Traffic Route Changes for Access to ANC via the Service Complex Gate

4/17/2026

UPDATE as of 04/21: After more closely assessing the impact of construction, the Service Complex Gate will be CLOSED to Family Pass Holders and visitors while this work is underway.  

On Monday, April 27, all drivers entering Arlington National Cemetery through the Service Complex "123" Gate will encounter traffic route changes due to necessary Southern Expansion construction. As a result, 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 be 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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