Evening star., 1962-04-18
District

Eleventh streets - Paving of
this stretch Of the Inner Loop
freeway system is scheduled to
start next week; the work will
take about six months; only
parts Of the freeway will be
ready for use when the Job is
finished; the remaining sec
tions will be opened to traffic
after related highway prof.
ects are completed.
Illinois avenue, from Georgia
avenue to Ninth street NV
Resurfacing work is scheduled
to start next week; about 70
days to complete; the road will
be closed and traffic detoured.
X street, Connecticut avenue
to Twenty-first street NV
Traffic improvement work
scheduled to start in about a
month; the project will include
construction Of service road
ways on both sides of K street
and the repaving of this five
block section; the job is to
take about six months: traffic
will be slowed, but not de-
toured.
Seventh street NV, Penn
Sylvania avenue to G street
Utility work now under way,
will be followed by removal of
the streetcar tracks starting
next week; repaving work will
follow next month; traffic will
be detoured for the job.
South side of Lincoln Square
-Track-removal work between
Eleventh and Thirteenth streets
Sc. has been finished; paving
will follow next month; the Job
will take go days to complete;
no traffic detours.
North Capitol street inter-
changes-Work under way on
two traffic projects that will
carry Rhode Island and New
York avenues over North Cap
itol street; about 13 months to
complete; a new one-way traf-
fic routing system in this area,
along with some other detours,
is in effect.
Highway bridge connections
The road connections be-
tween the Washington Channel
crossing, now being built, and
the recently opened George Ma
son Bridge are under construc-
ton; the entire project is to
be completed about the middle
Of this year.
AnacOstia freeway inter-
changes-Work has begun on
three traffic interchanges, at
Pennsylvania avenue, Portland
street and Overlook avenue;
bids will be opened next week
for construction Of a fourth,
this one at Firth Sterling ave-
nue.; about one year to finish
those under construction. and
Is months for the Firth Sterl-
ing interchange; detours in ef-
feet: sections Of the Anacostia
freeway also are under con-
struction. .
Inner Loop cOnnectiOns-Vir-
ginia avenue between First and
Second streets S.W. closed for
construction Of ramps to tie
in the Southwest freeway with
the Inner Loops proposed CEN
ter leg; until this center Sec
tion is built. temporary con-
nections will be constructed to
existing streets; this job in
cludes the rebuilding of the
elevated railroad structure at
Virginia avenue; the entire
project is scheduled to take
about two years to complete.
X street expressway-A tun-
mel is being built under WASH
ington circle; from Twenty
first to Twenty-fifth streets
the expressway will be lowered,
with overpasses at Twenty
second and Twenty = fourth
streets; the entire expressway
is to be finished late this year;
K street now closed to traffic
from Twenty-first to Twenty
fifth street, with detours in
effect.
Twelfth street freeway-This
lowered roadway, tunneling un-
der four Mall roads and Inde-
psndence avenue, is to be COM
pleted in two months; traffic |
detoured.