Evening star., 1949-10-06
30-Mi|e-an.Hour
Speed Limit SET
orFreewaY
No-Porking Signs
Put Up on Artery,
To Open Saturday

The speed limit on the White
hurst Freeway, which officially
opens at pm. Saturday, will be
30-miles-an-hour. officials said
today in revealing traffic plans for
the new structure.
The Department of Vehicles and
Traffic already is placing no-park-
ing signs along the mile-long
route, as we'll as signs to guide the
Alright on the new traffic
artery. The FreeWay runs from
Rock Creek to Key Bridge and is
designed to speed traffic between
downtown Washington and Mary
land and Virginia. 1t is named in
honor Of the late Herbert C. White
hurst, District director OF high
ways.
The District Commissioners have
arranged for the official opening
at the Freeway and
street NV. at 2
pm. Saturday. At the same time.
at the Rosslyn plaza on the Vr-
ginia side of Key Bridge, similar
program will start under auspices
Of the Arlington Chamber Of
Commerce. A parade will be held
over the newly opened Freeway to
the Rosslyn plaza and return.
Program Outlined.
The program at Twenty-seventh
street follows:
The Metropolitan Police Band,
Capt. Charles Benter conducting,
will begin a musical program at
1:15 pm. Kay Dewitt, vocalist
at the Capitol Theater, will sing
several selections.
At 2 pm, George v. Graham,
chairman of the highway COM
mittee of the Washington Board
of Trade, will open the program.
The master of ceremonies will be
Charles M. Upham, engineer-di-
rector of the American Road
Builders Association. P. Y. K.
Howat, chairman of the District
Motor Vehicle Parking Agency.
will introduce the guests.
Speeches will be made by Com
missioner John Russell Young.
president of the Board of District
Commissioners; Commissioner Guy
Mason and Brig. Gen. Gordon R.
Young, the Engineer Commis-
sioner.
The four r-year- old nd-daugh-
ter of Capt. Whitehurst, Maria
Whitehurst Brownett, will cut the
ribbon that will officially open the
Freeway. Mrs. Whitehurst, the
late directors widow, also will
participate in the ceremony.
Rosslyn Plaza Program.
The program at the Rosslyn
plaza follows:
Two pm, music by the Army
Band, Capt. Hugh Curry, leader.
and by the Washington-Lee
Cadet Band. Harold Rubenstein.
leader. Sidney R. Johnston, pres
ident of the Arlington Chamber
of Commerce, will preside. The
master of ceremonies will be
Theodore M. Forne, chairman OF
the Whitehurst Freeway Celebra-
ton Committee.
After the introduction Of dis
guests. A. T. Lund-
berg, Arlington County manager.
will speak. An address OF well
come will be delivered by Basil
NJ. De Lashmutt, chairman OF the
Arlington Board of Commis-
sioners. Flowers will be presented
to Mrs. Whitehurst by Mrs.
Johnston, wife of the chamber
and to Maria White
hurst Brownett by another little
girl, Kathy Bauer.
New traffic lights are being in
stalled at the west end OF the
to guide motorists to
Canal road and NJ street. No
traffic lights are planned at the
east end of the project. but new
lights have been set up at
Twenty-sixth and K streets NV.
The United States Park Police
permit traffic to 60 southbound
only in lower Rock Creek Valley
from 7 to $50 am. and north
bound from to $50 pm. Any
turns to and from the Freeway
that will interfere with this mass
movement will be barred by block
ing off traffic at those points.
To Permit Right Turns.
A new road will permit traffic
in lower Rock Greek
valley to make a right-hand turn
to Pennsylvania avenue, near
Twenty eighth street NV. South
bound traffic in the Rock Creek
and Potomac Parkway, desiring to
get on the Freeway. will have to
take this road and turn south at
sixth street, then west on
K to the Freeway. The engineers
explained there was not room
enough to build ramp to get
traffic from the valley
TO the Freeway.
It will not be possible to go south
IN Twenty-seventh street across
NJ street, as this would interfere
With Freeway traffic. To avoid
Ibis, the engineers have placed q
traffic island" in the way. But
aere Twenty-seventh street, just
north of K street, is but a block
ong.
Inspector Arthur E. Miller of the
Traffic Division of the Police De-
oartment said police will give spe-
ial attention to Washington Circle
It K street and Twenty-seventh
treet and Virginia avenue NV,
lue to the expected effect OF Free
way traffic at those points.
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