Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-04-24
District Lists
$40 Million in
Street Work
U. S. and City
To Share Costs
OF ID Projects

A $40 million schedule OF
street improvements has been
announced by the District High
way Department for the next
year and a half.
The IL projects include major
reconstruction OF portions Of
downtown X and Sixteenth
streets and New York avenue
They will be financed with q
combination Of Federal and Dis
trict funds.
Highway Director John N.
Robertson said i've Of the prof.
ects are being scheduled sooner |
than originally expected because
Of recent presidential approval |
Of a bill boosting the Districts
share Of Federal highway con-
struction funds.
The projects and expected
dates for start Of construction
follows:
New York avenue, Seventh
street NV. TO first street NE. |
100000 for widening TO six
lanes with q dividing strip, to-
start next February.
New Hampshire Widening
New Hampshire avenue,
Grant circle to the District line, |
$l,335,000 for widening TO six
lanes with a dividing strip. to
start in August.
Ridge road Sc. from @ street
to Bowen road. $685.. 900 for re-
paving, beginning in July.
Twelfth street from hide
pendence avenue S.W. to Con-
stitution avenue NV. SIS mil
lion, for lowering the street
under the new overpasses Of the |
Mall roadways. beginning in
January.
Maine avenue at Fourteenth |
street S.w., $l.059. 900 for grade
separation structures, starting
in July, 1859.
Bladensburg road NE. from
Benning road to New York ave-
nue., $960.000 for widening TO
six lanes with a dividing strip,
beginning in August. /
Pennsylvania Repaving
Pennsylvania avenue Sc.
from Minnesota to Branch ave-
nue., $493.000 for repaving,
starting in August.
Military road NV. from
Twenty-seventh street to Ne.
braska avenue. $268,000 for
widening to four l4-foot lanes, i
starting in December.
Sixteenth street NV. from
U street to Columbia road,
1851 900 for widening Begin
ming in December.
Sixteenth street NV. from
H street to NJ street, $685.. 900
for widening from the present
so feet to Sc feet with a CEN
ter strip. beginning in Decem.
Der.
Thirteenth street NV. from
Buchanan to Kennedy streets,
$303.000 to widen to four IA
foot lanes. beginning in De-
cember.
Warder street at Seventh
street NV. from Columbia
road to New Hampshire ave-
nue.. $230.000 for repaving be-
ginning in July.
K street NV. from Twenty
first street to Connecticut ave-
nue., $4,000 for building 2A
foot service roadways on both
sides OF the street similar to
those already existing to the
east, to start in December.
Pierce Mill Bridge replace
ment costing $250.00O to be
started In Rock Greek Park in
September. 1859.
Two at Hearing
A public hearing required by
Federal law was held yesterday
on the II projects. But only
two witnesses appeared, both
to urge the department to re-
tain as much Of the existing
front yards on New Hampshire
avenue as possible.
Highway officials said the
planned widening Of Sixteenth
street from H to M streets will
not require the acquisition of
any private property because
the city already owns a l5O-
foot right Of way.
Mr.. Robertson said the prof.
ects are tentative and subject
to change. Total cost for the
IA projects is $10,791, 900. 4
The plans are subject to APP
proval by the Federal Bureau
Of Public Roads.