Evening star., 1935-08-04
Highways
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Fifth street.
Oakwood street, southeast from
Portland street to $50 feet west of
Fifth street.
Fifth street southeast, from Oak
wood street to Lebaum street.
Lebaum street southeast, from Mich
OILS avenue to $50 feet east Of Fifth
street.
Hillside road southeast, Forty-fourth
place to Benning road.
Massachusetts, avenue southeast,
from Anacostia road to Alabama
avenue.
Rittenhouse street, from Nebraska
avenue to Daniels road.
Butterworth place, from Forty fifth
street to Forty-sixth street.
Forty-sixth street, from MasSa-
chusetts avenue to Warren street.
Western avenue, from Massachusetts,
avenue to Fessenden street.
Fiftieth street northeast. from
Grant Circle to Washington place.
To Avoid Land Acquisition.
The primary projects are divided
between widening, replacement, new
paving and retaining of existing
pavements by the construction Of curb
and cutters along macadam roadways
and the covering with bituminous sur
face existing main thoroughfare con-
crete roadways.
In selecting types. Col. Sultan said,
it was necessary to avoid any type
requiring land acquisition as funds
would not permit of such use, nor
would time necessary for condemna-
ton meet the requirements of put
ting men to work promptly.
Similarly. it was necessary to avoid
any projects involving expensive un-
derground work. 1t was essential, he
said, to balance the projects so suf-
f1cient salvage material from the pri-
mary type projects would be avail
able for the construction of secondary
projects
The Commissioners have not yet de-
cided which of two alternate methods
to employ in estimating the number
of men who can be taken from relief
jobs and put to work on the $410,408
program for railroad underpasses.
Either 40 per cent of the total cost
must go for labor or the pay roll
must be fixed in proportion to a total
cost Of s1,400 per man for the whole
program.
Approaches to BE Paved.
Other highway projects which will
be incorporated in the works-relief
drive, Col. Sultan reported, will in
clude paving Of the approaches to the
new Eastern Avenue Bridge over the
Baltimore & Ohio tracks near the
Bladensburg road. This project will
extend from the Bladensburg road to
Rhode Island avenue.
Definitely scheduled for execution
during the current work year are
several street widening and paving
projects. The work will be done on
Thirteenth street northeast, from
Otis street to Bunker Hill road; ap-
proaches to the new Calvert street
bridge and the improvement Of the
car track area and portions of the
roadway Of upper Connecticut ave-
nue.. The street car service on Con-
necticut avenue above Calvert street
is to be discontinued this Fall.
The contract for the paving of Rock
Creek and Potomac Parkway from @
to K streets and of Foxhall road from
Canal road to Reservoir road, already
has been let. Work on these projects
will start within the next two months.
Condemnation Authorized.
Condemnation proceedings have
been authorized by the Commissioners
for Minnesota avenue southeast, be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and Ben
ming road, Nichols avenue southeast,
between First street and Magazine
road; Blair road, between North Da-
kota avenue and Underwood street;
Nebraska avenue, between Forty fifth
street and Lowell street; Loughboro
road, between Lowell street and Con-
duit road, and Maryland avenue
between Fifteenth and H
streets, and Anacostia Park.
Condemnation cases already have
been filed, and some of the others
are in the course of preparation. When
condemnation is completed it will then
be possible to include the thorough
fares in future program Of develop
ment. If additional funds are made
available for highway work under the
relief act, many of the projects for
which condemnation was necessary
will be included in new program.