Evening star., 1941-04-25
S D. c. RodioI Trunk Highways
Urged in Whitehurst Survey
Projects Costing sl0,l75O00 Would
Connect Business District With Suburbs

(a) Twenty-Second street NV.
from Massachusetts, avenue to Vir-
ginia avenue is now operated as
one-way street southbound in the
morning and northbound in the
afternoon. The department has
considered for some time advocating
the widening of this street as
relief to north and south congestion,
however, due to the narrow right
of way. 80 feet, and the further fact
that the street is to be closed from
a point Just south of Virginia avenue
to Constitution avenue, it is not be-
lieved the roadway can be widened
sufficiently to provide the needed
relief to traffic in this section that
is required.
(b) Under the Arlington Memorial
Bridge Act. TWenty-third street,
from Constitution avenue to Penn
sylvania avenue is designated as
one of the approaches to the Lin
coin Memorial and the bridge, and
authorized to be Widened Twenty
third street, north of Pennsylvania
avenue or Washington Circle, is
little used as it dead ends at N
street.
AS a relief to this situation We rec
ommend that:
l. Twenty-third street be extend
ed northward from n street across
park property to P street and thence
northward to connect with Twenty
second street shortly south of @
street
q That TWenty-SeCond street be
Widened from Massachusetts ave-
nue. to its junction with new Twen-
ty-third street.
3. That the intersection Of TWen-
ty-second street and Massachusetts
avenue and Florida avenue be re-
designed and improved.
4. That TWenty-third street be
widened in accordance with the Ar
lington Memorial Bridge Act. from
Constitution avenue to Washington
Circle. This will provide a direct
connection into Lincoln Memorial
Circle)
S. That after these improvements
1
its junction with Twenty second
street just north of P street to
Washington Circle, be operated as a
permanent one way southbound
Street-south of the circle as a two
way street. Northbound Twenty
third street traffic from Constitu-
ton avenue to circle to branch off
at circle to New Hampshire avenue
10 Twenty-second street, with TWen-
ty-second street permanently one
way northbound from New Hamp-
shire avenue TO its junction with
Twenty third street just north of
P street TWenty-third street. be-
tween Pennsylvania avenue and
New Hampshire avenue, also to be
one-way northbound.
To Northwest East of Rock Creek.
General routeS-This area, the
most thickly populated in the Dis
trict and carrying the highest reg
istration of motor vehicles. is now
served by several north and south
streets directly from the central
areas, namely. Sixth. Ninth. Elev-
enth. Thirteenth and Sixteenth
streets. AS these streets reach the
old City of Washington limits. they
can be made to provide connec-
tions with main thoroughfares in
such manner as to permit the spread
of traffic to all points in this area.
improvement involves:
Sixteenth Street.
a. Grade separation at Scott Circle
| (under construction.
! b. RedeSign and improvement OF
| major character at Columbia road
/ intersection.
! C. Roadway widening at several
heavy traffic intersections TO provide
sufficient reservoir capacity.
Thirteenth Street.
/ a Widening of roadway between
/ Logan Circle and U street to CORE
| spond with other sections
! b. Ultimately. grade separation
| structures at Logan Circle and at
| Florida avenue may be required to
further remove congestion and
hazardous conditions from this
thoroughfare.
c. Grade-separation structure and
/ redeSign of roadway layout at
/ Thirteenth street, New York avenue
! and H street.
d. Ultimately, and proposed for
/ inclusion in future work, the depres-
sion of the roadway of Thirteenth
street from south of K street to a
point north of Logan Circle. This
/ is not only now a heavily Travelled
/ thoroughfare. but is Strategically
located to handle larger volume
of traffic if properly developed.
Eleventh Street.
a. Widening of roadway from Yer
mont avenue to Florida avenue.
Ninth Street.
/ a. Since the removal of car tracks
and the widening and paving of
Ninth street south from U street,
| this street has been made available
as desirable surface highway. I'M
provements recommended at Massa-
chusettS avenue and New York ave-
nue. should increase the value Of this
thoroughfare: however, its extension
| north of u street into and through
Sherman avenue will require further
improvement if and when additional
traffic warrants.
Sixth Street.
a. While Sixth street extends only
from Constitution avenue on the
south to Florida avenue on the
north, it is a heavily Travelled and
important thoroughfare and serves
to collect traffic at several points
from and to the east and west. The
roadway of this street has been
widened from its old 32-foot width
from Pennsylvania avenue to d
street. 1t is planned to carry this
widening to M street this year, and
then to extend it to Florida avenue
or at least Rhode Island avenue in
the 1912 working season.
b. The extension of Sixth street
through to connect with Fourth
street and thence to connect with
Park place is desirable so as to pro-