hallelujah!

Good riddance! In a fitting final tribute to one of the most infamous traffic bottlenecks on the East Coast, one last dashboard-pounding jam is likely to occur this weekend at the old Woodrow Wilson Bridge as southbound motorists are shifted onto the new span. The last driver to cross the decaying 45-year-old structure will probably do so Saturday, at the midpoint of a weekend of backups that will begin at 8 p.m. tomorrow when the inner loop of the Capital Beltway is reduced to a single lane so it can be realigned with the new bridge.