Southern Expansion: Road Closures
Update: April 21, 2026
Traffic Route Changes for Access to ANC via the Service Complex Gate
As of Monday, April 27, the Service Complex "123" Gate will be CLOSED to family pass holders and visitors. Access via the Service Complex Gate will be limited to ANC personnel and authorized contractors. Family pass holders and visitors must use the Memorial Avenue entrance or other available access points.
Direct access to the Service Complex Gate via Columbia Pike will be closed. Drivers will be rerouted to a new shared access road connecting to South Joyce Street. These route changes will remain in effect until approximately early 2028.
Information for Family Pass Holders and Visitors
• Due to safety concerns, family pass holders and visitors will no longer be able to enter via the Service Complex Gate.
• Please use the Memorial Avenue access point. Those with Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall access may still enter through Old Post Chapel Gate.
Information for ANC Personnel and Authorized Contractors
• Columbia Pike will no longer be directly accessible from the Service Complex Gate.
• The new road extends from the Service Complex Gate to the intersection of South Joyce Street and Columbia Pike.
• ANC personnel and authorized contractors will share this road with construction traffic. Please remain alert.
• The intersection at South Joyce Street will become an all-way stop. Outgoing traffic from the Service Complex Gate must stop at the stop sign.
• All other current gate access points will remain unchanged.
Please refer to the maps below.

As always, we appreciate your patience and understanding. The DAR/Southern Expansion Project is complex and large-scale. Site conditions may require construction plans to change.
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Update: Jan. 12, 2026
On or around Monday, Jan. 19, 2026, the on- and off-ramps to Columbia Pike will be closed. We encourage motorists to plan alternate routes in advance.
In addition to the ramp closures, there will be traffic pattern changes along Joyce Street and Columbia Pike.
Prior to these changes, detour signage in designated areas will help guide vehicles through the updated traffic routes.

Update: June 25, 2025
A new pedestrian route is in effect around the Southern Expansion Project site. Signs and fencing will guide you. The dashed red line in the above image indicates pedestrian routes.
• If you're heading eastbound: Use South Orme Street or South Ode Street from Southgate Road, then turn east on Columbia Pike to reach your destination.
• If you're heading westbound: Use Columbia Pike heading west, then turn north on South Orme Street or South Ode Street From there, turn west on Southgate Road to reach your destination.
• For your safety, do not use Southgate Road (between South Ode Street and Old Columbia Pike) as a pedestrian route. This section of the road is now closed.
