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Lanes Reopen on New York Avenue Following Slope Failure
posted 1:43 pm Sun May 11, 2008 - WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Crews have finished rebuilding a portion of New York Avenue that slid off an embankment Friday as heavy rain soaked the region.
D.C. Department of Transportation (web|news) spokeswoman Karyn Le Blanc says a football field-length section of the right inbound lane gave way just before the Brentwood Road exit.
About 50 truck loads of dirt were used to rebuild the lane. Crews also installed additional drainage under the road.
Le Blanc says it's unclear why the ground became unstable. Workers have found an abandoned water main at the site, but engineers haven't determine if that compromised the road's foundation, or whether it might have been the heavy rains or some combination of factors.
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