Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1946-05-16
PrinceGeorges
Weighs Plans on
.2New Highways
Additions to Roods
Supplement Lost
Years Bosic Report

the proposed improvement program
for the Maryland-W Washington Met.
ropolitan District in Prince Georges
County, today were before the BOARD
OF County Commissioners for study
The additions, prepared by thu
Advisory Board to the county COM
missioners, supplement the basic re.
port submitted and approved by the
county governing body October l al
which time the advisory group was
asked to restudy projects covering
improvements to Hamilton street
and its extension to the Defense
highway, and the relocation of the
Marlboro road from the District line
to Walker Mill road.
In continuing its studies to fine
the most satisfactory solution fol
the location of the Hamilton stree
project, further consideration wa.
given the proposed cross-county ane
inter-county Metropolitan Freeway
with the result that a recommended
relocation of a portion of the prof.
ect has been provided In the sup.
Elemental study.
Arundel Road Studies.
Additional studies also were made
for improving Arundel road exten.
sion from Thirtieth street in Mount
Rainier along the northerly boun.
diaries of that community and Brent.
wood to Rhode Island avenue sc
as to affect connections with ex.
listing streets which now dead enc
near the Northwest Branch.
In the original report, intersec-
tional treatment plans were Rocco
mmended at New Hampshire avenue
and Eastern avenue and at New
Hampshire avenue and the East
West highway.
In order to make these reco-
mmended improvements more de-
sirable the Advisory Board now
proposes the full development OF
New Hampshire avenue for inter-
sectional improvements for the en-
tire distance from the District line
70 the East-West highway.
Projects Listed.
Specifically, the supplementary
report projects listed are the fol-
lowing:
Hamilton street, Fortieth place,
Forty first place from Queens Chap
ell road to Rhode Island avenue in
Hyattsville, distance of 6,140 feet
The estimated cost is 1901 ,535 and
its priority was placed in the 1861
construction year. The original re-
port recommended the section from
Rhode Island avenue to Gallatin
street be scheduled for construction
during 1856 but the project has
since been intergrated in an overall
plan for the later period.
The section from Gallatin street
to Melrose avenue would be con-
structed to q width OF so feet be-
tween curbs, instead of 80 feet, as
first proposed. The project will end
at Melrose avenue at which point
it will be connected with another
project at Rhode Island avenue.
Two 24-Foot Roadways.
The second improvement will be
a new right-of-way as an extension
of the above project for Forty-flrst
place and Rhode Island avenue
southeasterly to Defense Highway
for a distance Of $500 feet and at
an estimated cost Of 81 ,648, 1866. The
recommendations call for two "a
foot roadways which would raise
Rhode Island avenue and the Capt.
tai Transit Co.'S tracks to facilitate
the construction of grade separation
structures. After passing the Balti-
more & Ohio Railroad the highway
would be elevated until 1t reaches
the Defense Highway where a chan
nelized intersection would be made
at grade. This project is intergrated
with one for River Road which was
included in the October report.
A third improvement would be to
Marlboro road from the District line
to the Metropolitan District line for
$3.50 feet at an estimated cost OF
$150,115. It is recommended for
1947 with Federal and State aid. SUI
ficient right-of-way would be OBJ
tanned for ultimately providing a
dual highway. In the first stage,
two 12-foot lanes separated by a
2-foot bituminous marker, would
be constructed. Two additional H.
foot lanes could be provided in the
future.
Points to Traffic Menace.
The advisory group points to a
traffic menace now existing on the
Marlboro road from the District line
to Walker Mill road due to made
quate right-of-way. Traffic volume
warrants dual lane artery here and
while the revised location utilities as
much Of the present right-of-way as
is possible, most of the distance
would be on a new location.
A cross-county highway on a new
location from New Hampshire ave-
nue. to the east of Edmonston road
and an intercounty Metropolitan
Freeway on a new location from the
cross-county highway to the pro-
posed Washington-Annapolis Free
way, are the most extensive projects
contemplated. Running a distance
OF 6.3 miles, the cost is estimated
at $4,341 ,459 and the priority has
been placed in the 1947-48 construc-
ton year with Federal and State aid.
The ultimate development provides
for limited access highway with
two 24-foot concrete roadways sepa-
rated by a median strip, grade sepa-
ration structures and interchanges
with other principal highways.
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