Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1914-05-18
IMPROVEMENTS IN COUNTY.
Plans TO. Lay Out Thoroughfarcs IN
Conformity With Those oi
Washington Extended.
The Fairfax Observer says:

A good new map of Alexandra
county will probably be made ready
for use within a year. possibly i'll
three months. Every one IaHni'iar
with the tangle Of roads ana StF3ets
into which lines Of travel nave been
drifting have been asking Tor 1t lof
wears. TIE first move Of the re'lg-
Ianized Civic Federation was TO set
things going to get It,
The plan is, of course, to have fhc
main thoroughfares conform as nearly
as possible to the approaches into
the county from Washington. ihcre
r street has been for years one OF
the principal business streets and II
extended it would come into this
county nearly through the center OF
Rosslvn and pass through Colonial
Heights near the old golf club house
among the cedars above ThomaSSHn 8
pjaniny mill. Further west It WouNi
fall in or near the main county road
through Cherrydale to Falls Church,
striking the county line about a mile
west by north Of East Falls Church
New York avenue, coming from the
War, State and Navy side Of the
group of public buildings about the
White House, including the Treasury.
Corcoran Art Gallery, Continental!
Hall and Pan American crosses. near
the foot Of Analostan Island TO reacA
the north gate Of Arlington cemetery
passing through the north boundary .!
Arlington Farm. 1t would be continu-
"a by some street west Of Arlington
and Fort Myer, running nearly para!-
lei with Columbia Roa@, and about .
mile and quarter north of it. II
reaches the county line about halt
mile south west of Glen Carlyn, when
it touches in passing. 1t will cross the
Falls Church electric line somewhere
near Bon Air Station. 1t runs nearly
parable! also to the Ballston road 60
ing up by the Court House through
Clarendon until this road turns be-
yonG Torreyson's (BjIemont juno
tom ov5 UFstoa. Hi! into Falls
Church. 1t crosses the county road at
Ballston.
Maryland Avenue, crossing HlghwaE
Bridge. would, if extended, be broken
into the lowlanSs about the BRICK
wards at the top Of the hill south
Of Arlington Cemetery would run into
Columbia pike and this runs nearly
in a straight line southwest to the
county line three-quarters OF q nile
northeast Of Bailey's Cross Roads.
;; It may be expected, therefore, that
three of the base lines already exist.
inc. and certain 10 be used, namely
river road through CherrydaIe to Fails
Church, the Ballston road and Coium-
bia pike will be considered in theil
relations to the three streets OF
! Washington mentioned III connection
with them.
| The road ,Sirectly south from the
end of AQueduct Bridge running lnto
the street in front Of the bank, the
! Commonwealth office an the Rosslyr
! Milling Corporation is in line with
Thirty-Sixth street in Washington
but on account Of the hill above the
station 70 connection is ever likely tc
be made. The turn short into NJ st.
| however, must always give one OF
! the most direct routes from this SIDE
of the river to Union Station anc
| makes more important the extension
of this line from Rosslyn Southwar,
into Mount Vernon Avenue betwee!
Arlington Farm and Arlington Gene,
terry at right angles across Columbia
i pike past Hume School and so or
! through Jefferson district III almost q
direct line to Alexandria City. There
j the general plan of the streets OF tha
town will have to be considered. an,
/ the relation of all TO the streets o
! Potomac, Rosemont, Virginia High
lands, Bra,idock Heights and othe
subdivisions in that part OF the couh
try. 1t is probable that the genera
/ direction of the principal streets o
! most subdivisions will be found to con
} form already to the general dlrectlo
of these main lines as do those Q
i Rosslyn. TT. Myer Heights, Court
, lar!s, Clarendon. Ballston, Cherry
| dale. Glen Carlyn, and additions |
these subdivisions. -----.
=" At the regular meeting of the boar
Of Supervisors held Tuesday, the To-
e lowing contract w3S awarded: iarr