Evening star., 1952-11-18
MARYLAND Lists IS Road and Parkway Project.

Lists
Eighty-five separate projects
are included in the Maryland
National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commissions master plan for
highway and parkway develop
ment in suburban Montgomery
and Prince Georges Counties.
The projects, which are subject
to change II future conditions de-
mand it, are the following:
PARKWAYS
/. Northern Parkway from Sill
yer Spring cutting northward
through Montgomery County even
tually tying into a major artery
leading to Gettysburg, Pa.
2. Washington Baltimore Park
way to be constructed well to the
east of existing road links between
the two cities.
3. Suitland-S d-Southeastern park
way from the District line to the
Chesapeake Bay area.
4. Fort Washington parkway
beginning in Prince Georges at
Broad Creek near the Potomac
River and running parallel to the
river to Piscataway Creek.
S. George Washington memori-
al parkway to be extended from
the District northward through
Montgomery County to Rushville.
S. Maryland parkway from the
proposed Fort drive in the Dis
trict to University lane and Coles
vile road. This would link with
the proposed bypass behind the
Maryland University Stadium and
ultimately tie into the proposed
inter-county belt freeway.
FREEWAYS.
/. The inter-county belt free
way. This Is proposed as q huge
circular belt completely bypassing
the District while linking Prince
Georges. Montgomery and Arling-
ton Counties and Alexandria. Two
new Potomac River bridges are
included in this plan. one at Jones
Point Landing linking Alexandria
and Prince Georges and the other
at Cabin John connecting Mont
gomery and Arlington Counties.
2. Blue Star Memorial High
way linking TB, Maryland, and the
Morganstown Bridge.
3. Branch Avenue Freeway from
the D. c. line to TB.
4. Kenilworth Expressway from
the District line to Kenilworth at
the proposed junction of Annapolis
Freeway and Washington-Balt
more Parkway.
S. Southern Freeway dndian-
head highway from the District
line to Piscataway Greek and Liv-
ingston road.
6. Annapolis Freeway from the
District line at Kenilworth inter-
change to Parole, Maryland.
DOMINANT THROUGHFARES
FOR MONTGOMERY COUNTY
l. Great Falls road from George
Washington Memorial Parkway to
Rockville.
2. Massachusetts, avenue from
the District line to Goldsborough
road, with a spur to River road.
3. River road from the District
line to Potomac. Md.
4. Wilson lane from Macarthur
boulevard to Bradley boulevard.
S. Wisconsin avenue from Jones
Mill road to Rockville.
6. Old Georgetown road from
Wisconsin avenue to GroSvenor
lane.
z. Connecticut avenue from
Chevy Chase Lake to Georgia ave-
nue..
8. Sixteenth street from East
West highway to Georgia avenue,
with an extension linking it to
the proposed Northern parkway
in Sligo Greek Valley.
9. Western avenue from Six
|teenth street extended to Rock
Greek Park, connecting with the
proposed extension of Rock Greek
parkway in the District.
10. Relocation of Bells Mill road
from Falls road north of Potomac
to pass to the north Of Grosvenor
lane and terminate in Kensing-
ton.
IL. Old Bladensburg road from
Connecticut avenue through
Wheaton to the Prince Georges
Montgomery County line.
Includes C0lesville Road.
10. Colesville road from the Dis
|trict line to New Hampshire ave-
niue where it connects with the
proposed new Columbia pike.
13. Piney Branch road from the
District line to New Hampshire
Iavenue.
IA. Norbeck road from Rockville
to Browns Corner.
Is. Development Of Briggs
CLANCY road from Georgia ave-
nue. to Piscataway. This is
MANNED as an outer helt highway
linking Prince Georges and Mont
gomery. It would pass through
Beltsville, Hillmead and Colbes
Corner.
16. New Hampshire avenue from
Franklin avenue north through
Colesville and Browns Corner
terminating in Brighton.
II. Also under consideration Is