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Weekend Wakeup: Track work will slow all Metro lines

Track work will slow Metro riders down this weekend on all five rail lines. Crews will be performing a variety of construction and maintenance, including platform reconstruction, electrical work and drain cleaning.

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Weekend Wakeup: Bridge work, single tracking and cold temps

Bridge work brings detours to traffic along Route 50 in Virginia and Metro restarts single tracking. That and more in this week's edition of Weekend Wakeup.

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Weekend Wakeup: Inauguration Day Edition

A large migration to the nation's capital will peak this weekend as the final preparations for the 57th Presidential Inauguration are rushed to completion.

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Weekend Wakeup: Warm weather, parade rehearsals to slow down drivers

Expect more drivers to hit the region's roads this weekends as the warm air moves in. However little construction work is expected and will help keep lanes open but a parade rehearsal Downtown will cause headaches for drivers.

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Weekend Wakeup: Metro work, road closures

Getting around Washington on the weekends typically becomes a little easier during the cold winter months. With lower temperatures comes lower highway volumes. Further, there are fewer outdoor events to draw large crowds and road work slows.

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Weekend Wakeup: Holiday travelers, snow to slow drivers

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Weekend Wakeup: No construction to plan around

The good news for the long holiday weekend - all major road construction is suspended in Virginia, Maryland, and the District from 12 p.m. Friday through 12 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 26.

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Weekend Wakeup: Plan for complex Metro detours

Warm temperatures may lure more people into Downtown over the weekend, many who might opt to take Metro. But better to stick with the roads rather than the rails as Metro moves forward with its scheduled track work.

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Weekend Wakeup: Beltway express lanes to open

All eyes will be on the Beltway this weekend, as the 495 Express Lanes make their debut between Braddock Road and the Dulles Toll Road in advance of the Monday morning rush hour.

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Weekend Wakeup: Columbus Day travel edition

This Columbus Day weekend brings construction delays on Metrorail and the Capital Beltway and closures along the George Washington Memorial Parkway.

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