The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1942-07-31
ROAD CONSTRUCTION ar ALA
TIME PEAK

the TOTAL OF SCat0 ROADS COnSCfuc-
ton and maintenance work in the
State is at the highest peak in Mary
lands history, Governor Herbert r.
IO'Conor made known.
This is so, despite the fact that no
new construction can be undertake
en- unless it is designated by the
lSecretary of War or the Secretary
of Navy as necessary access road
way.
While great deal of the improve
|ments are centered around the war
industrial area of Baltimore City
and County, important projects are
being carried on at various places
Throughout the State, including the
widening of the McCool Road, from
Cumberland to the Celanese Plant,
l$127,000 contract; the resurfacing
Iof the road from Brunswick to
Point of Rocks, $154,OOO; the new
Arch Bridge over the Monocacy,
vital point on Route No. 40, to cost
IS327,000; and the widening of the
I.ittletown Pike, to cost $2O5,O0O.
On the Eastern Shore the total
involved in the Ocean City Road
100000. The new bridge is practi-
cally compete, but the road is still
under construction. Just across the
shore the new road from Hopewell
to Marion, in Somerset County will
cost $1SS,OOO.
One of the largest single projects
in the Washington Metropolitan
fc
Landover Road towards Marlboro
which will cost $35O,0OO.
Possibly the most important ac-
cess roadways are Eastern Avenue
and North Point Road, in Baltimore
County and Baltimore City, 1870
of the funds of which are being
Supplied by the United States Gov
ernment. The entire work on East
ern Avenue, from the City limits to
the new Glenn l.. Martin Plant, has
been underway for several months.
A considerable amount of the work
Ialready has been done on the five
projects into which the work has
been divided to speed construction.
The various portions of the
ANOi III OihC ItOduWdy, lIOH Iu6 lily
limits to the existing dual lane high
way at Wise Avenue, and including
a clover-leaf grade separation at
Eastern Avenue, are well underway
in three contracts.
Again in the area of the Bethle-
hem Fairfield Shipbuilding Com
pany the work has been let in three
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possible. The other important access
roadways upon which the State
Roads Commission has been work
ing are those in Southern Maryland,
particularly the ones leading from
Washington to the Potomac River
Bridge. The Navy Department re-
quested an entire new roadway from
Piscataway to Lyons Corner, and
also connecting roadway from this
proposed new highwy to the Indian
Head Powder Factory.
Contracts have already been let
from Lyons Corner to La Plata, the
other section of the roadway, to the
Bridge, having been completed.
Splendid work was done in this field
by the Commission, as it was not
until January of this year that these
highways were requested by the
Navy.
One of the most far-reachilg inn
Iprovements contemplated is in con-
Injection with the proposed new Bal
timore-Washington Highway. 1t has
been felt all along, of course, that a
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struction of any such road would be
the decision as to how best to bring
the traffic in and through Baltimore.
Following the decision that a Pata-
psco River Bridge, from Fairfield
to Canton, be built with it's con-
Meeting roadway, the State Roads
Commission some months ago enter
ed into arrangements with the J. E.
Greiner Company to complete the
design for the Harbor Bridge, to be
financed in the same way as the Sus-
quehanna and Potomac River Brid-
ges.
Construction of ship-ways at q
point where 1t was proposed that
the bridge would land, on the South
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location of the Bridge to the land
ing to the West of the bethlehem
bodybuilding Corporation, and plans
for this ew location were submit
ted to the War Department for APP
prevail approximately sig weeks ago.
Once final approval on these plans
Is obtained, the Greiner Company
can go ahead with the contract plans
to facilitate construction.
With regard to the project for the
roadway between Baltimore and
Washington, the Public Roads ADJ
ADMINISTRATION has asked that a COM
plete contract be drawn by the
Greiner Company and the State
Roads Commission. This is now
ready, and probably will 60 to the
Public Roads Administration for
their final approval very shortly. In
the meantime, preliminary studies
have been made as to the routes to