Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-08-27
Maryland Pushes
Area Road Work
Plans Awards
Of$l2MiIIion
By Year End
BY CHARLES L. HOFFMAN
Star stan Writer

costing some $12 million will be
put under contract in the near
by Maryland area before the
end of the year.
The work schedule is part of
the State Roads Commissions
drive to complete most of the
work on all projects in the first
tour years Of its l2-year road
plan before September, 1859.
Besides these major projects,
the commission also plans to
let contracts on some $13 mil
lion to SIS million worth Of
work on the top-priority WASH
ington circumferential before
the September deadline.
Come January the commits
sion will have only nine projects
still to be started in Montgom.
cry and Prince Georges Coun-
ties as part of the first four.
year phase of the long-range
program.
This is according to the latest
progress report made for The
Star by Roads Commission
Chief Engineer Norman M.
Pritchett.
Projects Listed
Before the end of the year
the commission expects to let
contracts for bridges on the
Circumferential road at Coles
vile road (bidS may be adver-
tised this week., Burnett road.
Sligo parkway, the proposed
Northern parkway, Georgia
avenue, Seminary road, the
Baltimore & Ohio main line.
Jones Mill road, Linden lane,
Kensington parkway and Con.
.necticut avenue.
AS soon as the bridges are
well under way-Sometime next
year-contractS will be let for
the Circumferential from Con-
necticut avenue to University
boulevard opposite the Indian
Spring Country Club.
Contracts also will be let
next year for construction of
the Circumferential from the
Baltimore Washington parkway
to the Annapolis freeway.
The section between Indian
Spring Club and the Baltimore
Washington expressway will be
delayed. The commission star
feels, Mr.. Pritchett said. that
the new University boulevard
and Glenn Dale road will pro-
vide a fairly direct route of
travel so that there will be a
belt from the Annapolis free
way to the National pike on
the west.
The commission also plans
to build the section of the belt
road from Indian Head high
way to the Jones Point Bridge
next year in connection with
the bridge construction project.
Montgomery County
The eight other major prof.
ects to be let this year include:
l. New route 20 from CEDAR
croft Sanitarium to Burnt
Mills. Some 2.5 miles costing
81 million. Bids were opened
yesterday on this project.
2. Connecticut avenue from
Jones Bridge road to Kensing.
ton 2.65 miles costing $l.9 mill
lion.
3. A new railroad bridge
over Bradley boulevard with
the roadway to be done next
year.
Prince Georges County
l. Annapolis freeway from
Ardmore to Kenilworth inter-
change-4.4 miles costing $2.S
million.
This project at latest will be
advertised early next year. The
bridges already are underway.
2. Route 202 from old Route
SO to the Annapolis freeway
some $675,OO0.
3. Route 202 (the worst Sec
tom from just south of Largo
about 2.6 miles toward MarI-
boro, some $450,000.
4. Grading and drainage work
on the Route 4 bypass Of Marl-
boro ($2.6 millionl with the
paving to come next year in
separate contract.
S. German and Talbot ave-
nues in Laurel 1881, 00O).
The Roads Commission now
has all of the Route 301 duali-
cation under contract in Prince
Georges County.
The commission has given
the contractor oredrs to 90 to
work on the long awaited Six
teenth street extension in Sill
yer Spring.
Montgomery County
Contracts to be let next year
IN the first phase windup in
Montgomery include:
/. River road from the Dis
trict Line to Parkway drive.
2 Route 1893 from Kensington
to Wheaton.
3. Route 20 from Burnt Mills
to Sligo Greek parkway.
4. Maryland 1893 from Prince
Georges to Burtonsville.
S. Link between Circumfer-
entail and East West highway.
6. Maryland 1876 CBrookecille
road from East-WeSt highway
to the District line.
Prince Georges County
/. Queens Chapel road from
Hamilton street to Colesville
road.
2. Route 1913 from Laurel to
Montgomery County line.
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