Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1928-02-12

1900.
ttiis curve. but at the most acute bend
even this feeble protection is absent.
The comparatively small number OF
serious accidents there is attributed to
the extremely careful driving OF motor
lists and bus operators, all OF whom are
fully aware of the dangers that furk on
the hill in Indictment weather.
Plan to Straighten Curve.
The State highway commission pro-
poses to straighten this curve and widen
the roadway SO that the hazards now
existing viii be eliminated. 1t viii be
properly banked and equipped with ade-
ouate guard rails, II is said.
Just how the widening OF the hign-
way through Park Lane will be accom-
pi.a1ed l. matter yet 10 De settleo:
Il may be necessary 10 rae several
buildings In order 10 make way !o1
the new road. reports nave II: -.
The treatment OF the road In tne
Eosslyn END probably viii follow the
Lines of least resistance. Previous
plans mapped out by the highway COM
mission were for a complete rc-routine
OF tie road In RosSlyn so that the new
highway would keep TO the south OF
the Old Dominion Railway tracks anc
thus avoid Use OF the viaduct at the
western edge OF the town and the grade
crossing at the Rcsslyn terminal OF
the railway company
Shirley some months ago said that a
proposal 10 this effect had been madf
b. the railway company, but that the
company indicated that the cost OF
moving It's tracks further northwart
70 make room for the highway would
~ 1@sk al
was for an exchange Of right of-ways
between the railway company and thf
highway commission, the former 10 use
the old highway Yoadbed for It's track.
age and the latter N build new high
way over 'ne abandoned railroad prop
ertv
Negotiations Failed.
Tfxt these negotiations have failed
however, lis Indicated by the fact tina,
the railway company has just completed
the construction Of new vladuct OF
large proportions, 10 replace tho
cramped structure that previously con-
eested automobile traffc beneath IL.
just beyond PARK Lane and Aurora
Heights liea Lyon Village, new residen-
fiai community whose developers. Lyon.
NJ Fitch. are cooperating wholeheart.
sciy in the plans of the State for oh
tanning an s0-fco, right-of-"ay through
tina. section. The firm has offered the
highway commission a 41-fcot strip o.
.ts property and more II necessary
entirely without cost II IL estimated
the donated land is worth from S25 900
W $50 900 IL VIII b. used " strengthen
o curve and widen the tilorOughfafe ir
Spout Run Valley.
West o! this valley the highway again
- IA as
Cf9eYFydsIf A series 0f dangerous
snakelike curves brings the moDorist n
she town limits End ~ the bank build
Ing referred " by the highway COM
missioner
Buildings Block Plan.
This bUiloin2 of modern brick con
s,rQctaon, IT, occupied by the People {
STATE BANK unfortunately, tne stfuc-
ttjrt IN situated on D direct line of tns
road a. II would De extepded under the
stFsigbEnisg plan. kesrDy, Just W the
essi, are Two residences which also nom
- serious obstacles Ia the pain o! me
sxseEsIon project
An offcisl of thu bank advised The
E'sr thst the bank hsA no objection IA
being npoyed " smother kchtiJBs pro-
yiding the state pays f0f tHe removal
" lie estimated The cost ~ about $4,000
u IL uI5deTsD>If that The STATE 10 re-
iDtisn. 10 eXperh ~ large sum an one
littA kink kDsighiAblng operation II
Eonf other plan IL feasible
u Yss with view III sscsTtsIHing
what pti4ff coafae might bf taken that
80 piRbHsy eoTnn1tthbH ordered n
study 81 he plan tU branching around
the barr property and crossing over the
railway bscks 5llfG procedure Is
certain " mset with Dppgeitlpn on The
part ~ msgy niytorists. who fssf The
dangers III grade crossings sad Wiig
iGos with dtkfsgof on any plan for h.
eTsasing itls number u snct1 crossings
on ~ important \ tfaff1c artery b. the
Ire Highway
Congestion Increasing.
AnDTdins ~ iif BsHk offlei6I sfGIs :
yDeAtb,ne6, the alternative plan. igyoig.
;ne tile grade crossing, would cell for q
fDrk Ia The highway &c the r1sd sps
pFnsehtE the town IjIniiE ~ EhefTy fal
30 the sssf win one way pavement
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