TRANSPORTATION

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: General CIA Records
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP86-00244R000200050013-6
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: C
• Document Page Count: 2
• Document Creation Date: December 9, 2016
• Document Release Date: June 18, 1999
• Sequence Number: 13
• Publication Date: February 16, 1970
• Content Type: MFR

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16 February 1970
1, Mr. Earl Long' Fairfax County Planning Divisions phone [phone],
made available the Virginia Department of Highways six year projections
of highwmy construction which could have some effect on our traffic pat-
terns.
2. Mr. Long advised that at the present time the projection is
for Route 193 to be made into a dual lane exterial-rural highway from
Route 123 to Interstate 495 by 1935 end *would handle a projected 14,600
cars per day. Plans for the 1970-1976 period do not include provisions
for improving Route 193.
3. The 1968 Virginia Department of Highways traffic survey of
Route 193 depicts the road handling 5,145 cars per day -with 514 of them
during the peak rush hour. The present rush hour capacity is Coo cars.
4. The survey revealed that the 5,145 vehicles were broken down
as follows:
3850 Virginia licensed passengers cars
910 Other licensed passengers care
385 Trucks and Buses
3. W. Long.advised that the priorities of the Virginia Department
of Highways are subject to change due to such factors as accident rate,
fatalities' and volume increase. Traffic volume is counted every two
years for secondary road? with 193 scheduled to be recounted this year.
6. Mr. Long advised that the traffic count for Interstate 495 in
-1968 revealed the following:
61,000 Vehicles per day at Cabin Iran Bridge
49,000 Vehicles per day between Route 123 and nielles access
road
49,000 Vehicles per day between Dulles access road and
Route 193
63,000 Vehicles per day between Route 193 and George Washington
Memorial Parkway
61,000 Vehicles per day George Washington Parkway to Cabin Jean
Bridge
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7. Mr. Long advised that if the second beltway and other major
Virginia road improvementa (rorthern Virginia Expresavay, Pirmit Run
EXprozawaya etc.) were not ccaTleted, the projected vehicle rate- for
Interatate 495 at Cabin John Bridge iv 204,000 vehicles. per day by 1985;
however, if they were ccavleted, then the projected 1955 figure is 89,200
vehicles per day.
8. In a follow-up telephone conversation, Mr. Long provided definitiona
of the four currently used road claasifications. Those claasificatiOns are
(1) freeways and eapresawaya, (2) arterial highway:4 (3) collectors streets,
and. (4) local streets. Freeways were defined as having strictly controlled
access; examples mould be the interstate syaten and Shirley Highway. EXr
presaways have controlled acacias to a aomewhat leaser degree along the lines
of say Route 50 highway through Fairfax County. Arterial highways are fa-
cilities carrying through traffic without limited aaceaa but -where come
degree of access control (i.e., drivoaays) is eaerciaed and for which there
are established mums such as imtereectdon vidtho, etc.
9. Mr. Long expressed his personal opinion that censtruation of the
Pimmit Rua EXpresaway facility is oapalatable to a great number of citizens
living in the vicinity. It i$ his opinion the citizen opposition ray well
prevail and an alternate solution to carry the traffic will have to be
determined. He mentioned the posaibility that Route 123 might well be Up-
graded from its present classification as an arterial highway to the free-
way classification. This would mean that Route 123 would have six to eight
lanes divided, that the circle near Cate 1 -would have to be eliminated, and
that it might be necessary for the Agency to rake provisions for personnel
entering the "carpus." from some point other than directly off Route 123.
He suggested that we contact the county prior to making firm plans for may.
changea to Langley site access involving either Bootee 193 or 123.
10. Mr. /ong suggested that we contact the Fairfax County Residency
of the. Virginia Popertment of Highways for more specific details regard-
ing Route 193. Nr. Long suggested that we contact either W. Lew Pett
Or :Dave Capper, telephone n 273-0666.
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