Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-08-20
MEMORIAL ROUTE
TO ANNAPOLIS SET
lanham and Co|Iington Win
Maryland Commission.
Will Be Fine Highway.

The route of the Memorial highway
between Washington and Annapolis
Md, on which some work on this end
mas been completed, was announced
today by the Maryland state roads
commission. 1t will be by way of Lam
nam and Collington to Annapolis Dis
cusslon was rife as to whether the
new road should be built by way of
Bladensburg. Lanham, Randle and
Colllngton to Annapolis, or by way of
Largo. Special bills had been put
through the legislature for each re-
Spective route
Col. Arthur E. Randle was the only
representative present advocating the
hrst-named route. which runs for
mile through his land at Randle, Md
he hled petition from citizens To-
Gated along this route, and made an
address to the commission, stating
that it was the most direct way be-
tween the two capitals, and was one
OF the hrst roads recommended when
the original appropriation was made
Tor good roads in Maryland.
Will BE Fine Road.
This road, when completed, will be
one of the finest in this section of the
country: 1t will be approximately
thlrty miles in length and built at a
construction will be borne by the state
of Maryland.
A contract for two additional miles
or road building along the Memorial
highway will be let as soon as the
present work, terminating between
Landover and Ardwick, has been com
pieted. according to j. C. Mackau,
chairman of the Maryland state road
commission. Completion of such
contract will carry the new road to
!.anham, which point has been the OBJ
gectlVe for the current year of the
Prince Georges County Good Roads
League, of which John R. Riggles of
Seabrook is president
Some disappointment was expressed
by the residents of that section
posed contracts for this year were
announced by the state road COM
mission. The Good Roads League.
through President Riggles, protested
vigorously the failure to make an
additional contract for the Annapolis
the announcement of Chairman
Mccall is thought to be the result
of Mr.. Riggles' efforts in behalf of
the roads of Prince Georges county.
Closed Road Annoys.
Prince Georges county automobile
commuters to Washington who use
the Annapolis Washington highway
leading into Bladensburg are be-
moaning the inopportune time which
the Maryland and District of Column
bia officials, respectively. have chosen
to make repairs to Bladensburg and
Benning roads. Both routes are now
torn up, the former being closed to
traffic and Benning road is to be
closed by the Commissioners next
week. This work cuts off the two
main entrances to Washington from
the section along the PENNSYLVANIA
railroad and adds another detour to
the present long one by way of
Landover. which is made necessary
by the new construction of the An
napolis- Washington Memorial high
way.
All summer the motorists have had
the choice of going through from
Landover to Bladensburg or of cut
ting in through KenUworth and the
Benning road. With the latter soon
to be closed. the only alternatives
are to pass through BIadensburg and
Hyattsvilie to Queens Chapel road. or
to go to Kenilworth. cutting under
the Pennsylvania freight tracks at
Denwood and running out Minnesota
avenue to Pennsylvania avenue south
east Both of these routes involve
long detours. which seem to have
been the lot of the Prince Georges
county motorists all summer.