Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-16

the Capital Engineering Co. OF
Washington, is q vital link in
Maryland road builders plans
for shutting commuter and truck
traffic between the District and
the Berwyn-Beltsville section OF
Prince Georges County.
It will tie together Kenilworth
avenue, which is now being dual
lied between the District line
and Defense highway, and Ed
monston road, which is to be
made into q dual highway be-
tween Defense highway and
Greenbelt road.
At Kenilworth Interchange.
Large portions Of Kenilworth
and Edrnonston road will be re-
located toward the west. The
new Kenilworth avenue, also
known as River road, will tie In
with the Baltimore and Annap-
oils Expressways at. the Kenil-
worth Interchange.
The entire project between the
District and Greenbelt road viii
cost an estimated $3.1 million.
At present. Edmonston road
and Wentworth avenue intersect
Defense highway about 100 yards
apart. All three arteries carry
heavy traffic, and this Irregular
conveyance forms one Of the
county's worst traffic bottlenecks.
The overpass will be about
midway between the point where
Kenilworth now intersects De-
tense highway and the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad spur line.
EdmonSton road will follow its
present route from Greenbelt
road southwark to Carter,s lane
in East Riverdale. There, the
new dual highway will veer west
ward about q tenth of q mile
into Falkland. It will continue
on new right-of-way from Cart
er's lane down to the overpass.
Along Spur Line.
The new Wentworth avenue
will roughly parallel the B g. o
spur line tracks from Defense
highway southwark until 1t in
tersectS the new Baltimore
Washington Expressway. There
1t will swing back into its old
route On into the District.
The two 90-degree-or-b better
curves on the present Wentworth
avenue just south Of Defense
Highway will no longer be part
Of the new road.
Roland Jones, State Roads
Commission district engineer for
Montgomery and Prince Georges
counties, said work Is now in
progress on a mile section Of re-
located Kenilworth avenue be-
tween Kenilworth avenue and
Inwood street.
The contract also has been
awarded on 1.5-mile stretch Of
che new road between Inwood
street and Upshur street on Ed
monSton road. To be advertised
soon, Mr.. Jones said. is the con-
tract for dualizing Edmonston
from Upshur street northward to
Brier Ditch, just south Of Good
Luck road.
Denies Truck Road Plan.
Mr.. Jones denied that the new
road will be q truck route as
many residents of that area fear.
He conceded. however. that
many truckers might prefer to
swing of the Baltimore boule-
ward at Greenbelt road and use
the new dual artery the rest Of
the way into Washington. That
way they would avoid many con-
gested business sections.
Mr.. Jones said law does not
allow the State to designate
certain highways as truck routes.
He said there will be no signs
on Baltimore boulevard channel
ing trucks onto the new road.
The new Edmonston-K enil-
worth road would become even
more attractive to truckers II
the road builders are ever able
to extend dualization Of Edmon-
ston northward through the De-
partment of Agriculture Re-
search Station at Beltsyille.
That would give motorists q
straight. fast shot into the
District from the Baltimore
boulevard at Beltsville.
Mr.. Jones said State roads
officials have been negotiating
with Federal Authorities con-
corning the extension. The Fed
eral Government owns that
portion Of Edmonston road with
In the research station grounds.