Evening star., 1945-09-20
Prince Georges
To Discuss Road
Projects Tonight
Advisory Board
Lists Improvements
Under Bond Issue

Under Bond Issue
A comprehensive list of proposed
highway and street lighting i'm
provements affecting virtually every
major road in the metropolitan dis
trict of Prince Georges County was
made public today by the Advisory
Board to the County Commissioners.
The board, appointed last June by
the commissioners, will present its
proposals at public hearing at 7:3O
o'clock tonight in the County Serv-
ice Building, Hyattsville. The prof.
ects will be financed through a ST.
100000 bond issue authorized at the
last session of the State Legislature.
Final recommendations will be
contained in report to be submit
ted to the commissioners no later
than October l. Under the law,
the commissioners may approve, re-
Ject or return for further study any
of the proposals Advisory Board
members said that work on the pro-
posed projects could be started by
next summer following approval by
the commissioners.
New Roads Proposed.
A major portion of the proposals
to be discussed tonight deals with
construction of new roads and i'm
provement and extension of existing
thoroughfares as follows:
l. Improvement of Hamilton ave-
hue and Fortieth and Dewey streets
and extension of Dewey street on a
new location to connect with De-
fense Highway at Bladensburg.
This will include the construction
of an underpass at the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad tracks at Rhode Is
land avenue, thus providing
through route from Washington,
Montgomery County and the north
west section of Prince Georges
County to Defense Highway. 1t
also will provide bypass when the
Peace Cross area in Bladensburg
becomes flooded during heavy rains.
2. Relocation of the Marlboro
pike from Southern avenue at the
District line for a distance of about
124 miles.
8. Improvement of Decatur street
from Maryland avenue to Edmon-
ston road.
Relocate Firms Lane.
4. improvement of Riverdale road
from Edmonston road to Firms lane
and relocation of Firms lane to con-
meet with Defense Highway.
5. Relocation of River road from a
point near the Baltimore & Ohio
Railroad to Defense highway and
Edmonston road.
6. Improvement of Sheriff road
from the District line to the George
N. Palmer highway.
7. improvement of Addison Chapel
road from Eastern avenue to Walker
Mill road at Count road.
8. Extension of Guilford street
from University lane and Colesville
road in College Park. to the Balti-
more boulevard.
9. Construction of a new road
from the Baltimore boulevard at
White House to Metzerott road,
thence to New Hampshire avenue.
10. improvement of Thirty eighth
street in Brentwood from Rhode
Island avenue to Bladensburg road,
including the building of a new
Barney street bridge over the B. g.
o. Railroad.
Fifty-Seventh Avenue Extension.
II. Extension of Fifty-seventh
avenue Crystal Spring avenue)
from Central avenue to Southern
avenue and participation in the
State improvement program of
Fifty-seventh avenue from Central
avenue to the Marlboro pike.
II. Construction of a croSs-county
highway from East-West highway
and Riggs road to Edmonston road
to connect eventually with the pro-
jected Annapolis freeWay near Ard
wick and the proposed Baltimore
Washington parkway.
Another section of the proposed
Improvement program involves traf-
dc channelization at the intersec-
tions of Eastern avenue and the
following roads, which constitute
entrances to the county from the
District:
New Hampshire avenue, Riggs
road. Sargent road, Queens Chapel
road, Bladensburg road, George N.
Palmer highway and Sheriff road.
Similar work is contemplated at
Central and Southern avenues.
In addition, traffic channelization
Is proposed at the following inter-
sections:
New Hampshire avenue and East
West highway, Riggs road and East
West highway, Riggs and Chillum
roads, Sargent and Chillum roads,
Riggs road and University lane and
Defense highway and Landover road
Street Lights Located.
Also included in the boards pro-
posals IS the installation of street
lights along the following roads:
Marlboro pike from the District
line to Walker Mill road, Central
avenue from the District line to
Addison Chapel road, Sheriff road
from the District line to 65th ave-
nue..
River road from the District line
to Tuxedo road and along Tuxedo
road to the Cheverly entrance, Ed
monSton road from Defense high
way to Browning road.
Baltimore boulevard from the
District line to Barney street and
from Oliver avenue in Hyattsville
to Cherry Hill road, Berwyn; De-
fense highway from the Peace Cross
in Bladensburg to Blenheim place.
Landover road from Defense high
way to the Cheverly entrance,
Queens Chapel road from the Dis
trict line to Hamilton street and
Fortieth place. continuing up For
tieth place to Rhode Island avenue
and from Hamilton street along
Queens Chapel road to the Balti-
more boulevard.
Ager road from Queens Chapel
road to New Hampshire avenue,
north on New Hampshire avenue to
Old Bladensburg road and south on
New HamDShire avenue to tho n;c-