Evening star., 1952-10-27

The National Capital Planning
Commission today made public a
review of the proposed District
highway improvement program
The review was made by Harland
Bartholomew and Associates, COM
mission conSultants.
The individual projects, with
summaries of certain comments
made by the conSultants, ~are
listed below. The consultants did
not criticize the projects except
where noted. The projects follow:
Group 1.
Projects currently programmed,
for which funds have been obli-
gated, and related projects.
/. Anacostia Freeway, East Capt.
tol street to South Capitol street
$4,000 for studies and surveys.
"A start toward developing a link
between the Baltimore parkway
and a proposed Alexandria bridge.
2. Build a interchange at New
York and South Dakota avenues
NE, and overpass Pennsylvania
Railroads.&c. million. Part of a
new entrance to the city from the
Baltimore parkway and Annapolis
FreeWay.
3. Build East Capitol Street
Bridge across the Anacostia River
-$16 million. Although not in the
comprehensive plan, the bridge
was authorized by Congress and
is now under way.
4. Build East Capitol street dual
highway, Burns street to Eastern
avenue-$2.0 .045,000. Will connect
with George N. Palmer highway
in Maryland and make East Capt.
tol street a major radial route.
5. Build New York avenue dual
highway. Bladensburg road to
Anacostia Park-$1.2 million. Re-
lated to project 2.
6. Build South Dakota avenue
dual highway, Bladensburg road
to New York avenue-S210,000. A
link between eastern Washington
and the north-central section.
7. Rebuild Kenilworth avenue as
a dual highway, East Capitol
street to Eastern avenues, ,245.-
600. The northern leg of the pro-
posed AnacOStia FreeWay,
6, 8, 10. Widen Independence
avenue and remove streetcar
tracks from Third street S.W. to
Sixth street Sc; widen Independ-
ence avenue from Sixth street S.E.
to Nineteenth street Sc. and make
one-way eastbound; widen C
street NE. from North Carolina
avenue to Nineteenth street;
widen North Carolina avenue
from c street to Constitution ave-
nue.; and widen Constitution ave-
nue from North Carolina avenue
to Delaware avenue, making
Constitution avenue one way
westbound from North Carolina
avenue to Sixth street. Total cost,
with project 81 below, $1.9 million.
These projects are to provide
an approach to the East Capitol
Street Bridge.
II. Widen Seventeenth street
NE. from Bladensburg road to
Benning road: channelize the in
terSections of Mount Olivet and
Bladensburg roads with Seven
teenth street, Fourteenth street
with Maryland avenue and Four
teenth street with Pennsylvania
avenue; make Seventeenth street
one-way north from PENNSYLVANIA
avenue to Benning road and Four
teenth street one-way south from
Maryland avenue to PENNSYLVANIA
avenue. Cost. $427,000 To connect
Sousa Bridge and the area north
of Benning road.
Group III.
Projects needed to divert traffic
from the downtown central area
or create more street capacity
within the downtown area.
IL. Rebuild Florida avenue as a
dual highway from r street NV.
to Sixth street NE. with inter-
change at North Capitol street
SOS million. Part of proposed
inner loop around downtown.
13. Repave @ and r streets
NV. from Massachusetts, avenue