Blue/Silver Line Delays, Few Traffic Woes On Roads: Traffic In MD, DC

MARYLAND — Good morning, Patch readers in Maryland! Before you head out the door, check out Patch's traffic report — which covers suburban Maryland and Washington, D.C.

Here are the latest traffic updates that will impact your morning commute on Monday, Aug. 8, 2022.

Use the Waze map to zoom in on your commute for real-time traffic updates. Scroll down past the map for major incidents and closures in your area.

On The Road

As of 7:28 a.m., debris cleared from the roadway on I-495/Capital Beltway Inner Loop at the ramp to southbound MD-202/Landover Road, according to WTOP Traffic. [Landover, MD]

As of 7:05 a.m., one traffic lane and shoulder of northbound MD-223 between Rosaryville Road and Sherwood Drive is closed, according to MDOT. [Rosaryville, MD]

As of 7:04 a.m., two left traffic lanes and left shoulder closed on southbound MD-5 from Suitland Parkway to Curtis Drive, according to MDOT. [Hillcrest Heights, MD]

As of 6:57 a.m., one southbound lane and shoulder closed on southbound I-95 at the ramp for westbound MD-543 to I-95 South due to a collision, according to MDOT. [Belcamp, MD]

As of 6:56 a.m., right lane of northbound I-95 closed past the exit to MD-43/White Marsh Boulevard, according to MDOT. [White Marsh, MD]

As of 6:54 a.m., right shoulder of westbound MD-140 between Reese Road and old Baltimore Road closed, according to MDOT. [Carrollton, MD]

As of 6:22 a.m., crash reported at westbound MD-175 at Dorsey Run Road, according to WTOP Traffic. [Jessup, MD]

On Metro

As of 7:14, a.m., due to flooding on Nannie Helen Burroughs Avenue, Northeast at Minnesota Avenue, Metrobuses are experiencing delays in both directions on Routes U4, U7, V2, V4, and X9, according to Metro. [Washington, DC]

As of 7:14 am., due to police activity at Alabama Avenue and Wheeler Road, buses are experiencing delays in both directions on Route W4. [Washington, DC]

As of 6:45 a.m., Expect residual delays to Largo Town Center on the Silver/Blue Line due to an earlier switch problem outside Stadium-Armory, according to Metro. [Washington, DC]

Local and Express shuttle bus service available at Stadium-Armory due to the summer platform improvement project, according to Metro. Several stations in Maryland on the Orange Line are closed due to the project: Minnesota Avenue, Deanwood, Cheverly, Landover, and New Carrollton. [Washington, DC]

DC Weather

Monday is expected to be partly cloudy with a chance of thunderstorms later in the day, according to the National Weather Service forecast for the Baltimore-Washington region. The high is expected to be 94 and the low 74. The temperature as of 7:34 a.m. was 76 degrees.

The AccuWeather forecast for the Rockville, Maryland area calls for mostly sunny skies on Monday, with a 10 percent chance of precipitation. It will be humid with a high of 93 and a low of 73.

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