Evening star., 1952-12-18
Plan Unveiled
For Alexandria
1horoughfare
Designed for Traffic
Flow Through 1857;
Includes Freewuy
By Mary Lou Werner

mission today unveiled a major
thoroughfare plan for the city
which includes a 5-mile freeway
from the proposed Jones Point
Bridge to Shirley highway.
Alexandria Planning Director
Philip Hall said the plan ties ir
fully with major routes of thu
regional highway improvement
plan for the entire metropolitan
Area which was made public Sun.
day. The Alexandria plan. in ad.
dition. lists more routes needed
within the city.
Alexandria's new plan substi-
tutes the Jones Point Bridge fol
the Second street bridge which
the city previously had provided
for in. its future highway develop
ment program.
The freeway from the Jones
Point Bridge would extend along
Hunting Creek and Cameron Run
connecting with Shirley highway
between the Franconia and Edsall
road overpass.
Interchange at Jones Point.
A new interchange would be
constructed at the Jones Point
Bridge freeway's juncture with
Shirley highway. The highway i'm
provement program for the Dis
trict area contemplated the same
connection.
The only other -freeway set up
in the city's major thoroughfare
plan is the already existing Shirley
highway. Freeways call for a A.
lane highway that can be widened
to six lanes.
The plan also establishes five
parkways. primary routes, ano
secondary routes. All routes are
designed to take care of antici-
pated traffic flow through 1857.
The proposed parkways are as
follows:
l. Timber Branch parkway
which runs along Timber Branch
Creek bed in the Braddock Heights
section. and already is partially
constructed.
z. Taylor Run parkway, which
extends from Duke street neal
Telegraph road to King street near
Chinquapin Village, and follows
the Taylor Run Greek bed.
( 3. Forest Park parkway, which
travels from Janneys Lane into ar
tfndeveloped park area that the
city owns south Of Chapel Hill.
4. A new, unnamed parkway
along the east boundary of Delta
subdivision from Duke street tc
Seminary road.
5. Holmes Run parkway, which
cuts across the western corner OF
the city from the proposed new
Jones Point freeway. near the
Shirley Duke Apartments to the
city limits between Lincolnia ano
Dowden terrace. This parkway
follows Holmes Run creek along its
route.
Primary Routes Specified.
No major changes are made in
the primary routes within that
part of the city east of Quaker
lane.
Among roads specified as pri-
mary routes are Little River turn
pike Duke street,, Seminary
road-Janneys lane, Quaker lane,
King street. Braddock road, Com
monwealth avenue, Glebe road,
Henry street, Washington street,
and River road, No. l Highway
The important recommended
tions for the primary system are:
l. Extension of Commonwealth
avenue to connect with the Jones
Point Bridge freeway: 2. Improve
ment Of the King street. Russell
road connection; 8. Realignment
Of No. l highway at Wilkes street;
4. Realingment and reconstruc-
tion of Telegraph road at Duke
street; 5. Improvement of Semin-
ary road and construction of q
new road between Duke street
and King street west of Shirley
highway.
Secondary Streets Listed.
The streets set up as secondary
routes are planned to provide COM
plete circulation throughout the
city and collect traffic from the
residential areas to the primary
system. Some of the more i'm
portant proposals for the second
ary system are: /. Provision of
a border road east of Shirley
highway. 2. Realignment of Ed
sail road. 3. A connecting road
from King street and Shirley
highway south to the proposed
Jones Point Bridge freeway. T.
Extension of Southview terrace
to Shirley highway. S. Recon
Struction of Windsor avenue, and
6. Extension of Valley drive from
'Glebe road to Russell road via
Timber Branch parkway.
The planning commission will
hold public hearing on the pro-
posed highway program at 7:3O
p.m.. January 8. The thorough
fare plan then goes to City Coun-
Gil for a further public hearing
and adoption.
There was no cost estimate for
the highway program.
WoIfson Testifies Again