Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-09-22
Highway Engineer Points Out
Advantages in Co-ordinat-
ing Work Over Years.
WOULD AVOID UND0ING
AND IMPLICATIONS
Construction, Widening and New
Bridges in 1882 Would
Cost $4,476,550.


repair of highways, bridges and grade
crossings, including STRENGTHENING
projects reaching forward 10 years "A
10 bridges and five years as TO hieh-
ways, and costing altogether $27,415, $50.
was submitted to the District Commits
Sioners today by Herbert G. whitehurst.
District highway engineer.
The program, probably the largest
ana most forward looking ever To come
from the Highway Department, was sent
up to the city heads in order to allow
tnem to coordinate properly their
highway budgets for the coming years
with those of the other departments
whose work is dependent on the prog
ress OF highway construction. 1t took
year of hard work to complete. IT il
complete in every respect. AS to each
stretch Of new highway or bit of repairs
recommended there is carried a state-
ment showing why this particular piece
OF work is necessary, and how it ties
IN with other work either now done or
projected for the future.
Advantages Pointed out.
THE advantages to be secured from
an adopted but flexible program of
Capt Whitehurst wrote in the preface
to the report. ut will allow the de-
partment to plan and execute continu-
Gus and systematic improvements over
period OF years. It will permit the
execution of large projects in logical
sequence, including acquisition of right
OF way. 1t will prevent duplication and
unooing of prior work. It will permit
the other departments of the District
as well as utility companies to properly
prepare and plan in accordance with
the program in advance of highway
Improvement and be the means Of
erecting throughout the Engineer De-
partment economies impractical through
year to year planning"
Beginning with the year 1882. In
Wnlch the program calls for an ex-
penditure of $4.476,550 some of the
principal projects recommended are:
highway construction: New York
avenue northeast from Florida avenue
to Bladensburg road: Benning road
northeast from Fifteenth street TO
Suivsrt; Blagden avenue from Six
tenth street to Rock Greek Park.
Street widening-H street from sew
enth street to Massachusetts, avenue at
an estimated cost of $4,000; B street
from Fourteenth to Seventeenth street.
IN connection with the construction al
the new Arlington Memorial Bridge, at
a cost of $168, 900.
Bridges-Construction Of new Kiingle
Bridge at a cost of $295,o0O In The
1880 appropriation act an additional
S25O,OOO is appropriated
$4,s4S,SOO for 1888.
For the fiscal year 1888, the total cost
$4,848, 300:
Highway construction-Good Hone
road southeast from Nichols avenue TO
MAYOR road; Bladensburg road north-
east from L street to New York avenue.
lnciuolng paving over of the center
STRIP; Fourteenth street southwest from
water street to Highway Bridge, to be
developed as a double roadway. with
grade separation of park roads. Shifting
the car tracks to the center: New
hampshire avenue from Buchanan
street to North Capitol street: Six
Seentn street (new paving) from Co
Iumpla road to Tiger Bridge.
street wlden1ng-E street from Fifth
seree6 10 new Jersey avenue at q cost
teenth street at cost of SI3i 900 in
connection with the approach to the
new Arlington Memorial Bridge.
brldgeS-Replacem of Benninr
Bridge over the Eastern Branch at a
cost of $4,000.
Grade separations - Separation of
grades Of Fourteenth street Southwest
ana East Potomac drives at a cost of
!. For II! the fiscal year 1884, total cost,
Highway projects - Water street
from Eleventh to P streets southwest
changing the present block pavement
to modern asphalt surface: Lincoln
road northeast from Rhode Island ave-
nue. TO Michigan avenue; Benninp road
nortneaSt from Central avenue to the
District line.
Widening Of Thirteenth Street.
Street widening Thirteenth street
from Massachusetts, avenue to Rhode
Island avenue, at a cost of S8g. $50:
street from Sixth to Tenth street. In
connection with the approach to the
new Arlington Memorial Bridge, at q
cost of $226,000.
Bridges-Replacem of p street
bridge over Rock Greek. S342,0 900.
Grade Observation-Disclosures avenue
grade crossing, 100000; Eastern ave-
nue. grade crossing, $4,000.
For the fiscal year 1885, total cost,
5000, 900.
Highway projects Conduit road.
from Foxhall road to District line:
Blair road, from North Capitol street
to Cedar street; River road, from wis
consin avenue to the District line: Fox-
hall road, from Conduit road to Reser-
voir road; New Hampshire avenue. from
North Capitol street to District line.
Street idenings-Eleventh street.
from Massachusetts, avenue 70 Rhode
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