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Re: Capital Beltway Semantics
M. Hale (halem@access.digex.net) wrote:
: In article <415iec$648@pioneer.uspto.gov>,
: wiecking@uspto.gov (David Wiecking) wrote:
: >Completed in 1964. The part between Wisconsin Ave and Conn Ave actually
: >dates to the late 50's, but with far fewer lanes.
: >
: I read somewhere that this original strech of the Beltway between Wisconsin
: and Connecticut Avenues was not up to Interstate standards and was torn up and
: replaced by the state of Maryland shortly after it was built. Is there are
: truth or additional information about this?
It was originally Park Road, I think. Actually, that was just the road they
tore up to put the Beltway there. No other choice. PArk Road is older
than the 1956 Defense Highway Act (or whatever it was called), and also
older than the DC area's plans for the Inner Beltway.
.
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-=dave wiecking, bethesda, md
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