New Tunnel To Be Constructed Under Rockville Pike

The Defense Department has given Montgomery County a $40 million grant to safely link two major federal facilities separated by a six-lane highway. County officials will construct a tunnel under Rockville Pike so people can walk or bike between the National Institutes of Health main campus and the Walter Reed National Medical Center. NIH is on the southbound side of the Pike, where the Metro station is. Walter Reed is on the northbound side. Until the tunnel is built, it's a death-defying crosswalk. The Metro station will also get new elevators.