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PENTAGON: Metro Entrance Facility (MEF) Celebrates Initial Opening
Thursday, November 21, 2002
Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility Project Web Site

Aerial view of the Metro Entrance Facility looking towards the East.
Image Credit: The Pentagon.

PENTAGON TRANSIT CENTER OPEN!

The Pentagon Transit Center portion of the Metro Entrance Facility is now open and operational. Bus service has now returned to the Pentagon following the relocation to Pentagon City as a result of the events of September 11th, 2001. The Pentagon Renovation Program would like to remind transit users that portions of the facility are still under construction.

The new bus facility is only a part of the new Pentagon Metro Entrance Facility project. It was necessary to construct the replacement before the existing bus facility could be demolished. Now, while the demolition is completed and the new Pentagon entrance is constructed, it is not possible to maintain safe pedestrian passage through the site. So, pedestrians must be routed around the site. This current walkway configuration is temporary.

A pre-dawn view of the newly-opened MEF escalators.
Image Credit: The Pentagon.

To minimize the duration of this inconvenience to users of the facility, a portion of the new Pentagon entrance will be constructed to expedite direct access into the Pentagon. Components of this access will be temporary (such as barricades), but other elements will be part of the permanent structure (such as elevators and escalators). This configuration is expected to be in place by July 31, 2002.

This configuration, too, will be temporary. Construction on the remainder of the structure will continue until the entire Pentagon entrance is completed in November 2002. Only then will all pathways between the Pentagon, the Pentagon Metro Station, the new Pentagon Transit Center, and parking areas be completed.
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United States Department of Defense
Thursday, November 21, 2002

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