 baseball season.
- Food Options, Now and Coming SoonThere's now plenty of food options in the neighborhood. Click to see what's here, and what's coming.
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- Anacostia RiverwalkA bridge between Teague and Yards Parks is part of the planned 20-mile Anacostia Riverwalk multi-use trail along the east and west banks of the Anacostia River.
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- Virginia Ave. Tunnel ExpansionConstruction underway in 2015 to expand the 106-year-old tunnel to allow for a second track and double-height cars. Expected completion 2018.
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- Rail and Bus Times
Get real time data for the Navy Yard subway, Circulator, Bikeshare, and bus lines, plus additional transit information. - Rail and Bus Times
Get real time data for the Navy Yard subway, Circulator, Bikeshare, and bus lines, plus additional transit information. - Canal ParkThree-block park on the site of the old Washington Canal. Construction begun in spring 2011, opened Nov. 16, 2012.
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- Nationals Park21-acre site, 41,000-seat ballpark, construction begun May 2006, Opening Day March 30, 2008.
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- Washington Navy YardHeadquarters of the Naval District Washington, established in 1799.
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- Yards Park5.5-acre park on the banks of the Anacostia. First phase completed September 2010.
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- Van Ness Elementary SchoolDC Public School, closed in 2006, but reopening in stages beginning in 2015.
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- Agora/Whole Foods336-unit apartment building at 800 New Jersey Ave., SE. Construction begun June 2014, move-ins underway early 2018. Whole Foods expected to open in late 2018.
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- New Douglass BridgeConstruction underway in early 2018 on the replacement for the current South Capitol Street Bridge. Completion expected in 2021.
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- 1221 Van290-unit residential building with 26,000 sf retail. Underway late 2015, completed early 2018.
- NAB HQ/AvidianNew headquarters for National Association of Broadcasters, along with a 163-unit condo building. Construction underway early 2017.
- Yards/Parcel O Residential ProjectsThe Bower, a 138-unit condo building by PN Hoffman, and The Guild, a 190-unit rental building by Forest City on the southeast corner of 4th and Tingey. Underway fall 2016, delivery 2018.
- New DC Water HQA wrap-around six-story addition to the existing O Street Pumping Station. Construction underway in 2016, with completion in 2018.
- The Harlow/Square 769N AptsMixed-income rental building with 176 units, including 36 public housing units. Underway early 2017, delivery 2019.
- West Half Residential420-unit project with 65,000 sf retail. Construction underway spring 2017.
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- Novel South Capitol/2 I St.530ish-unit apartment building in two phases, on old McDonald's site. Construction underway early 2017, completed summer 2019.
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- 1250 Half/Envy310 rental units at 1250, 123 condos at Envy, 60,000 square feet of retail. Underway spring 2017.
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- Parc Riverside Phase II314ish-unit residential building at 1010 Half St., SE, by Toll Bros. Construction underway summer 2017.
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- 99 M StreetA 224,000-square-foot office building by Skanska for the corner of 1st and M. Underway fall 2015, substantially complete summer 2018. Circa and an unnamed sibling restaurant announced tenants.
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- The Garrett375-unit rental building at 2nd and I with 13,000 sq ft retail. Construction underway late fall 2017.
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- Yards/The Estate Apts. and Thompson Hotel270-unit rental building and 227-room Thompson Hotel, with 20,000 sq ft retail total. Construction underway fall 2017.
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- Meridian on First275-unit residential building, by Paradigm. Construction underway early 2018.
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- The Maren/71 Potomac264-unit residential building with 12,500 sq ft retail, underway spring 2018. Phase 2 of RiverFront on the Anacostia development.
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- DC Crossing/Square 696Block bought in 2016 by Tishman Speyer, with plans for 800 apartment units and 44,000 square feet of retail in two phases. Digging underway April 2018.
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- One Hill South Phase 2300ish-unit unnamed sibling building at South Capitol and I. Work underway summer 2018.
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- New DDOT HQ/250 MNew headquarters for the District Department of Transportation. Underway early 2019.
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- 37 L Street Condos11-story, 74-unit condo building west of Half St. Underway early 2019.
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- CSX East Residential/Hotel225ish-unit AC Marriott and two residential buildings planned. Digging underway late summer 2019.
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- 1000 South Capitol Residential224-unit apartment building by Lerner. Underway fall 2019.
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- Capper Seniors 2.0Reconstruction of the 160-unit building for low-income seniors that was destroyed by fire in 2018.
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- Chemonics HQNew 285,000-sq-ft office building with 14,000 sq ft of retail. Expected delivery 2021.
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Feb. 28, 2016 - The central portion of Southeast Blvd., seen a little over a year after its Dec. 2014 opening. This is looking east, toward Barney Circle.
