Evening star., 1960-10-19
District

District
North Capitol street, Mas
sachusetts avenue to Bryant
street - Removal Of streetcar
tracks underway: about three
months to complete this work:
the city is repaving along the
sides and win follow up the
track removal with new paving
in the center strip: paving job
to be completed in about five
months: traffic restricted but
not detoured.
Bridge highway links-Work
underway on road connections
between the Washington Chan
mel crossing and the George
Mason Memorial Bridge, both
Of which are under construc-
ton; officials plan shifting de-
tours during the two years it
win take to complete the high
way project.
E street S.W., Second to
Fourth street-Paving work, a
project that had been post
poned several times, is sched-
uled to be completed in about
10 days.
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
detOur-Rock Creek parkway
closed between Constitution
avenue and E street for work
on the land abutment Of the
new bridge; trafdc detoured
onto Twenty-sixth street; about
10 months to complete.
Rhode Island avenue NE,
Fourteenth street to the District
line-Crews working to remove
streetcar track; three months
for this job: repaving work un-
derway along the sides; new
paving will go down in the
center strip behind the track
removal work; paving phase to
be completed in five months;
traf1c restricted but not de-
toured.
Twenty-flfth and I streets
N.W.-Intersection closed anc
trafic detoured for storm water
sewer project; about one month
to complete.
I street NV, Seventeenth tC
Twenty-f first streets-ReSurfac
ing work scheduled to star
shortly: local traf1ic win bc
permitted on the street; siz
weeks.
X street expressway-A tun.
mel Is being built under Wash
ington circle; water and sewer
lines now being relocated on z
street between the circle ant
Twenty-fifth street; K stree
win be a depressed thorough
fare between Twenty-first an
Twenty fifth streets, with over
passes to be built at Twenty
second and Twenty-fourt
streets. The tunnel will tax
about six months to build an
the entire project about tw
years to complete: no traf6
restrictions yet.
Southeast school street cor
structiOn-Work is underws
behind the new Ballou Elemer
tary School to cut Second stree
through to Savannah an
Fourth streets; four weeks
complete.
Twelfth street NE, Rhod
Island avenue to Randolp
street-Utility work in PREF
aration for a repaving project
this paving work to start nez
March: no trafiic restriction
South Capitol and M streets
South Capitol street closed be
tween L and M streets for cor
Struction Of q highway under
pass; South Capitol viii ru
under M street: about one yes
to finish.
Bladensburg road Me-, Ber
ming road to Seventeent
Street-Work underway Il
widening and repaving; excel
for buses, through traffice d.
toured along Maryland avenl
and Seventeenth street;
days.
Michigan avenue NE, Sout
Dakota avenue to Thirteent
place Construction work Q
storm water sewer in progress
Michigan avenue betwee
Twelfth. street and Thirteent
street closed to traffic;; thrt
months. N
Twenty-secOnd and L stree
.N.W.-Traf1ic detoured for il
stallation of a storm sew
that will run along L sire
from Twenty second to Sc
enteenth street; complete
date, next December. tn
project will be followed by Il
widening and repaying Of
street.
Benning road railway unde
pass - Replacement of the o
South viaduct with the nj
underpass is underway: drive
urged to bypass the constru
ton site on Benning road NE
north viaduct restricted
one-way traffic during rui
hours, completion time.
months.
Twelfth street freeway'
Construction Of q tunnel III
der the Mall; traf1c detoure,
completion expected in abo
eight months.
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