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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

In the Pipeline
25 M
Yards/Parcel I
Chiller Site Condos
Yards/Parcel A
1333 M St.
More Capper Apts.
Yards/DC Water site
New Marine Barracks
Nat'l Community Church
Factory 202/Yards
SC1100
Completed
Thompson Hotel ('20)
West Half ('19)
Novel South Capitol ('19)
Yards/Guild Apts. ('19)
Capper/The Harlow ('19)
New DC Water HQ ('19)
Yards/Bower Condos ('19)
Virginia Ave. Tunnel ('19)
99 M ('18)
Agora ('18)
1221 Van ('18)
District Winery ('17)
Insignia on M ('17)
F1rst/Residence Inn ('17)
One Hill South ('17)
Homewood Suites ('16)
ORE 82 ('16)
The Bixby ('16)
Dock 79 ('16)
Community Center ('16)
The Brig ('16)
Park Chelsea ('16)
Yards/Arris ('16)
Hampton Inn ('15)
Southeast Blvd. ('15)
11th St. Bridges ('15)
Parc Riverside ('14)
Twelve12/Yards ('14)
Lumber Shed ('13)
Boilermaker Shops ('13)
Camden South Cap. ('13)
Canal Park ('12)
Capitol Quarter ('12)
225 Virginia/200 I ('12)
Foundry Lofts ('12)
1015 Half Street ('10)
Yards Park ('10)
Velocity Condos ('09)
Teague Park ('09)
909 New Jersey Ave. ('09)
55 M ('09)
100 M ('08)
Onyx ('08)
70/100 I ('08)
Nationals Park ('08)
Seniors Bldg Demo ('07)
400 M ('07)
Douglass Bridge Fix ('07)
US DOT HQ ('07)
20 M ('07)
Capper Seniors 1 ('06)
Capitol Hill Tower ('06)
Courtyard/Marriott ('06)
Marine Barracks ('04)
 
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.  Click to see all available photos of this location.
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.  Click to see all available photos of this location.
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. Click to see all available photos of this location.
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