A cross-section view of what was done to create Southeast Blvd., with lots (and lots!) of dirt used to bring the new street to its intersection with 11th Street, before heading downhill toward Pennsylvania Avenue. (6/12)
Sept. 14, 2012 - Looking east toward 11th Street from the freeway in September 2012, giving a sense of the amount of fill needed to bring the road up to 11th Street, which is the green-spanned overpass at center. (Less than what it seems like when you're looking down from 11th Street!)
July 22, 2014 - And now the high flyover at right in the above photo is gone, replaced with this ramp down to 11th Street. Outbound traffic now uses the new flyover at left.
After DDOT's initial designs for Southeast Blvd. struck many observers as little more than a reconstituted freeway and not an "urban boulevard," the Office of Planning was brought in to spearhead a study project, which in December 2014 unveiled these concepts for a boulevard that is reconnected to the street grid to the north at 13th, 14th and 15th streets, includes pedestrian overpasses to bridge the CSX tracks and get to M Street, Virginia Avenue, and the Anacostia River, and uses the median for housing and other development. A number of studies have been completed, but as of early 2016 no timeline currently exists for moving forward with any plans along these lines.
May 2013 - A wide view of the Southeast Blvd. footprint in May 2013, with the filling already underway.
Feb. 28, 2016 - From the other side of 11th Street, a wider view of the same location (note the apartment building at far left), showing that 11th is no longer an overpass to a sunken freeway, but an at-grade intersection.
Feb. 28, 2016 - Southeast Blvd's eastern end, with the exit to eastbound Pennsylvania Avenue, and the closed-off lanes that head under Barney Circle toward RFK. This may someday be reconfigured, but for now....
Sept. 14, 2012 - Before the reconstruction of the 11th Street Bridges and the creation of Southeast Blvd., the Southeast Freeway ran eastward toward Barney Circle, under 11th Street (the middle bridge seen here), while flyover bridges to the south headed toward the 11th Street Bridges (seen at top right).
Standing on what used to be the westbound lanes of the SE Freeway, at about 13th Street. Work had already begun on bringing in fill dirt before the eastbound lanes were closed. What's also sort-of seen here is the work to dismantle a ramp up to 11th Street that had started to be built during the 11th Street Bridges first phase, but was abandoned once the second phase was awarded. Oops. (9/14/12)
The same location, more or less (look at the freeway pylons) a few days before Southeast Blvd. opened in December 2014. (12/13/14)
Methinks that the green band under "11th St. SE" is hiding a "Southeast Blvd." label--and I was right! (7/28/14)
A March 2012 drawing from the DDOT/Skanska/Facchina team shows in detail the new ramps and flyovers around 11th Street from both phases of the project, along with how Southeast Blvd. will intersect with 11th Street. (A much larger version is available to really study in detail, if you wish.)
Standing on 11th Street and looking to the east in March 2011, as the work on the first new 11th Street flyover ramp was underway. (3/3/11)
December 13, 2014 - The same location, much changed, and with the new entrance to the eastbound SE Blvd days away from opening. 
Turning westward and looking at the SE Freeway as it rose from the depths below 11th Street, in March 2011. (3/3/11)
August 29, 2015 - The same location, a few months after the new ramp to 11th Street SE from eastbound 695 opened.
Plans are also on the boards to extend 12th Street SE north of M to connect it to Southeast Blvd., allowing drivers exiting I-695 at the M Street/Navy Yard exit to continue northbound and then turn left or right on SE Blvd, toward either Barney Circle or 11th Street. This is the 12th and M intersection, looking north, in 2008, before the ramps to and from RFK were demolished. (8/23/08)
September 6, 2015 - The same location, cleared of the RFK ramps, but awaiting the start of the extension. The Potomac Gardens public housing project is in the distance, but it is north of the Southeast Blvd. footprint and will remain unaffected by this construction.
Latest News
December 10, 2017
Meeting Dec. 11 on Southeast Blvd. Redesign
October 17, 2017
Tuesday Tidbits: Amazon HQ2 Proposal, Bower Sales, Cava, Rasa
August 31, 2017
Southeast Blvd. Environmental Assessment Meeting on Sept. 16
December 22, 2014
Southeast Blvd. Now Open to Traffic (Updated with a Trip Report)
December 16, 2014
Southeast Blvd. (Version 1.0) Close to Opening; Future Designs?
December 10, 2014
Southeast Blvd. Community Meeting on Thursday, Dec. 11
March 10, 2014
Catching Up on Progress: Roads and Bridges Edition
March 4, 2014
Tuesday Tidbits: Coming in Like a Lion
