Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-01-07
Project 1880 Figures

q year more IN IraNel expenses
than the Wisconsin avenue
route.
Project 1880 Figures
About 100000 more motorists
would use the Wisconsin Avenue
route in preference to a river
side route by 1880. it was held.
The witnesses included 1t.
Col. Horace r. Higgins. 5Sil
Potomac avenue NV: William
Hays, 1868 Potomac avenue
NV. Alfred p. Dennis. 57i7
Potomac avenue NV: Richard
Friedman. 5o33 v street NV:
Lionel v. Murphy. 5406 Caro-
lima place NV: Lawrence N.
Bloomberg, 2426 Chain Bridge
road NV: John II. Rick. 52f3
Sherrier place NV; Julian
Frechtman. 1851 Sherrier place
NV. Charles Stewart. $40
Carolina place NV: Robert B
Curtiss. 1901 T street NV. /:
Mrs. James r. Kirkland. 5226
Loughboro road NV: Phillip
Thorson. TOOL Macarthur boule-
ward NV. representing the
Valley Communities residential
areas from Palisades. D. c.. TO
Cabin John. Md, and William
@. Smith. 2435 Chain Bridge
road NV.
Mrs. Laura +. Warfield. Z Nc
Kay circle. Bethesda - Spare
the Gao Canal. Authorities
should be mindful OF major
values when selecting SUPER
highway locations since people
can't live without this natural
resource for restoring their
lives"
George L. Hart. representing
Robert v. Fleming. banker and
civic leader--Favors the river
side location. The cost Of a
tunnel parallel Massachusetts,
avenue as part Of the proposed
Wisconsin avenue route would
be impracticable because Of It's
excessive cost. That location
further would damage residen-
tial property values in the Nor
manstone Valley area.
Constant SOuthworth. 1000
Cathedral avenue NV. - No
new highway should be built in
the area at this time. When
the time comes. however. FAC
should follow the river shore
causing as little damage as pos
sible TO the C6sO Canal.
Francis ID. Lethridge, Wash
ington Chapter. American In
stitute OF Architects - Route
240 should be built all the way
along the Potomac River be.
tween Washington circle anc
Cabin John, Md, instead oil
swinging away from the river
at the District-Maryland line
as city highway officials pro.
posed: II should use the right.
of-way planned by the Nationa
Park Service for the George
Washington Memorial parkway
and Congress should require
that this be done.
Mrs. Isabel c. Moore. 3l0t
Chain Bridge road N.W.-Sev.
eral expressway routes int
Washington are needed. Tit
Potomac River route should b.
built first, and 1t should not b
necessary 10 tear down any
ones home II II is built through
; an inaccessible jungle" neal
the river.
James A. Barr. Representing
% organizations in Bethesda
Chevy Chase area-Route 24t
: should not be built along Wis
consin avenue or River roaC
but should follow the Potomac
: River shore all the way u
Cabin John, Md.
Arthur =. Davis, Washington
architect The eXpressway
; should be an elevated road thai
, would follow the Potomac Rive
bed between Georgetown ant
/, the Maryland line to avoid con,
! flicts with parkland or private
property on the Potomac shore
! Grosvenor Chapman, Of 480!
! Potomac avenue NV. - Tit
+. road should be built in thu
} Wisconsin avenue corridor. HI
opposed the Potomac Rive
route because he said that arel
J had important park values Il
: preserve.