Evening star., 1941-10-24
Virginia A|lots
S15,O00,000 fo'
-Four Highways
NeorIy s1,oo0,o 900
Is Eurmurked
For Route |
8y the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND. Va, Oct. "a
Nearly 81 100000 would be expended
for improvements on route so. East
West thoroughfare. during 1942-4G
under tentative ALLEGATIONS OF pri-
mary construction funds announced
yesterday by the State Highway
Commission.
The southside East-West highway
route So, would receive a total OF
$1,135, 900, and route II. extending
from Southwest Virginia through
the Shenandoah Valley, would be
sllocated more than S1,350,000.
Nearly s1,0OO,OO0 also was tenta-
lively allocated to United States
Route l and route $50, traverslng
the Blue Ridge and Allegheny
ranges to the West Virginia line,
was allotted $403,000.
A total of S15,000,000, approXi-
mately the same amount as that
allocated for the current year, was
earmarked for primary construction
In the eight highway districts.
Public hearings will be held next
month before the commission re-
eonvenes here to take final action.
Hearings Scheduled.
The schedule of hearings include
one at Orange, November 27, for
the Fredericksburg district at 10
am, and the Culpeper district,
1:30 pm.
These tentative allocationS have
been made on the usual basis OF
trying to take care of the most
pressing needs of the State primary
system" said Highway Commits
sioner James A. Anderson.
The law provides that the COM
mission shall give preference to
projects on which the right of way
Is donated. Should right Of way
difficulties prevent the prompt exc
cution of any projects it is probable
that the commission will transfer
the ALLEGATIONS to other projects
for which the right of way can be
secured"
Major projects in the tentative
ellocat tionS include $479,870 in State
and Federal funds for a new bridge
across New River on Route II at
Radford, site of a huge Hercules
powder plant: 100000 for widening
Route ! to three lanes from Din
widdie south, project that will give
a three-lane road all the way to the
North Carolina line except for a
bridge at the Roanoke River, two
overhead railway crossings and one
fNnderpaSS; S521 ,342 for a Route l
bypass at Fredericksburg; s571.913
for a new bridge across the Malta
pom River at West Point on Route
80, and $421 400 for a high-level
bridge to replace the present span
pm Route lat crossing the James
River at Westham, just west of
Richmond.
Landscaping Included.
More than S2,000,000 was ear
marked for projects in the Suffolk
district. which includes the vital
Hampton Roads area.
For the first time in making its
ALLEGATIONS, the commission set I'D
q fund of l per cent of the alloca-
tions to each district for landscap-
Ing, which engineers say has proved
its worth in highway maintenance,
aside from adding to roadside beau
tif1cation.
Tentative allocations by district
ancluded:
Fredericksburg district, regular
Federal aid-Landscaping, S2,87O:
s2,87O. Route (alter-
nate, Spotsylvania, Fall Hill ave-
hue, south, 1921, ,342.
Secondary Federal aid-None.
Convict campS-None.
State funds-Landscaping, $8,605.
Alternate l, Spotsylvania, Fall Hill
avenue, south, $240,00O; Route 80,
King William-King and Queen,
bridge Mattaponi River at West
Point, $571.913.
Reserve, $4,000.
Culpeper and Fairfax Areas.
Culpeper district, regular Federal
eid-Planning, $4,48O; landscaping,
81 ,480. Route 90, Madison Greene,
bridge and approaches at Rapidan
River, S59,006. Route 20, Culpeper,
north of Rixeyville to intersection
route 2l1, $4,000. Route $50,
l. Iouisa-Fluvanna, Goochland County
line, west, 100000.
Secondary Federal aid-Planning,
s1,l54; landscaping, $1,154. Route
244, Loudoun, intersection route 9
at Hillsboro toward Sandy Hook,
s113,122.
Convict camps - LandScaping
S5, 400. Route 6, Albemarle, west of
Esmont, west, S178,2O0; route 7,
Loudoun, Fairfax County line, west,
s178,2O0; route ESQ, Albemarle, west
Of Charlottesville, west, $l78,200
State funds-Landscaping, S6832.
Route 3, Culpeper, Culpeper, east,
S150,000; route IT, Loudoun, north
Heatland toward Brunswick Bridge,
100000; route SO, Fairfax, west of
route 211 BLACK Lam
term, west, $86,372; route 23O, Abe
marie, north of Crozet, north, $40
D00: route 234, Prince William.
bridge and approaches at Occoquan
Greek, $4,000; route 236, Fairfax,
Annandale. 100000;
route $40, Orange-Louisa, post office,
touth, s60,000.
Reserve, 100000.