UPDATED 11:48 AM EST, January 17, 2013
WASHINGTON (AP) — Before President Barack Obama can march from his swearing-in at the U.S. Capitol to the White House, D.C. transportation crews will have to remove the traffic light at 4th Street and Pennsylvania Ave.
Then they'll do it again — on 6th Street, 7th, 9th and every other intersection along the parade's 1.5-mile route — 26 traffic poles in all, uprooted the night before.
It's one of thousands of steps that city workers, police officers, volunteers, chefs and hotel staffers are taking to get the city ready for Inauguration Day.
