Evening star., 1952-02-27


Creek parkway and extend II to
Maryland. About improvement
there Is little controversy, but the
extension idea promises fireworks.
The present parkway is too
crowded. On this, everybody
agrees. Augmentins IL IL the f1rst
step the city proposes. That would
cost ab0ut S7 million.
Oblitefated incidentally, would
be The Up Street Beach," The
planners, at least, are prepared
for the sacrifice.
A b0ttieheek new stands At the
|pafkWay's TOP, That's the Zoo
hyeFyb6dy asfees Oh that problem
The plan is 10 extend ths park
way around IT,
fhe remainder contains the hFes
worms The planners want 10 push
0n 10 Maryland, doubling the
pafkWay's present length VIII
the 200 bypass, WIS W9uld e0sl
ever egB mllllanl
There ore alse plans for A Fes
VAmped Military road across the
pAFk, costing AblB Million Ab0ul
thlA there's no dispute
lslHEeAt District vgVIeeL
All tBld, thiA protest WHuld AgH
lllj mare thHtl b fourth OF thH eltv'l
proposed l0syeAri Al4D mllllBH
read lihbpeyemhht expenditure
IVA one N the blaHeAb tbAd HF6l'
HetA III washington History
Teth6PF6W The Star VIII Outline
tle H96 taFt OF the plan, and WI
day the HpbeP eAtehsleR Idea viii
be dealt WIthI T0aav'S subject n
tbe present bapkWAE, lF9Ia tht
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The hPSt trouble with the park
way new II that it's not q peTkWaV
IN the m6dePn sense M9depT
DaPkwAys are DIVIDED Rock ePeeb
parkway n mostly \ single read
FFHeI 1914 fairly Wlder but WI
D9t Wlde en0uGh i0F the tFafhg
ana that eailses q special M9Hbl(
I=Eevepslng h0wsr
BuPlne the mgpnlng rush hour
the p0Ad IA DnesWaV south, BHPr
lng the Fush hour M nlght, wv
gneswaV north, The rest Of thl
time, lt'A both Ways MetgFlstl
Gan't no blamed fgF eenfHsl9n,
ExIt Headaches
HntFanees and exits are another
headache, Calvert street has
steep hill, and at the top, eampet
lng Hafiler Calvert and QpnneGtl
cut tTafiie flows GanAlet at the bot
tom, WateFside dFiVe-the Massa
ehusetts avenue links too mar
row, 1t has q t0rtuous turn at tn
top, p streets cHrVlng entrance
discourage use, So do X street
with no easy access from the free
way, And at Virginia avenue, ex'
cept at rush hours, there are an
tagonistic trafiic flows.
All this limits the parkway
usefulness, as well as frayinl
motorists nerves.
What the planners want Is I
separated six-lane dual parkWa!
Everywhere, permanently one-way
with easier access and exit. 8,
here, starting at Calvert, is what
proposed:
Woodley road, hilly entrance
exit at the 6horeham Hotel, woul,
be replaced. Twenty fourth stree
would be cut under Calvert to tn,
parkway. one-way in. Cathedra
avenue would become one-wa.
Iout. Traffic entering Twenty
fourth could 60 either direction Of
the parkway--north through tn
Zoo, or south. (Woodley might b
RETAINED Us an extra entrance onl,
for convenience Of residents.)
j Calls for Overpass.
| An overpass w0uld take north
b0und traffic onto Cathedral.
The present parkway would b
widened and divided from thi
point to below the Massachusett
avenue bridge.
Watefside drive w0uid cease 4
Ibe the Massachusetts avenue lihk
Replacing it would be dual e0R
heeti6hs With N0ffhahst0fe drive
which parallels Massachusetts 0l
the north. N6ffhahst0ie connect
With fulton street, which connect
With important f'hlftvsf0uftl
Istfeet,
NeaF thlS pelHt weuia besiR
Ipfahashew s6uthbeund F0adWat
Y Eeuid pasg thF9ueh Oh tlElysel
afehwax q the @ etFeet bflelC
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