Evening star., 1944-09-28
K Street Highway,
n Postwar Project
Plans Being Speeded
Report by Whitehurst
Shows Surveys Are
Being Kept Up to Date

way between Twenty-first street
NV. and Rock Greek will be COM
pleted by the end Of 1914 and ~
postwar projects are being prepared
by the Highway Department in CO.
operation with the Public Roads Ad-
ministration, Capt. H. c. White
hurst, director of highways, said
today in his annual report to the
Commissioners for the year end
ing June 80.
In regard to the X street highway,
Capt. Whitehurst said this project
consists Of q depressed highway,
together with side service roadways.
This project will connect with the
K street elevated highway at Rock
Greek and is part of the major de-
velopment plan for K street in both
the Northeast and Northwest Sec
tions."
Bridge Plans Ready.
Structural plans are now COM
pleted for the South Capitol Street
Bridge over the Anacostia River,
for an underpass at Dupont Circle
and for the K street elevated high
way between Rock Creek and Key
Bridge, the report said. Plans also
have been completed for a steel grid
floor for the draw span of the Elev-
enth Street Bridge in Southeast
Washington.
Despite existing abnormal con-
ditions In traffic, the highway plan
ming survey has continued in its
work Of keeping prewar surveys and
studies current, because Of their evi-
dent value in postwar planning and
construction" the report states.
Among the more important rec
ords to be kept up to date are those
OF our vehicular trafic, which con-
tain information on volume of flow
on every major thoroughfare in
the District"
s2.4os,ooo Spent.
The Highway Department Street
Division spent $2,408, 900 of appro-
priated funds and $348, 900 of trust
fund deposits. Construction work
with Federal aid funds included
Magazine road S.W. from Fourth
street to the Naval Research Lab.
oratory and independence avenue
S.W. from Fourteenth to Seven.
teenth street.
Approximately 100000 Square
yards Of repair work was done to
street openings, cracks in pavements
and IN macadam roads, the report
stated. Among the highways re-
paired were Bladensburg road NE,
from H street to New York avenue,
Irving street INV. from Park place
to Adams Mill road, and on Four
teenth street NV. from Thomas
Circle to w street.
Under the heading of Federal
Works Agency projects, contracts
completed included paving of Chesa-
peake street S.W. from South Capi-
tol street about 500 feet west OF
South Capitol and Second and New.
comb streets; concrete paving of
Wayne place Sc. from First street
to Second Mississippi avenue Sc,
from Second street to 100 feet south
OF Wayne place, and Second street
Sc. from Mississippi avenue to 100
feet south Of Wayne place.
Street Signs Broken.
Meanwhile, the electrical DEPART
ment reported it had "a $40 incan-
descent lamps in service at the end
OF the fiscal year, a net increase Of
133 over the previous year, and that
hundreds" Of glass street name
signs had been broken by missiles
and rifle bullets.
There were 1915 fire alarm boxes
IN service at the end of the year, a
gain OF So. and 1892 alarms were
transmitted, almost 1000 less than
in the previous year. The report
said that more than 7.44 miles of
cables, aggregating 1873 miles of
conductors, were added to the sig
nal systems of the city.
The total length OF cables in serv-
ice at the end Of the year was 1925
miles and 14,707 80 miles of condRc-
tors. Between September l, l943,
and June 80 Of this year, the Emer-
gency Ambulance Service dispatched
and responded to a total Of 10,48l
calls.