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Article: An Rx for Gridlock;$7 Million Duke Street Widening Enters Final Phase
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- The Washington Post
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- June 7, 1990
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Patience is what Alexandria transportation officials are calling
for as the last leg of the Duke Street widening is completed.
By July 1, a $7 million, yearlong project that widens Duke Street
to five lanes between Elizabeth and Henry streets will be completed.
Henry Street is where the heavily traveled Route 1 passes through
Alexandria.
Before the project began, there were three lanes on the six-block
stretch of Duke Street. As the finishing touches are put on the
street, it now has turn lanes at the intersections, concrete medians,
and four lanes to handle 46,000 cars per day that travel that section
of Duke Street, according to Charles Kenyon, transportation division
chief for ...