Barney Circle interstate bridge fight records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains records of the group Citizens Committee to Stop It Again (CCSIA). Documents include reports, memorandum, correspondence, fliers, testimony and articles that describe the CCSIA efforts to stop a proposed interstate bridge at Barney Circle. The records date from 1979 through 1996.
Dates
- Creation: 1979 - 1996
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research.
Conditions Governing Use
Some material may be copyrighted or restricted. It is the patron's obligation to determine and satisfy copyright or other case restrictions when publishing or otherwise distributing materials found in the collections.
Biographical / Historical
As proposed the bridge would extend the Southeast Freeway through riverfront parkland over a new Anacostia River crossing and linked the Southeast Freeway to the Anacostia Freeway at East Capitol Street. For the opposition a key player was Roberts Owen, the Covington and Burling lawyer who was also active in the Three Sisters Bridge fight decades earlier working with Peter Craig. Owen brought a legal action that helped push the District toward its decision to cancel the project. The project funds were ultimately used for rehabilitation of New York Avenue as well as other uses.
The Citizens' Committee to Stop It Again (CCSIA) emerged as a group of neighbors and neighborhoods on both sides of the Anacostia River affected by the traffic movements (congestion, etc.) and loss of parkland amenity. The CCSIA worked with other community groups and the local chapter of the Sierra Club and showed that the freeway would increase congestion of the freeway and street networks while converting scarce urban riverfront parkland.
Extent
10.5 Linear Feet
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The Citizens' Committee to Stop It Again (CCSIA) emerged as a group of neighbors and neighborhoods on both sides of the Anacostia River affected by the traffic movements (congestion, etc.) and loss of parkland amenity that would result from the proposed interstate bridge at the Barney Circle. The CCSIA worked with other community groups and the local chapter of the Sierra Club and showed that the freeway would increase congestion of the freeway and street networks while converting scarce urban riverfront parkland. This collection dcuments include reports, memorandum, correspondence, fliers, testimony and articles that describe the Citizens Committee to Stop It Again in their efforts to stop a proposed interstate bridge at Barney Circle. The records date from 1979 - 1996.
Arrangement
The folders are in the original order.
Physical Location
Materials are stored off-site, and will require additional retrieval time. Please contact the Special Collections Research Center for more information.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Christopher Herman 2016 May 6 (2016.067)
Source
- Herman, Christopher (Donor, Person)
- Title
- Preliminary guide to the Barney Circle interstate bridge fight records , 1979-1996
- Status
- Folder Inventory
- Author
- Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University
- Date
- 2016
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections Research Center, The George Washington University Repository
George Washington University Gelman Library
2130 H Street NW
Washington DC 20052 United States of America
speccoll@gwu.edu
