{"id":622400,"date":"2026-05-04T06:10:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:10:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622400\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T06:10:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T06:10:08","slug":"man-still-on-dc-bridge-as-traffic-builds-for-nationals-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/622400\/","title":{"rendered":"Man still on DC bridge as traffic builds for Nationals game"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON (7News)  \u2014 A man remains atop the <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/topic\/Frederick%20Douglass%20Bridge\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge<\/a> days after scaling the structure, as police continue negotiations and traffic impacts persist. <\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/topic\/Metropolitan%20Police\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Metropolitan Police Department<\/a> (MPD) said the barricade situation is ongoing as of May 3, with negotiators still working to resolve the incident.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH THE DEMONSTRATION BELOW<img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"NC8_EVENT\" class=\"LivestreamEmbed_thumbnail__K7KfB\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/7e08adb3-b9dc-45e7-9e14-d5e863cfd6fb-SUPROTESTORONBRIDGE_frame_153850.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Officials said one lane of traffic is now open in each direction on South Capitol Street across the bridge in Southeast D.C. Drivers should still expect significant delays in the area.<\/p>\n<p>RELATED | <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/traffic-alert-police-activity-shuts-down-frederick-douglass-memorial-bridge-washington-southeast-dc-emergency-response-developing-breaking-road-lanes-closures\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Lanes blocked after person climbs atop Frederick Douglass bridge in DC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The situation began on May 1 when the man climbed to the top of the bridge, prompting a large police and emergency response. <\/p>\n<p>Authorities have not officially confirmed the identity of the person yet. <\/p>\n<p>An individual identifying himself as <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/topic\/Guido%20Reichstadter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Guido Reichstadter<\/a> previously posted on X, claiming to be the person on the bridge, but police have not verified that claim. <\/p>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/protestor-frederick-douglass-bridge-climbs-roe-v-wade-wave-flag-abortion-rights\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">previous coverage<\/a>, someone with the same name was involved in a similar demonstration in 2022. <\/p>\n<p>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Officials have not said how long the situation may last.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WASHINGTON (7News) \u2014 A man remains atop the Frederick Douglass Memorial Bridge days after scaling the structure, as&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":622401,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":["post-622400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-states","tag-america","tag-news","tag-united-states","tag-united-states-of-america","tag-unitedstates","tag-unitedstatesofamerica","tag-us","tag-usa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=622400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/622400\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/622401"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=622400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=622400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=622400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}