Evening star., 1944-11-21
Master Highway Plan
Outlined 10 Link D. T.,
MARYLAND Suburbs

A proposed master plan of high
ways for the Maryland Washington
regional district, including a system
Of express freeways and parkways,
was outlined last night by Fred w
Tuemmler, planning director of the
Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, at a
meeting of the Montgomery County
Advisory Committee on Postwar
Planning in the Woodside School.
The committee unani m u S y
adopted a resolution praising COM
mission engineers for their excel
lent" plan and asked that copies of
the map explaining the proposed
highway system be distributed to
interested groups throughout the
county.
Emphasizing the need for speeding
up the movement of workers living
in the suburban areas to and from
their places of employment in Wash
ington, Mr.. Tuemmler said the pro-
posed highway system, part of which
is designed for immediate postwar
construction, would cut present trav.
el time in half in some cases.
Northwest Freeway Planned.
One of the express highways pro,
posed is a Northwest freeway, de-
signed to accommodate all types O
vehicles, which would bypass Be
thesda, Rockville and Gaithersbur,
and connect with Route 240 above
Gaithersburg.
This freeway would "tie in" with
the proposed construction of 4
street by the District as a cross.
town express route. 1t would entel
the K street project at Key Bridge
near M street and would utilize the
George Washington memorial park.
way and Macarthur boulevard with.
in the District.
A local route, the Little Falls
Branch parkway, for which the
county commissioners already have
provided funds, would connect with
the proposed freeway and tap" the
central business and apartment
house districts in Bethesda, Mr.
Tuemmler explained.
Parkway to Serve Silver Spring.
A proposed northern parkway
which would accommodate only pas
senger vehicles, would serve the Sill
yer Spring area and the communi-
ties directly to the north and link
them with the proposed K street
improvement via the Rock Creek
Potomac parkway and local park
roads in the District.
This route would connect with
Western avenue and the proposed
extension of Oregon avenue and
would go through or around Silver
Spring, heading up the valley of the
Sligo Greek and the Northwest
Branch.
Final determination of the Silver
Spring part of this proposed park
way, Mr.. Tuemmler said, is depend
ent on decision regarding the
location of major highway con-
nection between Western avenue
and the Maryland State Roads Com
missions proposed improvement o1
Columbia pike. He added that Co.
lumbia pike is planned to extend as
a dual highway from Burnt Mills tc
Ellicott City.
Intercounty Freeway Included.
An intercounty metropolitan free.
way connecting the northwest sec.
ton of Montgomery County with
Prince Georges County also is pro-
posed in the plan.
This route, beginning at the
northwest freeway in the vicinity
of Bradley Hills, would continue east
near Kensington, Glenhaven anc
Northwood Park. After CROSSING
Colesville road through Burnt Mills
the proposed freeway would run ir
a southeastern direction through
Prince Georges County, tying in
with proposed Annapolis freeway
near Ardwick.
While the proposed northwest
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