WASHINGTON, DC POST OFFICE ANNOUNCES ADDITIONAL SERVICE CHANGES ON INAUGURATION DAY 2009


January 16, 2009 



The Postal Service will make every effort to provide retail and delivery service to customers on January 20; however, congestion and road closures in the Washington, DC Metropolitan area may prevent us from providing normal service.  Blue collection boxes in the vicinity of Inauguration Day festivities may experience late or next day pick up if vehicular restrictions prohibit access and personnel are unable to retrieve mail from the receptacles.

The retail Post Offices below will be closed on Tuesday, January 20.

20044

Ben Franklin

1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW

20038

McPherson

1750 Pennsylvania Ave NW

20556

Pavillion

1100 Pennsylvania Ave NW

20091

TechWorld

800 K Street NW

20026

L’Enfant Plaza

437 L’Enfant Plaza SW

20050

Pentagon

Concourse Pentagon Bldg.

20250

Dept. of Agriculture

1400 Independence Ave NW

20210

Dept. of Labor

200 Constitution Ave.

20546

NASA

300 E St. SW

20520

State Dept.

State Dept. Bldg.

20515

U.S. Capitol

U.S. Capitol Building

20515

Cannon Building

25 Independence Ave

20515

Ford Building

441 2nd & D Streets, SW

20319

Fort McNair

4th & P Street SW

20515

Rayburn Building

50 Independence Ave SW

20374

Navy Yard

Naval Yard 9th Street Gate

20370

Navy Annex

Main Bldg. Naval Yard

20500

White House

1600 Pennsylvania Ave NW

20307

Walter Reed

6900 Georgia Ave NW

The following ZIP Codes may experience partial or non-delivery: 20001, 20002, 20003, 20005, 20024, 20036 and 20037. There will be no delivery to the following ZIP Codes on Inauguration Day: 20004 and 20006.

A special collectible Inauguration Day postmark and philatelic items will be available during the Inauguration Day activities at the main Post Office at 900 Brentwood Road NE, Washington, DC and on mobile Post Offices located at 8th & G St. NW, 14th & K Street NW (north & south), 1st & F Street NW, 11th & G Street NW, and the Nationals Stadium parking lot.

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