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pass to carry Rhode Island ave-
nue. over North Capitol street.
This proje& will be. COM
pleted two years after work
begins.
Bids for this overpaSs were
opened last week and Nc
Closkey and Co. submitted the
low bid of $2,538.195.
Construction also is Sched-
uled to start within the next
few weeks on another overpaSs
to carry New York avenue over
North Capitol street.
Repaving on North Capitol
is now underway between
Massachusetts, avenue and
Bryant street following re-
moval of streetcar tracks.
Traffic is restricted but not de-
toured. The repaving is ex-
pected to be completed in two
weeks.
Meanwhile, the Circle, Paw
ing Co. has submitted the ap-
parent low bid of $189,883 for
the first of three contracts to
repave street surfaces damaged
by the snow and ice this win
ter.
These are some Of the many
highway projects which are
underway, or will start soon, in
the Washington area. Others
include:
Sixteenth street NV, from
K to M streets-This stretch Is
to be widened II feet; utility
work now under way between
K and L streets about COM
pRted; the widening and re-
paving job there, which will re-
quire the detouring of through
traffic, to be completed by
June /; the work from L to M
streets will follow.
Inner loop links - Virginia
avenue between First and Sec
ond streets S.W. closed to
traffic for construction Of
ramps to tie in the Southwest
freeway with the inner loop
systems center leg. Until the
center leg is built, temporary
connections will be constructed
leading to existing streets; this
construction job includes re-
building the elevated railroad
structures at Virginia avenue;
the project will take about two
years to complete.
Dix street Me-, Eastern ave-
nue. to Forty-seventh street
This six-block section is being
repaved and widened: no traf-
fic restrictions yet; the work is
to be finished in six months.
Highway Bridge links-Road
connections under construction
between the Washington Chan
mel crossing and the George
Mason Memorial Bridge; the
first of several detours now in
effect; the entire project is due
to be completed sometime next
year.
Bids will be advertised next
month for construction Of the
Virginia approach road for the
new southbound Fourteenth
street crossing.
Theodore Roosevelt Bridge
Rock Greek parkway from
Constitution avenue to E
street is closed for work on the
land abutment of the new
bridge; traffic detoured; about
nine months to complete.
Rhode Island avenue NE.
Fourteenth street to the Dis
trict line - Streetcar tracks
have been removed and repav-
ing now being completed; traf-
fic restricted but not detoured;
completion due in one month
Twenty fifth and I streets
iN.W.-Intersection closed and
traffic detoured for storm water
sewer installation; intersection
due to open within about 1C
days.
X street expresSway-A tun-
mel is being constructed beneath
Washington circle; utility lines
are being relocated on K street
between the circle and Twenty.
fifth street; from Twenty-first
to Twenty-fifth streets the ex-
pressway will be lowered, with
overpasses at Twenty-seconc
and Twenty-fourth streets. Nc
traffic restrictions yet. The
tunnel is to take six months tc
build and the entire expressway
is to be completed late next
year.
Twelfth street NE, Rhode
Island avenue to Randolph
street-Utility work being COM
pleted for a repaving project
scheduled to start next month;
no traffic restrictions yet.
South Capitol and M street
South Capitol street remains
closed between L and M streets
for construction of an under.
pass to carry South Capito
traffic below M street; traffic
detoured; tentative completion
time-seven months.
L street NV, TWenty-secon
street to Connecticut avenue
Storm water, sewer installation
now underway; traffic de.
toured; completion now expec.
ted in June; work crews will
put on an asphalt pavement
that will be replaced with 6
permanent pavement in June
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Benning road railway under.
pass-Old south viaduct being
replaced with new underpass;
motorists urged to bypass the
construction site: north viaduct
restricted to one-way traffic
during rush hours; completion
due in four months.
Twelfth street freeway-Tun,
mel beneath the Mall is undel
contraction; traffic detoured
completion expected in abou
three months.