Location

Key Bridge

Agents slam barricades across rain-slicked lanes, troopers under floodlights halt traffic in both directions, engines cutting silent as the span over the Potomac seals off escape from D.C. Reports crackle into the White House Ops Center: Key Bridge joins roadblocks strangling the capital, movement frozen amid abduction panic. Bartlet and staff track the squeeze from Situation Room screens, every idling car a potential threat vector in the night's grip.

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Detailed Involvements

Events with rich location context

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Lockdown and the President's Fracture

Key Bridge is listed among the closed crossings, serving as a chokepoint sealed to prevent escape from D.C. and focus investigative resources on likely egress routes.

Atmosphere

Quiet and immobilized — a transport artery turned barrier.

Functional Role

Transportation chokepoint preventing rapid egress.

Symbolic Significance

Physical closure echoes the political closure of options and the narrowing of choices.

Access Restrictions

Closed to civilian traffic; guarded.

Barricades across lanes Idling engines and floodlights

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Low‑Tech Abduction, High‑Level Uncertainty

Key Bridge is reported closed as part of the lockdown; its closure is part of the immediate containment strategy and a visual marker of the city's immobilization.

Atmosphere

Silent and immobilized, engines idling and spans under floodlight watch.

Functional Role

Transportation choke point and physical barrier to potential escape routes.

Symbolic Significance

Represents the narrowing of the city and the tightening of control under crisis.

Access Restrictions

Closed and guarded by law enforcement.

Barricades across lanes Floodlights and radio chatter

Events at This Location

Everything that happens here

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Lockdown and the President's Fracture

Immediately after Zoey's abduction the White House snaps into operational lockdown: Secret Service roadblocks, bridge closures and an Ops Center wired to the FBI, CIA and Diplomatic Security. Leo demands …

S4E23 · Twenty-Five

Low‑Tech Abduction, High‑Level Uncertainty

In the White House Situation Room the crisis pivots from frantic logistics to an argument over what kind of threat they're facing. Leo, Ron and the President receive immediate security …