Evening star., 1951-01-01
Virginia. Lists
Road and Bridqe
Work 1850
225 Miles Added
To Highway System,
As Spans Completed
By the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press
RICHMOND. Va, Jan. 1.-About
225 miles of highways and 4s
bridges were constructed on Vir-
ginia's 9,000-mile primary highway
system in 1850, the State Highway
Department reported today.
AS the year ended, the depart
ment said, an additional 280 miles
and 60 new bridges were under
contract or being built.
Highway officials estimated the
value of construction completed al
about $18 million. Some $21.5 mil.
lion worth of construction was un.
der way as the year begins.
The figures do not include 6
widespread retreatment program
that brought about the resurfacins
of about 1,500 miles on the pri.
mary system. Nor do they include
work on the States $4,000 miles
of secondary highways and SIS
= million bridge being built across
the York River.
Wearley Construction.
Improvements in the Culpepel
district included four-lane con.
struction on Route z at Alexan-
dria and on Gleeb road between
the Shirley highway and the
Columbia pike, the opening of a
new location of Route Is north OF
Warrenton to shorten the dis
tance between Warrenton and
Leesburg, and the rebuilding of
an inadequate section of Route Is
between Orange and Madison
Mills.
The major competitions in the
Fredericksburg district were the
100000 reconstruction of l1.65
miles of Route II between Fred
ericksburg and Warrenton, and
street widening in Montross,
White Stone, Lancaster and
Heathsville.
Lynchburg districts outstand-
ing competitions included a $685.
600 bridge across the Dan River
at South Boston.
Outstanding competitions in the
Richmond district included the
approaches to the Westham Bridge
on route lat, opening the SIS
million James River structure to
traffic, two railroad grade separa-
tion bridges and 2.55 miles OF
roadway which closed the last
two-lane gap on Route between
Richmond and South Hill, and a
mile stretch of leveling and
widening on route so west OF
Richmond.
Suffolk Area Projects.
Conpletions in the Suffolk high
way district included 4.69 miles of
four lane divided highway on
Route 13 on the Eastern Shore,
two miles of four-lane divided
highway on route 1874 at Hamp-
ton and 2.11 miles of six-lane
highway on CRANKY street in Nor
folk.
Tie Staunton districts major
openings were the Staunton by
pass on route II, new Shenan-
doah River bridge on route IL
south OF Luray, Strengthening and
widening on Route so at the West
Virginia line, and 1.61-mile Sec
ton o. four-lane divided construc-
tion on route II north of Steeles
Tavern.
In the Salem district early
winter weather delayed the COM
pletion of several major projects
including 1853 miles of four lane
divided highway and four bridges
on route II at Elliston and a
$517.400 new river bridge at Mar
rows.
Other outstanding road anc
bridge projects which were un.
der construction or under con-
tract as the new year began
included:
Reconstruction of the last two
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Christiansburg and Roanoke; re-
location and widening of route II
between Boyce and Berryville;
final paving of the Shirley high
way south of Washington, and
relocation of route II at Dublin
including an overpass of the Nor
folk & Western Railway.
Work Continues.
Work continued on the four
lane divided construction of route
II near Chilhowie and south oil
Steeles Tavern: a $343,200 wild
ening job completing the recon.
struction of route Z into Leesburg
and the widening of route / be.
tween South Hill and the North
Carolina line.
Well under way was the York
River bridge at Yorktown from
Gloucester Point, to be financed
by toll revenue bonds.