Ward 6 // ddot_sign
DDOT-sanctioned daylighting violation under the 6th & Virginia rail underpass -- parking sign permits vehicles right up to the stop bar where bridge abutments already compromise sightlines
- Location
- 594 Virginia Avenue SW (under CSX rail bridge near 6th & Virginia), Southwest Employment Area, Washington, DC 20024
- Ward
- 6
- Documented
- April 12, 2026
- Category
- ddot_sign
- 311 tickets
- 26-00305142
01What is wrong here
Dark sedan parked along the south curb of Virginia Avenue SW under the CSX rail bridge near 6th & Virginia. The vehicle's rear bumper is flush with the painted stop bar and well within the 40-foot intersection setback required by 18 DCMR 2405.2(c). The pole-mounted parking sign authorizes parking up to this location -- the violation is in DDOT's signage, not the driver's behavior. Sightlines under the bridge are already compromised by the abutments; permitting parked vehicles right up to the stop bar removes what little visibility remains.
Fatality context
74-year-old Kathy Tanner was struck and killed on the same 6th Street SW corridor at 6th & M SW on April 16, 2025, about 3 blocks south.