Evening star., 1956-03-30
By ALEX r. PRESTON
Star Stan Correspondent


to connect the George Washing
ton Memorial parkway extension
to the proposed headquarters
site of the Central Intelligence
Agency at Langley in Fairfax
County have been set aside by
the State Highway Commission.
The four-lane connecting link
is included in $43.8 million Of
primary highway construction
ALLEGATIONS tentatively approved
by the commission yesterday.
Final action will come after
two public hearings. The first,
on May II, will be in Roanoke
for construction districts in the
western end of the State. The
second, on May 18, will be at
Richmond for districts in the
Eastern section, including the
Northern Virginia area.
More for District
The Culpeper construction
district, which includes North
ern Virginia, received a tenta-
tive ALLEGATION of slightly over $6
million for the fiscal year COM
mencing July /. About $5.3 mil
lion is allocated to this district
for the current year.
Other tentative ALLEGATIONS to
construction districts include
Staunton, nearly SIS million, and
Fredericksburg, SO million.
j. E. Harwood, assistant loca-
ton and design engineer, believes
enough funds now are available
to make the necessary connec-
ton between the CIA's proposed
site at Langley and the George
Washington Memorial parkway.
The Culpeper district alloca-
tions include 100000 to widen
two-lane Chain Bridge road
(Route 123) to four lanes. The
length of the project would be
about is miles from the inter-
section of Chain Bridge road
and the Leesburg road (Route
1881 at Langley toward Chain
Bridge.
Ends at Crossing
The project ends at a point
where the proposed extension OF
the parkway would cross Chain
Bridge road. Under a plan joint
ly worked out by Federal and
State officials, traffic between
the CIA site and Washington
would be by way of the George
washington Memorial parkway
to the intersection with Chain
Bridge road and then the rest
of the way on the State high2ay
The 100000 set aside for the
next fiscal year would be added
to 100000 available in the cur
rent years allocations.
One reason for this is that
about a half mile of the project
passes by the Bureau of Public
Roads property - which is the
CIA site-"and we don't antic-
ipate much right-of-way difficult
ties there" Mr.. Harwood said.
For Seven Corners
An additional 100000 would
be allocated toward the Seven
Corners grade separation at the
edge of Falls Church. The con-
tract for this job, estimated to
cost SIS million, already has
been let and $550.000 had been
allocated in previous years.
A special ALLEGATION of $780,
600 under an urban Federal aid
program would be provided for
widening Lee highway in Arling-
ton from Glebe road toward
Falls Church. A similar sum is
provided this year to widen Lee
highway from Glebe road toward
Cherrydale and Washington.
This item is not included in the
Culpeper districts ALLEGATIONS.
Largest ALLEGATION in the dis
trict is 100000 to continue dual
lane construction of Lee high
way in Fairfax and Prince Will
liam Counties. This work has
been going on for years and
eventually will end up in a dual
highway all the way from Wash
ington to Warrenton More than
half of the road already has
been made dual lane.
An additional 100000 to con-
tinue dual lane construction OF
the Little River turnpike (Route
1850 from Annandale toward
Fairfax is proposed. This would
supplement $150,000 already set
up for this year.
S1OO,OOU for Columbia PIKE
An item of 100000 is pro-
posed for reconstruction of Co.
lumbia pike (Route 244) south
of Glebe road (Route 120) in
Arlington.
The sum of $4,000 was desig-
mated to supplement- funds al
ready available for widening and
construction of curbs and gut
ters along Chain Bridge road
from Lawyers road to Park
street in the town of Vienna.
To channelize traffic at the
intersection of Route l and
Kings highway CRoute 241) at
Penn Daw, south of Alexandria,
$4,000 is proposed.
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