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Blue and Yellow line trains are sharing the same track from Pentagon City through Arlington Cemetery on the Blue Line, and from Pentagon City to L’Enfant Plaza Metrorail station on the Yellow Line. Free Metrobus shuttles are running between the affected stations, but passengers should remember that a Metrobus can carry only 50 passengers, compared with the more than 600 passengers that can ride on a six-car Metrorail train.

The smoke and fire incident at the Pentagon station was caused by an arcing insulator on the track. An insulator is a piece of protective covering that supports the electrified third rail that provides electricity to run the trains. Metro personnel and the Arlington County Fire Department responded to the scene and extinguished the fire.

The detour will be the ramp to U.S. 1 north to Duke Street west toward U.S. 1 southbound.
Another bridge-related closing
One right lane will be closed on U.S. 1 southbound between south of Franklin Street to Fort Hunt Road from 9 p.m. Friday, Nov. 9, to as late as 5 a.m. Monday, Nov. 12.

3450 Washington Boulevard, Arlington
2901-11 South Glebe Road, Arlington
7137 Columbia Pike, Annandale
6426 Springfield Plaza, Springfield
3115 Lee Highway, Arlington
3480 South Jefferson Street, Falls Church

Metro’s Cathy Asato announced last week that the SmarTrip cards would be sold at Giant customer service counters at 26 more Giant stores in D.C., Maryland and Virginia.

“We want to encourage our riders to use SmarTrip on Metrobus and Metrorail. It’s convenient and speeds up the boarding process on buses and movement of passengers through faregates in rail stations. By making SmarTrip cards more widely available through our partners at Giant, we hope to get the cards into the hands of more and more customers in the neighborhoods we serve,” said Metro General Manager John Catoe in a news release.

SmarTrip cards also can be purchased on www.MetroOpensDoors.com, at Metro sales offices, commuter stores and vending machines at Metrorail stations that have parking facilities.

Gallery Place: Seventh Street, NW from G Street to H Street from Nov. 6 to Nov. 12, weather permitting. Work hours are 7 p.m. to 5 a.m. Expect lane closures overnight during this time and a full street closure on the nights of Nov. 6 and Nov. 7. A detour will be set up.

Dupont Circle: Willard Street, NW from 17th Street to 18th Street or about Nov. 9. Resurfacing is expected to be completed by Nov. 17. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

Georgetown: 36th Street NW from Prospect Street to P Street, on or about Nov. 9, weather permitting. Resurfacing is expected to be completed by Nov. 17. Work hours are 7 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday.

VA. 28 BRIDGE
“By Monday morning, they’ll have all the lanes open,” said Joan Morris, VDOT spokeswoman, in reference to the Va. 28 bridge between Hornbaker and Linton Hall roads.
There is room on the bridge for two more lanes when Va. 28 is further widened in the future.
U.S. 29 RAMP
The U.S. 29 interchange project at I-66 is well under way and tonight’s eastbound improvements should make driving to work easier on Monday, she said.
“It all opens up tonight,” she said on Friday morning. “This is a major milestone for this project.”
PARK AND RIDE NOW OPEN
A commuter lot at Gainesville United Methodist Church adds to the area’s popular, but limited commuter lot bank.
The Potomac and Rappahannock Transportation Commission will lease 75 parking spaces from the church, at 13710 Milestone Ct. The lot opens
These spaces are in addition to the new lot at Linton Hall Road and Limestone Drive that will replace the temporary commuter lot at the Virginia Gateway Center.
Now that the new permanent commuter parking lot is ready to open, PRTC will alter its Linton Hall Metro Direct commuter bus service effective November 5 to start at Limestone Drive.  As a result of the routing change, bus stops along Linton Hall at Virginia Gateway Center, Waverly Mills, Rocky Run and Laurianne will no longer be served, according to PRTC’s spokeswoman, Christine Rodrigo.