Evening star., 1949-04-10
Plans
Big Outlay on
Nearby Roads
Around SIC, 600, 900
To Be Spent Within
SO Miles OF D. {.
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BALTIMORE. April = Man
wln spend more than SO eea oso
tins wear on improvements .
highways within 50 miles q, Nas&-
lneton. and q lac amounl AL -
used tor road protects IN o'Aer
sections @! The state
This NAx revealed when t-s
State Roads Commission released
the ls4s primary and Widening "
Sar!acing program oToagh Ca4es
Engineer William r, Ctilds II
Tspp.ng The primary schedule =
the proposed Sc 900 900 nyidgv over
the Severn River nj Annapolis
Original plans for The fixed span
steel and concrete crossing called
for y 5o-iool vertical clearance eut
the roads group has het II -
known that IL Wti! agree 10 7a.
foot clearance in order 10 aliAy
fears OF yacht&men that their
craft would no, be able 10 enter
Annapolis harboT.
Other projected bridges are the
s. 500 600 PAtusent River toll
crossing and O 5000 600 span over
South River.
Big Project Near trhana,
LArEes, road project scheduled
for the area is q Smile stretch 81
concrete surfaced dual highway
from the junction Of Routes IS
and 240 toward urhana Frederick
County. Estimated cost - ga
500 600.
Next are 81 600 900 for a s'a-
mile section OF dual highway On
Route between Parole and South
River, Anne Arundel County and
81 .s97 sol for a l2-miie section
OF the Baltimore Washington ex~
preSswAy from Stony Run Bridge
TO Hanover road
A 2.5-milc section Of the new
Route S dual highway from the
District line 10 Woods Corner will
cost the State sl.537 500 RE-
Mobilization OF one lane Of the
same route and construction Of a
new lane from TB 10 TownShsnd
will require an outlay Of ss70 900.
One lane Of an ultimate dual
highway replacing Columbia pike
from st. Johns lane toward Bur-
louisville for q distance OF Ave
miles will cost 81 900 900 and q
half mile stretch of Wisconsin
avenue from East West highway
to Glenhrook. Bethesda. is figured
at 1857. .iso,
| The orie-lane. mile Laurel
bypass viii take s4?9.450 and
/ 5000 900 viii be spent TO build .
one-mile road 10 bypass Prince
Frederick. Calvert County
4 Heading the widening and re-
surfacins program is s25s 600 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 247
from Morganza 10 Clements. will
cost $3.50. 900.
, Modifying curves and resur-
facing 73 miles OF Route sol
from Severn Run 10 Pigeon Run
Inn is listed at si62 $50 improve
ments 10 the same route from tho
Marlboro bypass 10 TB at sl27.-
800. and sl2s. 500 is to be used 10
improve Route ala from Route s
10 Route 224.
In Calvert County, "a miles Of
Route 2 from Sunderland 10 Prince
Frederick Will be widened and re-
surfaced At q cost OF ti4s 800,
while four miles Of Route 22s from
La Plata toward Indian Head In
Charles County wtIl require
$l5e.735.
Near the District line. East
West highway from Wisconsin
avenue TO Georgia avenue will be
resurfaced rs q four -lane thor
oughfare at o total OF ti52 200.
Another figure Of tl34.0 will
cover the improvement OF East
West highway from Takoma Park
10 Hyattsyille. A third portion
OF East West highway, from
Georgia avenue 20 Chestnut ave-
nue.. Takoma Park. also will be
improved.
The Landover road for about
mile from the Defense highway
will be improved at q cost Of
S37 100 and a IB-mile section OF
the Defense highway from Ann
apolis 10 Parole will cost $50 900
70 resurfacc and widen TO 24-feet.
Other improvements near tho
District will include colesvfils
road from Georgia avenue 10 Six
teenth street and Sixteenth street
extended from East West high
way 10 the District line.
In addition. Route iss from the
Old Annapolis Road 10 Hammogsds
Ferry Road viii be resuTfaeed and
improvements made TO . short
section Of Route $40 through
Rockville.
The State Roads Commission
listed the total cost Of the primary
program at t34.05s.57i and the
widening and resurfacinR projects
at 90. .o02 .46e.