Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1947-05-08
Highway
Projects Slated
For Arlington
4-Lone Construction
Planned for Fairfax
Drive and GIebe Rood
Special Di,peieh 10 The s,ar

RICHMOND. May 8.-The vir-
ginia Department OF Highways
planned immediate action today to
put underway major highway con-
struction projects on Fairfax drive
and Glebe road In Arlington County.
BY early summer the department
plans to seek contractors bids for
the first stage Of undermining and
completing Fairfax drive. Bids for
the opening work on Glebe road will
pc asked by early fall the depart
ment said.
Both of the long-sought projects
will be carried out under stage COM
struction," with several sections To
each Job. No estimate as to compile.
ton dates was available.
Fairfax Drive to Be 4-Lane.
Under the long-range plans, Fair
fax drive will be made four-lane.
divided, from Lee highway to Les
boulevard. Much of this highway
Will be new construction, with some
OF the right-of-way following the
Arlington and Fairfax Railway road.
bed.
Glebe road, connecting Lee high
way and Route /, will be four-lane
with a four-foot dividing strip.
Special traffic STANDARDIZATION win be
provided at major intersections and
grade separation is planned at
the intersection Of Lee boulevard
Route 500.
Right-of-way acquisition for both
projects will commence within 40
TO so days, department officials said.
When completed, Fairfax drive
will extend from Lee highway
(Route I'D to the intersection az
Tenth street and Lee boulevard.
Route 237, now following WASH
ington boulevard, will be routed over
the new drive.
Controlled Access Planned.
This drive will provide four-lane
concrete highway, some parts OF
which will be controlled access. I'm.
mediate construction is planned Of
parallel service roads In the con.
trolled access sections.
First section of the new Fairfax
drive scheduled for advertising Is
That between the intersection Of
Tenth street and Barton street and
the intersection of the present Fair.
fax drive and Glebe road.
On the Glebe road project, the
section between Columbia pike and
Shirley Memorial highway is the
first scheduled for advertising.
The Fairfax drive, project, while
taking in the least mileage, will rep
resent the greatest expenditure OF
funds. In addition to controlled
access roads, where desirable, an
8-foot parking lane is called for In
the commercial area between Wilson
and Washington boulevards.
To Have Center Strips.
From Lee boulevard along Tenth
street the new highway will have
a raised center strip to the inter-
section of Glebe road. A depressed
center strip Is planned for the
stretch between Gleb9 road and Lee
The present location of Fairfax
drive and the old roadbed of the
Arlington 81 Fairfax Railway will
provide the nucleus for a consider
able portion Of the right-of-way.
Controlled access construction is
planned for the section between
the intersection of Tenth street and
Wilson boulevard to Lee highway.
Here parallel service drives will be
constructed.
Second stage on the Fairfax drive
project, which probably will be adj
vertised next year, is a proposed
grade separation at the intersection
OF Tenth street and Lee boulevard.
Glebe road CRoute 120) will be-
come a main connecting link be-
tween Lee highway and Route /.
New construction plans call for fol-
lowing the old roadbed.