Milford chronicle., 1956-06-29
Highway Dept.
Announces Big
Bldg. Program

I
ket Street causeway. Also included
is the reconstruction of Walnut
Street, from Front to Fourth
Streets.
The program provides for about
so projects of all types, including
improvements for about 102 miles
OF existing highway, and having a
total estimated cost slightly in ex-
cess of 13 million dollars.
The program, as released by R.
A. Haber, Chief Engineer of the
Department lists some projects
that have just recently beer placed
under contract or which are now
being advertised for bids.
Mr.. Haber explained that all of
the other projects will be released
for bids as rapidly as the plans and
specifications. are completed.
Barring any unforeseen circurn
stances, Mr.. Haber explained, it
is expected to have all of the prof.
ects under contract during the fis-
cal year and as many of them COM
pleted during that period as it is
possible to do SO.
However, some of the larger
projects on the program viii be
expected to extend beyond the
end of the coming fiscal year be-
| fore they are completed, he added.
Twenty-one of the projects on
the program are located in Will
mington and New Castle County
and include the following:
Taylors Bridge and approaches,
new bridge and approaches; Mary
land Avenue, Boxwood to Silview,
reconstruction; walnut Street
Bridge and approaches, new con-
structiOn; Naamans Road, under
pass paving, new construction;
Walnut Street, Front to Fourth
Streets, reconstruction.
Curtis Mill Road, Newark to Mil
ford Crossroads, widening and re-
construction; Concord Pike, Tai
lefyville to Pennsylvania Line, wild
! en- to DUAL Edgemoor Road, Road
so to Road "a, reconstruction; Mill
er Road, Lea Boulevard to Baynard
Boulevard, reconstruction; Con-
cord Avenue, reconstruction: Marsh
Road, Road 220 to Road 43, recon
struction.
New Bridge Road and Alapocas
Drive, realignment; New Castle
County Division Office Building,
new construction; Intersection Al
terations, Wrangle Hill and Corbit,
advertised for bids; addition to
Wilmington Motor Vehicle Inspec-
ton Lane, contract awarded, Mis-
! cellaneous Drainage, series of
small bridges; Kirkwood Highway,
widen to dual; Sharpley Road, re-
construction; Main Street, New
ark, reconstruction; Lancaster
Pike, Centre Road to DUPONT Road,
reconstruction U. S. Route 10. Nc
Donough to st. Georges, widening
and resurfacing.
Ten of the projects on the pro-
gram are in Kent County as fol-
lows: Division Street, Dover, re
construction: South Little Greek
Road, U. S. Route 113 to Road 34S,
reconstruction; South Little Greek
Road, bridge and approaches, re-
construction addition to motor We
hicle inspection lane, contract
awarded; State Police Building,
uGdI DON6I, 116W CO1ISII7uCDlOn.
Legislative Drive, Cd" Street,
Water Street and Federal Street,
all in Dover, new construction !;
Court Street Parkway, Dover, new
construction, contract awarded /;
Wendalls Corner to Woodland
Beach, widening and resurfacing,
advertised for bids on July 18th /;
Harrington to Whiteleysburg wild
ening and resurfacing; Commerce
Street, Smyrna, reconstruction
contract awarded
Sussex County will have Is prof.
ects on the program as follows 4:
Stein Highway and Shipley Street
SeafOrd, widening and resurfacing,
being re-advertised; Greenwood to
Ellendale,. widening and resurfac-
ing; Bethany Beach to Indian Riv-
or, reconstruction; Harbeson to
NAPLES Pond. widening and resur-
facing; Bridgeville to Double
Bridges. widening. resurfacing and
new bridge; Maryland Line to Shat
toy. widening and resurfacing.
Road SIG. Road SO to u. S. 1f3
reconstruction Line Road, Roe d
| tOO w 20, n6W
now under contract; Horsey s
Pond and Sluiceway, now under
contract; Ingram Pond spill dam
advertised for bids; Addition to
Motor Vehicle Inspection Lane al
G Georgetown, contract awarded; FL
lendale to Milton, widening and re
surfacing.
Shaftox to Millsboro. widening
and resurfacing, advertised fol
bids; Collins Mill Dam, repairs, ad-
vertised for bids: Stein Highway
Road 553 to Maryland Lime, widen
ing and resurfacing; Route 404
Bridgeville to Maryland Line, wild
ening and resurfacing; Route IA
Five Points to Route 16, widening