Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1916-05-15

The defect in the bin apropnasine
100000 for the new bridge from
Rosslyn to Washington, which we:
discovered after the bill had been
signed by President Wilson, has beer
corrected. Congressman Carlin Vi
this city put the new bill through .ht
house on Friday afternoon and il
went to the Senate on Saturday where
similar action was taken. The bill vii
ROW go to the president for his sig.
nature.
The new bridge will almost cc1-
tainly be constructed from Hume st.
near the Arlington Bank In Rosslyr
to 34th and M streets, Georgetown
two books below the present Acque.
dEct bridge.
The Virginia approach will rise
to the river bank to level 80 feet
above the river whichTis 20 feet aao"c
:.queduct bridge. This will affc"d
iassage in the clear for all vessels
that may want to go up the ri, ~
The bridge will then run across tHe
stream in two or three concrete spahs
'ho Georgetown approach reacEirg
NJ street about the 81 tn street frtst
There a Y will be made, one branch
running into NJ street in a convcn-
ient angle, the other going out 34th
street to N. The iii! between " and
N streets with its crest at Prospect
street, will be cut down to M 4
street level and slight irregularity
in Gath between M and Prospero will
ne corrected by widening Gath 3t~~..t
The new outlet to N street will
relieve greatly the M street congcs
tion and traffic will fird its way either
stross the new : street bri lee or
5y i street to the center of the city
and to union station. With Little
doubt the Washington Virginia "Jml-
pany will cross the new struct Ire
from Rosslyn to it's owners tracks in
GeorgLte wn,; for The now bridge will
he SD. to S5 feet wizard will carry
q ,lr II car track.
1t is expected tha. the wagon road
vii! be put in the celtel and the fSpt-
way and car tracks on each side, Tiiis
will cb"iate any necessity fo" We.
hicles or foot passengers to eros: me
Car t.ccks.
Drawings in the lsi're of 81 ~
for the new bridge, are already III
existence; but these must be nod
ifcd &c meet new facts found hv o.
animation of the ste, They will, low
ever, greatly facil's the making Of
final plans and drawings.
The first move for the new bridge
will bc to take so"rc ings, test tie
ri.sr led by boring ar observe .Ea
currents so as to determine the ev-
act '".ation most des'lcble at or nnar
tile site of the present bridge. Tie
observe tion of one nan much il'er-
eS!cd that the engi. GERS will juilt:
ahcre hey can prt : bridge for s.
0rh,Lft was answ,rad by an enginecc
who ;ls been for. several years Study
ing .: matter by Suing that a li.le
bridge can probably IL built for the
noney anywhere w:+hin the limits sct.
II is question of ee';ing the best.
he work on A iutduct bridge Is
most urgently neel,d and the laying
If &c oak floor rnd,r an allo; lit,
OF Is. SEQ from the 1!strict com" :
sioncrs is almost cor,l ,eted. r..iis
will permit the pas; ge of .l": :
trucks again. Also the regulat;, n
permitting only one Or at time WI!
probably be modified in the near Il
ture. It is pointed out in this that
the Sc eral spans tf the bridge are
independent and a car on one af.
fects those adja:ent very little; il
only needs that two cars shall moi
run on one span at one time, if pre-
caution is desirable.
The work of examining ant
strengthening the doubtful piers vii
be the first thing taken up under the
rev law and the engineers are con
fdsnt that the $4,000 appropriate
can Re so used as to make the stsuc
ture as safe as ever and as capaoi,
Of accommodating the traffic over it
Three Of the piers. it has become ger
orally known in the discussion of III
ncw law, are new and sound, and tn
others: can be quite securely repai,e,
for two or three years longer.