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

the CaplCal engineering 60. OF
Washington, is q vital link in
Maryland road builders plans
for shutting cornmuter and truck
traffic between the District and
the Berwyn-B eltsville 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 a dual highway be-
tween Defense highway and
Greenbelt road.
At Kenilworth Interchange.
Large portions Of Kenilworth
and Edn1onston 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 anferchange.
The entire project between the
District and Greenbelt road will
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 Carriers lane
in East Riverdale. There, the
new dual highway will veer west
ward about q tenth of a 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 Kenilworth avenue
will roughly parallel the B & G
spur line tracks from Defense
highway southwark until it in
tersects the new Baltimore.
Washington Expressway. There
it will swing back into its OLD
route on into the District.
The two 90-degree-or-bette
curves on the present Kenilworth
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
the 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 a truck route al
many residents Of that area fear
He conceded. however, thai
many truckers might prefer tx
swing of the Baltimore boule.
ward at Greenbelt road and us,
the new dual artery the rest Of
the way into Washington. Tha'
way they would avoid many con
gested business sections.
Mr.. Jones said law does no
allow the State to designat,
certain highways as truck routes
He said there will be no sign
on Baltimore boulevard channel
ing trucks onto the new road.
The new Edmonston-K enil
worth road would become evel
more attractive to truckers
the road builders are ever abb
to extend dualization of Edmon
ston northward through the De
partment of Agriculture Re
search Station at Beltsville.
That would give motorists
straight, fast shot into tn
District from the Baltimor
boulevard at Beltsville.
Mr.. Jones said State road
officials have been negotiating
with Federal Authorities con
corning the extension. The Fed
~eral Government owns tina
portion Of Edmonston road with
In the research station grounds