Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1953-08-10
Action Is Near
On Maryland
Road Program
70 Projects Listed
As Urgent by
State Commission
By the As, sioted Pres,

BALTIMORE Aug. 1O.-The
State Road Commission is about
to get $24 million running start
on Maryland's mammoth new
highway building program.
1t Las designated 78 projects
at least one in each county
for urgent and immediate &C
ton"
1t hopes to be able 10 ask
contractors to bid on the first
OF them in the next -four or five
weeks.
Reports Due Soon.
1t hopes many of hem VIII be
unde- contract by the first of
the yea"
Time is of the essence" sid
William T. Childs. j., the com
missions chief Ell gineer. when he
issued lstructions for quick
handling of the 78 E Iojects.
He asked MS sever division en-
glnCers to Cpo.t which Of the 70
could be tackled fist, and then
work On the ones that require
more com 1licated pIeliminaries-
blue prints nd right of-wav buy
ing.
The reports PROBABLY will start
rolling in Lis WeCE.
Then, Mr.. Clilds ilstruc, I'd his
subordinates. the projects will be
put W for bios ir u sequence that
viii start highway Won. lum
ming in all sections of the State
as soon a. possible.
The 70 urs projects con-
template tie ovelkauling Of
about 100 mile of roaG. a. ar ox-
pected cot Of about S22 million.
The Roads Comr1 ission already
is at tie advertised TO- bids
stage or oeyOrd IN al othe. IT
projects n which another as
miles of highway Will be hui't
{" rebril. fl almost 81 million.
First Construction BEGUN.
Inc lLot construction WORK
began last week OIL the I2-ycar
$3.50 million program which the
Genera! Assembly authorized
lat April.
The list job to get under way
w5c the reSuriacirg and widen
n" of Ritchie highv ay from the
north edge of Glen Burnie down
t. Ire MountaiI road int crsec-
ton.
Beyond he Urgent 70. the
commission already is we'll along
on the prelimina"ies for several
major projects such as those on
the Washington National Pike
from Frederick into Washington
arc the Baltimore National Pike
from Baltimore to Frederick.
Most Of the 70 are relatively
simple pro- ects-the eslriacing,
the widening, O. the Restricting
and widening of existing roads.
They 10 not require complicated
engineering and involve 1eW #
any ht-uf-Way problems.
Tho County-by-county list in
Clu6eS:
Baltimore County.
Alternate U. S. Route RE
S1rface 800 miles of the old
Observation-Disclosures boulevard
IRON the Baltimore City line to
Rolling road, $195 600.
Montgomery County.
Wash. gton National pike
Build 3.75 miles of new dual
h ghway rom Clark 5burg inter-
change to Maryland 1I9 at
Brink, $685. 600.
Maryland 28-Widen to q lect
and reSurface l mile through
Rockville, $4,000.
Maryland 81 - Modify curye s,
widen to "a feet and resurface
$50 miles from Washington Ma
tional pike toward Damascus,
$535,000.
Maryland 586-Widen to 48
feet and reSurface the SGT miles
from Maryland 81 to Rockville.
Maryland 194-ReSurface 0.9
OF a mile on Flower avenue from
Maryland 800 to Maryland SIS,
$4,000.
Maryland 390-Resurface the
o. of mile from Second avenue
to Georgia avenue, $4,000.
Maryland 28-Resurface the
1922 miles from Frederick
County line to Jamestown and
widen the Seneca Greek bridge,
$466.OO0.
Maryland 515-Grade should
erS on the 112 miles from Silver
Spring to North Woodside, $751;
900.
Prince Georges County.
Maryland 200-Eesurface the
Is miles from Maryland 214 to
Maryland 4, $4,000.
Maryland 403-Resurface the
o.51 miles from Maryland 500 to
U. S. l, $4,000.
Maryland 412-Resurface the
1.04 miles from U. S. l to Mary
land EOS, $4,000.
Maryland 430 - Widen part
md resurface all of the 1.66
miles from U. S. l to Maryland
205, $125, 900.
RoWboaf Ride 10 Promote