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National Park Service seeks public input on Clara Barton Parkway Cantilever and Glen Echo Overpass Environmental Assessment

September 2, 2025 · Source: National Park Service

Map showing Clara Barton Parkway along the Potomac River. A stretch of the road through Glen Echo indicates 1,824 feet of retaining walls, 1,409 feet of cantilever structure, and another 224 feet of retaining wall.
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The EA evaluates the potential environmental impacts from replacing the cantilever structure and adjacent retaining walls between Cabin John Parkway and the Macarthur Boulevard exit ramp, and demolishing the unused Glen Echo Overpass, an associated feature of Clara Barton Parkway. Comments on the EA will be accepted September 9, 2025 through October 9, 2025.

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