Evening star., 1953-09-26
EdmonstonAV Ave,
Dual Highway
Work Slated
Prince Georges
Priorities Set in
12-Yeur Program

TTIoTItIeS Ser IN
12-Yeur Program
Work will begin next year on
converting Edmonston avenue
into a dual highway from De-
fense Highway, in Bladensburg
to Greenbelt road. 4.47 miles
north.
, The Job won top priority yes
terday at conference in Upper
Marlboro to decide which roads
get first call in the Prince
Georges County portion of
Maryland's 12-year road pro-
gram.
The county commissioners
gave priorities to IL other
secondary roads and five pri-
mary roads.
Improvements are already
under way on four secondary
roads. so they were not included
on yesterdays list.
State Selects Two Others.
And State Roads Commission
officials said they are giving
precedence to improving two
primary roads not on the county
boards list. The road officials
promised to try 10 fit the coun-
tvs recommendations into the
schedule. however.
Although the State can still
do the jobs in any order it wants,
the road men said the county's
wishes, in all likelihood, will be
followed.
Definite assurance was given
that the Edmonston avenue
project will keep its top spot.
The 12-year program is di-
vided into three four-year
phases. All of yesterdays rec
concentrations are scheduled for
the first phase.
The two primary roads the
State is most eager about are
U. S. 301 and the new WASH
ington-Annapolis freeway. En-
gineers are pressing to make
30l a dual highway from the
Anne Arundel County line to the
freeWay and are pushing COM
pletion of the freeway from 301
to the District line.
Boards Recommendations.
The county boards recommen-
cations on primary roads fol-
lowed this order:
/. Making New Hampshire avenue A
dual highway from the District line to
,. Eniarging Queens ems Chapel road w Int, INTO
4 dual highway between East-West high
way, and the Baltimore Washington
g. Extending Nayior road from the
new Stretch little NOR more t9suoi than ene-haif
interchange at suitiand parkway, ~
81 turning University lane into
and the MonteomerY County line 80
miles.
>. Relocating one mile OF the Baiti-
m0re-Washingtou boulevard at Belts
vile.
Bypass Route.
In the secondary network, Ed
monston avenue, a narrow, heav-
lily travelled road, permits mo-
torists to bypass Hyattsville'
bumper to-bumper traffic on
U. S. l, the Baltimore Washing
ton boulevard. Edmonston ave-
nue. also has been designated by
civil defense authorities as part
OF a route by-passing Washing
ton.
After giving highest priority
to fixing it, the conferees agreed
On these jobs. in the order listed:
:. Paving. German road in Laurel
between the Baltimore Washington
boulevard and Montgomery street. IL
;. Widening. Strengthening and resur-
facing Montgomery road between the
Mon Montg2?m1ery, S?1 County line and Laurels
1; Widening the Thirty eighth avenue
dds bridse in o6iO GOttssG City over the BaIti
5. Building a hsif-mile stretch of
dual highway on Central avenue at the
intersection. of U. S. 3O1.
ceding project. Another half mile of
dual highway will be built on Central
avenue. extending the one mentioned
Landoyer road. Then an undivided
highway will be built 5.S miles, the
tso rest OF OF ths way to Large Eventually;
to a dual highway tying into the one
described in Item ).
way from Defense highway in Bladens-
burg to the District line. The dis
tanSe is Fl miles. The widened River
road will tie into Edmonston avenue
way from the District line to Green
5, Widening and resurfaeing Thirty
Rhode Island avenue and Hamilton
p, Widening and resurfacing silver
bore. pike, 2.62 miles.
10. straightening, resurfacing and
EbnII, EEbtdeni,ng Ghillum road from Queens
between Defense hishway and the
Il. Widenins. s straishtening ni o. and si resur-
facing Landover road from Old Land
Sydvs SyeT road to Central mt
four-mile stretch. This protect was
scheduled originally for the second four
year phase. To make room for it in
the first four years, the conferees post
R2oned the widening and ,resurfacing Of
CheyerIy from River road,
~. Rebuilding Central avenue from
Landover road to the District line, 4 .
miles. The rebuilt stretch eventually
will furnish one lane of dual highway.
The four jobs excluded from
yesterdays list because they are
already under way include:
Resurfacing Fifty-seventh ave-
nue. between Central avenue and
Marlboro pike, mile; resurfac-
ing one-half mile of Colesville
road, from the Baltimore Wash
ington boulevard to Queens
Chapel road, and widening and
resurfacing Riverdale and Green
belt roads from the boulevard
to EdmonSton avenue.