Nighttime resurfacing on Bradley Boulevard

A contractor was performing resurfacing work on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda last night. The paving was taking place near the intersection with Hillandale Road, just east of the railroad trestle. This does not appear to have any connection to the upcoming WSSC water main replacement project further west on Bradley.

Road work at intersection of River Road and Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda

Maryland State Highway Administration contractors were working at the intersection of River Road and Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda overnight. Traffic southbound on the parkway was forced to turn left onto River. That's quite a detour, as access from River to Massachusetts Avenue is artificially blocked all the way from the parkway to the D.C. line at Western Avenue. Heckuva job, Brownie! 

I can find no service bulletins or road closure notice related to this on the MDSHA website, but the work appeared to involve resurfacing. It would be nice to alert the public in advance, especially with the outrageous cost of vehicle registration in the state. Taxpayers recently ate the full cost of the flimsy flexposts along the bike lanes on River, as they apparently never considered things like snowplowing. We're coming up on a full decade of the newly-politicized "post-best-engineering-practices" MDSHA, and it shows.

MDSHA updating River Road bike lanes in Bethesda (Photos)

Maryland State Highway Administration contractors are updating the bike lanes along River Road between Brookside Drive and Little Falls Parkway in Bethesda. Single-lane closures will be implemented between 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM, and overnight, between now and the end of October. New pavement markings and green surface paint are being applied to the lanes. Flexposts will be installed alongside the lanes.

Wisconsin Avenue resurfacing continued overnight in Bethesda

How is this still going on? Wisconsin Avenue was being resurfaced in front of the Hyatt Regency Bethesda hotel way back on August 6, 2025. But over the night into this morning, the southbound lanes of Wisconsin were closed for resurfacing work. The road was heavily damaged by a water main break in the beginning of August, but why the repairs are still being done after Labor Day is inexplicable. 

Late night road striping in downtown Bethesda raises worker safety questions (Photos)

A road crew was out performing road striping operations in downtown Bethesda's Woodmont Triangle late last night into this morning. The crew was striping a crosswalk and stop line in front of the Tastee Diner on Norfolk Avenue at Woodmont Avenue. It's interesting that they could do this without closing the street to traffic. There also wasn't any protection for the crew from vehicles or drunk drivers, or even cones and lights or flares to alert drivers to their presence. This is an extremely dangerous work environment for these men. Who in Montgomery County government is supervising this?

Look how dark it is - would a drunk driver
be likely to see this crew while making a
left turn from Woodmont?

These men need more safety protection

WSSC repairs damage to Wisconsin Avenue in Bethesda (Video + Photos)

Water utility WSSC led a major repair effort overnight in Bethesda, to get Wisconsin Avenue back into shape between Old Georgetown Road and Montgomery Avenue. The roadway was damaged by a water main break on Monday. WSSC removed the damaged section of 8' pipe from below the street yesterday, and then made preparations to resurface the road. A WSSC crew, contractors, and the Maryland State Highway Administration were all on the scene Tuesday night into this morning, resurfacing the street in front of the Hyatt Regency Bethesda hotel. 

Resurfacing project begins on Bradley Boulevard in Bethesda (Photos)

A Maryland State Highway Administration contractor has begun a resurfacing project on Bradley Boulevard (MD 191) in Bethesda. The work area will run from 6421 Bradley Boulevard to Bradmoor Drive, and resurface both directions of the road. Work hours will be 8:00 PM to 5:00 AM, Monday through Friday. The project is expected to be completed by mid-September, if the weather cooperates.

NIghttime lane closures ahead at Chevy Chase Lake

Watch for nighttime lane closures on Connecticut Avenue between Jones Bridge Road and Dunlop Street in Chevy Chase beginning tomorrow night, September 15, 2024. The Purple Line construction-related closures will take place as needed for about three weeks. Crews will be completing utility work under the Purple Line bridge at Chevy Chase Lake during that time. Work hours will be from 9:00 PM to 5:00 AM.

Utility work continues on Old Georgetown Road in downtown Bethesda

Expect lane closures to continue on Old Georgetown Road in the coming nights. Utility work continues in the southbound lanes between Auburn Avenue and Arlington Road. A locating services contractor was on location last night.

Mystery utility work on Old Georgetown Road

A utility crew was digging up the road and working on infrastructure under it Monday evening on Old Georgetown Road south of Battery Lane. Lanes were closed for the work. There always seems to be utility work going on at night in downtown Bethesda.

Nighttime noise, road closures near Avocet Tower site in Bethesda next month

Underground utility upgrades along Montgomery Avenue in downtown Bethesda will necessitate lane closures and nighttime work early next month. The work will be alongside the Avocet Tower construction site between Wisconsin Avenue and Waverly Street.

Due to the potential impact on rush hour traffic, the Maryland State Highway Administration is requiring the contractor to perform the work at night between 9:00 PM and 5:00 AM. The project is anticipated to begin on or around November 4, 2019.

Bethesda Avenue resurfacing begins...but cars get in the way (Photos)

Flagman directs traffic,
as a police officer discusses
what to do with ownerless
Zipcars left on the street

Resurfacing of Bethesda Avenue between Arlington Road and Woodmont Avenue got started a week late last night, and it was a rough start indeed. A crew arrived expecting to get started, only to find expensive Porsches and Mercedes Benzes parked along the street despite parking meter covers warning of nighttime road work.

Zipcars posed a dilemma for
road workers needing to clear
the street

An additional problem was posed by ownerless Zipcars parked in front of Barnes and Noble. A worker conferred for some time with a Montgomery County police officer about how to handle the situation. Not willing to wait all night, men began to cut at the road with a massive saw.

Porsche

Mercedes Benz - look at the condition
of that road: terrible for such a
high-end shopping district