Evening star., 1960-06-16
District

StructiOn-Work is Scheduled
to start next Wednesday on two
road projects to serve the new
B allou Elementary School,
which will open in September.
One project involves cutting
Second street through between
Savannah street and Fourth
street Sc. behind the school;
the other is a widening and
paving job. on Fourth street
between Wayne place and
Nichols avenue, in front of the
building; no traffic restrictions.
Twelfth street NE, between
Rhode Island avenue and Ran
dolph street-Utility work, in
preparation for a repaving
+project. now underway; this
utility phase to be completed
in so days; no traffic restric-
tionS; paving work to start in
August.
Bingham drive in Rock Creek
Park - Repaving and general
improvement work underway;
road closed to traffic; tentative
completion time in July.
South Capitol and M streets
South Capitol street closed
between L and M streets for
construction of a highway un-
derpaSs; South Capitol will run
under M street; II months to
complete.
Buckeye drive, in East Poto-
mac Park - Relocation work
under way; the new drive is
being built 900 feet southeast
Of its present route, which is
in the path of the. connections
between the Washington Chan
mel crossing and the Four
teenth street bridges; COM
pletion scheduled in 80 days.
Bladensburg road NE, Ben
ming road to Seventeenth street
Work under way for widen
ing and repaving; except for
buses. through traffic is de-
toured along Maryland avenue
and Seventeenth street; tenta-
tive completion, 100 days.
Michigan avenue NE, South
Dakota avenue to Thirteenth
place-Construction work for a
storm water sewer in progress;
traffic restricted with one west
bound lane open on Michigan
avenue, but with all eastbound
traffic routed along Taylor
street, and then north to Michi-
gan avenue; estimated compile
ton time, eight months.
Twenty-sec0nd and L streets
IN.W.-Traff1c detoured for in
stallation of a storm water
sewer, which will run along L
street from Twenty-second to
Seventeenth street; estimated
completion, next December.
This project will be followed
by widening and repaving of L
street.
Benning road railway under
paSS-Replacement of the old
South Viaduct with a new un-
derpaSs is under way; drivers
urged to bypass the construc-
tion site on Benning road NE;
North Viaduct restricted to one
way traffic during rush hours;
completion time. Is months.
Texas avenue Sc, Ridge
road to East Capitol street
Widening and paving work;
tentative completion, 80 days.
Twelfth street freeway-Con-
struction of a tunnel under the
Mall; traffic detoured; COM
pletion in 13 months.
Rhode Island avenue, Four
teenth street NE. to District
line-Repaving work in prog
ress; 800 days to complete;
traffic restricted, but not de-
toured.
Rhode Island avenue, Florida
NV. to Fourth street NE
Widening and repaving work:
traffic detoured; completion
date for this final stretch of an
improvement project from Lo-
gan circle to Fourth street NE,
end of this month.
North Capitol street, MaSsa-
chuSettS avenue to Bryant
street-Repaving work under
way; traffic restricted; compile
ton in nine months; Michigan
avenue to Hardwood road sec-
tion, paving work in progress
on this new extension through
Soldiers Home grounds; ten
tative completion, end of this
month.
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