Road closures for Saturday protest in DC

Demonstrators protest Friday, June 5, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

A slew of roads will be closed Saturday in downtown D.C. as demonstrators take to the streets to protest.

D.C. police announced Friday that the following streets would be closed to traffic from 6 a.m. to midnight:

  • Constitution Avenue from Pennsylvania Avenue NW to 19th Street NW
  • Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street NW to 15th Street NW
  • Pennsylvania Avenue from 17th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • Indiana Avenue from 6th Street NW to 7th Street NW
  • Jefferson Drive, SW from 3rd Street to 14th Street SW
  • Madison Drive, NW from 3rd Street to 14th Street NW
  • C Street from 17th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • C Street from 3rd Street NW to 6th Street NW
  • D Street from 3rd Street NW to 8th Street NW
  • D Street from 17th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • E Street from 7th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • F Street from 7th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • G Street from 7th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • H Street from 7th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • I Street from New York Avenue NW to 19th Street NW
  • K Street from 9th Street NW to 19th Street NW
  • Connecticut Avenue from H Street NW to L Street NW
  • Vermont Avenue from H Street NW to L Street NW
  • New York Avenue from 9th Street NW to 15th Street NW
  • New York Avenue from 17th Street NW to 18th Street NW
  • 18th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to L Street NW
  • 17th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to L Street NW
  • 16th Street From H Street NW to L Street NW
  • 15th Street from Independence Avenue SW to L Street NW
  • 14th Street from Independence Avenue SW to L Street NW
  • 12th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to L Street NW
  • 12th Street Tunnel
  • 11th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to L Street NW
  • 10th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to L Street NW
  • 9th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to Massachusetts Avenue NW
  • 9th Street Tunnel
  • 7th Street from Independence Avenue SW to E Street NW
  • 6th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to E Street NW
  • 4th Street from Independence Avenue SW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Emergency no-parking will be in effect for the following streets from 5 a.m. to midnight:

  • Constitution Avenue from Pennsylvania Avenue NW to 17th Street NW
  • Pennsylvania Avenue from 3rd Street NW to 15th Street NW
  • Independence Avenue from 3rd Street NW to 14th Street SW
  • Connecticut Avenue from I Street NW to H Street NW
  • Vermont Avenue from I Street NW to H Street NW
  • I Street from 14th Street NW to 17th Street NW
  • H Street from 14th Street NW to 17th Street NW
  • K Street from 14th Street NW to 17th Street NW
  • New York Avenue from 14th Street NW to 15th Street NW
  • 17th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to K Street NW
  • 16th Street From H Street NW to K Street NW
  • 15th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to K Street NW
  • 14th Street from Independence Avenue SW to K Street NW
  • 12th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  • 10th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  • 9th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  • 7th Street from Independence Avenue SW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  • 6th Street from Constitution Avenue NW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  • 4th Street from Independence Avenue SW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW
  • 3rd Street from Independence Avenue SW to Pennsylvania Avenue NW

Will Vitka

William Vitka is a Digital Writer/Editor for WTOP.com. He's been in the news industry for over a decade. Before joining WTOP, he worked for CBS News, Stuff Magazine, The New York Post and wrote a variety of books—about a dozen of them, with more to come.

Protesters stayed out Friday evening in spite of the rain. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Demonstrations continued in the rain outside the White House on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A man and a woman who had been protesting walk in the rain Friday evening near the White House. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)
Protesters gathered along 16th Street before the rain on Friday. (WTOP/Ken Duffy)
Protesters stayed at Black Lives Matter Plaza on Friday in spite of the rain. (WTOP/Ken Duffy)
Two young women laid down along the stencil created along 16th Street NW. (WTOP/Ken Duffy)
A protester holds a Black Lives Matter sign at the fence outside Lafayette Square on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
A man holds a flag during a protest on Friday. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
People walk down 16th Street after volunteers, with permission from the city, painted “Black Lives Matter” on the street near the White House on June 5, 2020 in Washington, D.C. (Getty Images/Tasos Katopodis)
With the Washington Monument in the background people walk on the street leading to the White House after the words Black Lives Matter were painted on it by city workers and activists Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington.
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D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser walks on the street leading to the White House after the words Black Lives Matter were painted in enormous bright yellow letters on the street by city workers and activists Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington.
City workers and activists paint the words Black Lives Matter in enormous bright yellow letters on the the street leading to the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington.
Demonstrators protest Friday, June 5, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
Demonstrators protest Friday, June 5, 2020, near the White House in Washington, over the death of George Floyd, a black man who was in police custody in Minneapolis. Floyd died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers. (AP/Manuel Balce Ceneta)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 05: Demonstrators gather on 16th St. near Lafayette Park during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country have been largely peaceful in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC – JUNE 05: A student holds up a fist during a Black Lives Matter sit-in at the National Cathedral during a peaceful protest against police brutality and the death of George Floyd, on June 5, 2020 in Washington, DC. Protests in cities throughout the country are largely peaceful in the wake of the death of George Floyd, a black man who was killed in police custody in Minneapolis on May 25. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)
President Donald Trump speaks during a news conference in the Rose Garden of the White House, Friday, June 5, 2020, in Washington. White House chief economic adviser Larry Kudlow, left, and Labor Secretary Eugene Scalia, top right listen. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)
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