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Figure 12: Atomic Energy Commission Complex, Germantown, Montgomery County<br />
looking southeast at MD 118 (foreground) and US 240 (now I-270) in background 55<br />
Other federal scientific agencies located along suburban highways included the Goddard<br />
Space Flight Center on MD 295 and the National Institute of Standards and Technology on I-<br />
270. All of these agencies were placed outside Washington because there were aspects of the<br />
work that required greater security. The distance from Washington helped to ensure the security,<br />
but agency personnel could easily return to Washington for meetings when necessary.<br />
In Salisbury starting in 1958, the SRC first proposed to construct a parkway and then<br />
extend the highway through the city north of the CBD as a thruway. The roads through<br />
Salisbury carried traffic north and south between Virginia and Delaware, as well as east and west<br />
between Ocean City and Baltimore. A February 26, 1957 Salisbury Times article described the<br />
new road as both a parkway and a thruway because of the traffic congestion relief that was<br />
anticipated by Salisbury's citizens and the SRC. In contrast, the same newspaper article<br />
describes the SRC's decision to build a US 13 bypass around Princess Anne that would be a<br />
"boulevard." The difference between the two highways was the location of the highway. US 50<br />
Business had four lanes in town, while US 13 Bypass also had four lanes, but outside the town<br />
limits. 56 Both the SRC’s plans and the Sanborn Insurance Company maps for Salisbury show<br />
the residential and commercial areas that were demolished in order to build the highway. The<br />
new highway divided the City and forced the relocation of many African Americans living in the<br />
Cuba and Georgetown neighborhoods to the northern edge of Salisbury. In addition, the SRC<br />
relocated 889 graves from the City’s public cemetery onto the remaining portion of the cemetery<br />
55 Source: US Department of Energy Archives<br />
56 The Salisbury Times, “Work to Begin on Parkway This Year,” February 26, 1957, P. 1. See also articles from the<br />
Salisbury Times, “Ask Condemnation of Church Property, November 6, 1958, P. 1, and “Speed Assured on<br />
Completion of Route 50 Thruway,” August 22, 1959, P. 1. Princess Anne is the Somerset County seat south of<br />
Salisbury.