Traffic & Transit
Marvel Movie Production Filming In DC Forcing Multiple Road Closures, Parking Restrictions
D.C. police are closing down streets around the city this week for the filming of a Marvel Universe movie.
WASHINGTON, DC — Filming on a new Marvel Universe movie will be impacting traffic this week in Washington, D.C.
Metropolitan Police Department will be closing roads temporarily on Tuesday and Wednesday to allow for the film's production.
LaToya Foster, the director of the District's Office of Cable Television, Film, Music and Entertainment, mentioned during a news conference in March that a Marvel movie production would be coming to D.C. in June.
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At the time, Foster did not reveal the name of the Marvel movie. Speculation online has been that the film is either "Captain America: Brave New World" or "Thunderbolts," according to the entertainment website The Cosmic Circus.
The "Captain America" movie was filming earlier this month in Georgia. Patch reached out to OCTFME for confirmation of which movie was in the District this week.
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On Monday, Chris Westland was visiting Washington, D.C. He shared the above photo with Patch, of one of the trucks with "Marvel Film Productions, LLC." painted on the side.
Westland reported seeing trucks and equipment spread out over F and E streets, as well as Pennsylvania Avenue. He also spotted crews setting up lights all around the National World War I Memorial at Pershing Park.
Starting at midnight on Monday, police began posting Emergency No Parking signs along the following streets:
- 15th Street from G Street to Constitution Avenue, NW
- F Street from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW
- Upper Pennsylvania Avenue from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW
- Lower Pennsylvania Avenue from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW
The Emergency No Parking signs will remain in effect through 7 p.m., on Friday.
Starting at 6:30 p.m., on Tuesday, through 6 a.m. on Wednesday; and 6:30 p.m., on Wednesday, through 6 a.m. on Thursday, the following streets will be closed"
- 15th Street from G Street to Constitution Avenue, NW
- F Street from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW
- Upper Pennsylvania Avenue from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW
- Lower Pennsylvania Avenue from 14th Street to 15th Street, NW
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