Evening star., 1949-04-10
Plans
Big Outlay on
Nearby Roads
Around $40, ,W. 900
To Be Spent Within
so Miles OF D, {.
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Sec e.al essr.sss~ss~a - F,As So

BALTIMORE, April Man
w!l Spead more than 80 ooo %,
this wear on Improvements %
highway. within 80 miles Of wsA'..
lnsson. and a like amount all -
used .or road projects IL other
sections al the State
This was revealed when ths
State Roads Commission released
the ls4s primary and widenlDs re-
surfaeinK program through Ct.et
Engineer William r childs q
Tapping the primary schedule -
The proposed 81 900 600 eridee over
the Severn River at Annapolis
Ortelnal plans for the fixed Span
steel and concrete crossing called
for q 5a-foo, vertical clearance but
the roads group has let ii es
known that II Wigl ssree 10 Is
foot clearance in order TO sllsy
fears of yachtSmen that their
craft would not be able 10 enter
Annapolis hArhor.
Other projected bridges are the
S.. 500 900 Patuxent River toll
crossing and a $500 600 span over
South River,
Big Project Near treana,
Largest road project scheduled
for the area is q smile stretch Of
concrete surfaced dual highway
from the junction Of Routes -
and ?40 toward urhana. Frederick
County. Estimated cost Is t2,-
500 900.
Next are sa.ooo 900 for a s'a-
mile section Of dual highwAS on
Route 5 between Parole and South
River. Anne Arundel County and
81 .697 .59l for 2-miie section
OF the Baltimore Washington ex-
preSsway from Stony Run Bridge
10 Hanover road
A 2.A-mile section al the new
Route dual highway from the
District line 10 Woods Corner wiu
cost the State slS37 500 Re-
habilitation Of ono lane Of the
same route and construction Of n
new lane from TB 20 Townshend
will require an outlay Of t67o 900.
One lane OF an ultimate dual
highway replacing Columbia pike
from st. Johns lane toward Bur-
j louisville for a distance Of Ave
miles viii cost 81 900 900 and .
half mile stretch Of Wisconsin
avenue from East West highway
TO Glenbfook. Bethesda. IA figured
at 1851. T.i80.
The one-lane. = mile Laurel
bypass win take s42e.4S0 and
/ s2o0 900 will be spent TO build a
one emile road 20 bypass Prince
Frederick. Calvert County.
Heading the widening and re-
surfacing program is s2SS 900 for
rebuilding of 81 miles OF Route
245 from Hollywood toward Leon
ardtown, St Marys County. A
four mile Improvement Of another
st, Marys County road. Route 2+3
from Morganza 10 Clements. will
cost si6o.000.
/ Modifying curves and rcsuf-
facing 73 miles OF Route soi
from Severn Run 10 Pigeon Run
Inn Is listed at ei62 $50. improve
ments TO the same route from tire
Marlboro bypass 10 TB at si27.-
300. and sl2s 800 Is 10 be used to
! improve Route 4it from Route 8
/ TO Route 224.
/ In Calvert County, 4is miles Of
Route ? from Sunderland 10 Prince
( Frederick will be widened and re-
surfaced nj cost Of elsa 900.
while four miles OF Route 225 from
La Plata toward Indian Head In
Charles County will require
/ $i59.T35.
Near the District line. East
West highway from Wisconsin
avenue 10 Georgia avenue will bs
resurfaeed as . four lane thor
oughfare at Q total OF asa 200.
Another figure Of si54 900 gill
cover the improvement OF East
West highway from Takona PARK
70 Hyattsviile. A third portion
OF East West highway. from
Georgia avenue 20 Chestnut ave
nue. Takoma Park. also wiIi be
improved.
The Landover road for about
a mile from the Defense highway
will be improved al . coat Of
S37 100 and = Is-miie section Of
the Defense highway from Ann
apolis 10 Parole will COS, $50. 900
10 resurface and widen TO 24-feet.
Other improvements near the
District will include CoIesviils
road from Georgia avenue 70 Gix-
teenth street and Sixteenth street
extended from East West high
way TO the District line.
! In addition. Route 100 from the
Old Annapolis Road 10 Hsmmonds
Ferry Road wili be resurfaced and
/ Improvements made 10 o short
section Of Route 2to through
Rockville.
The State Roads Commission
listed the total cost Of the primary
program at s34.05e.57i ard the
widening and resurfaelng projects
at 81. .002 .Ss9.