Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-29

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The downtown area bridge.
which would pass just south of
Background DetoiIs on the Bridge Com
promise and Illustrations. Pose A-2o
the controversial Roosevelt
Memorial Island, emerged sud-
denly yesterday as a compromise
location which has the full sup
port of area highway, planning
and park officials.
! Even Hermann Hagedorn, Sec
rotary of the Theodore Roosevelt
Association, which strenuously
opposed earlier bridge proposals
which would have crossed Roo
sevelt Island, described the new
location as "an excellent plan
a mastery compromise"
Here to Fight Plan.
Mr.. Hagedorn, who had come
to Washington from New York
yesterday to fight an earlier
bridge plan, stayed on as a guest
at today's luncheon business
session of the committee. One
subcommittee aide Quipped:
HE came down to give us the
dickens and stayed for lunch"
Chairman Case, who took a
leading role in bringing about
the bridge compromise, said the
two-bridge bill probably will
come before the Senate on a
call of \the Senate calendar
Saturday, if it passes-and Sena-
tor Case feels the chances are
good-it will go directly to the
House for action.
Could Avoid Conference.
It would be possible for The
House to adopt the approved
Senate version without the bill
ever going to conference If the
House sees fit.
The way for immediate House
action would be paved by the
fact that the House already has
passed a bill to authorize the
Jones Point bridge. The new
two-bridge Senate bill simply
amends the House measure, tack
ing on the central area span.
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican, of Virginia, who auth
ored the Jones' Point measure,
said he would strongly support
the two-bridge compromise.
The House-passed Jones Point
bill calls for the Federal Gov
eminent to pay for the $14.9
| million bridge proper, with
Maryland, Virginia and the Dis
trict paying for approaches to
serve the six-lane bridge. One
modification in the Senate bill
calls for the Interior Department
rather than the District to
supervise construction and oper-
ate the bridge. But it could moi
be built until the two States
firmly committed themselves t.
build the necessary approaches
100000 Available.
The bill authorizes $24.5 mil
lion for the six-lane central
area bridge which would be built
by the District and paid for with
city funds supplemented by nor.
NAL highway Federal aid money
The District already has in f1anc
100000 which could be applied
Immediately to planning the
new crossing.
The central bridge would tit
into all major existing roads ii
Virginia. On the District side
It's main connection would b.
Twenty fourth street, which
Z would be developed as a maio,
north-south expressway. al
though it also would connecr
with Constitution avenue ant
other main streets.
The sudden agreement on tn,
new location broke a two-yeal
deadlock between highway ant
planning leaders and also pavet
the way for agreement on tn,
so-called inner belt" network
around the congested part O
town which is the key to majo
street improvements to be mad,
during the next 10 years.
The Senate committee acted /,
only about 5 minutes as Senate
Case reported the unanimou
approval of all agencies con
cerned. Senator Nicely, Demo
crat. Of West Virginia. moves
adoption of the bill withou
change and his motion wa
unanimously approved.