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13-727: MacArthur Boulevard may refer to: MacArthur Boulevard (Washington, D.C.) , a road that parallels the C&;O Canal in Washington, D.C. and Montgomery County, Maryland MacArthur Boulevard in Oakland, California , a major boulevard in Oakland and a historical portion of U.S. Route 50 in California , part of which was renamed Tupac Shakur Way Interstate 580 (California) in Oakland, California, known as

26-460: A list of roads, streets, highways, or other routes that are associated with the same title. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=MacArthur_Boulevard&oldid=1182831159 " Category : Lists of roads sharing the same title Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description

39-468: Is a typical southern Democrat in that he has stood staunchly behind the Administration's foreign policies and has supported most New Deal measures, except on such matters as labour. While strongly independent and equally strongly American, he is likely to put his weight behind the Administration's post-war policies and is traditionally pro-British. He made one of the most eloquent speeches in support of

52-711: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles MacArthur Boulevard (Washington, D.C.) MacArthur Boulevard is a road in Montgomery County, Maryland , and Washington, D.C. The road follows a northwest–southeast route from the Great Falls area of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal National Historical Park in Potomac, Maryland , to Foxhall Road NW and 44th Street NW in the Foxhall neighborhood of Washington, D.C., near

65-881: The Georgetown Reservoir . MacArthur Boulevard runs parallel to the Clara Barton Parkway and the C&O Canal for most of its route, passing through the Palisades area of the District. In Cabin John , traffic is reduced to a single alternating lane as it passes over the Union Arch Bridge , the longest span masonry arch bridge in the Western Hemisphere, and which also carries the Washington Aqueduct . The road

78-745: The Democratic State convention in 1920. Johnson was elected as a Democrat to the Sixty-eighth and to the eleven succeeding Congresses and served from March 4, 1923, until his resignation on July 17, 1946. A confidential 1943 analysis of the House Foreign Affairs Committee by Isaiah Berlin for the British Foreign Office described Johnson as in Congress for nearly twenty years; a well-disposed farmer and capable business man. He

91-574: The MacArthur Freeway as it parallels the original U.S. Route 50 MacArthur Boulevard in Orange County, California , a major boulevard running which was formerly California State Route 73 MacArthur Boulevard in Bourne, Massachusetts , a four lane divided highway that is a part of Massachusetts Route 28 . List of roads or other routes with the same name [REDACTED] This article includes

104-634: The bikeway with a five-foot-wide (1.5 m) vegetative buffer. Segment 2, between I-495 and Oberlin Road, was completed in 2014. Segment 3, between Oberlin and DC is scheduled to begin construction in 2025. Segment 1 will rebuild the road and trail between I-495 and Berma Road. Luther Alexander Johnson Luther was born in Corsicana, Texas , where he attended the public schools. He received his L.L.B. in 1896 from Cumberland University in Lebanon, Tennessee , and

117-660: The bill in Congress. In 1975, a bike path, the MacArthur Boulevard Bike Trail, was built along MacArthur Boulevard from Berma Road to the south driveway for the Defense Mapping Agency Topographic Center (DMATC) , a short distance from the District line. In 2013, the county began a project to rebuild the road and bikeway to make it safer and more pleasant. The project widened the existing road by four feet (1.2 m) to provide three-foot (0.91 m) bike lanes in each direction and rebuild

130-513: The unamended Lend-Lease Powers Act. In his legislative role Johnson was most famous for his part in the passage of the Radio Act of 1927 , stating that American thought and American politics will be largely at the mercy of those who operate these stations. [If] a single selfish group is permitted to ... dominate these broadcasting stations throughout the country, then woe be to those who dare to differ with them." [67 Cong. Rec. 5558 (1926).] Johnson

143-576: Was admitted to the Bar the same year. He commenced practice in Corsicana and was attorney for Central Texas Grocery Company and The Royall Coffee Company. He was a prosecuting attorney of Navarro County from 1898 to 1902 and district attorney of the thirteenth judicial district of Texas from 1904 to 1910. He served as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1916 and as chairman of

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156-696: Was appointed by President Harry S. Truman to be a judge of the United States Tax Court , holding this office from July 1946 until his retirement in September 1956. He returned to Corsicana until his death there on June 6, 1965. He was interred in Oakwood Cemetery. Luther Alexander Johnson married Turner Read on July 19, 1899. The couple had two children. He became a ruling Elder in the Westminster Presbyterian Church (USA) , where

169-638: Was originally named Conduit Road , as it was built atop the Washington Aqueduct. The aqueduct delivers water from the Potomac River to the Dalecarlia Reservoir , which is the primary source of drinking water in the District of Columbia. The road was renamed for General Douglas MacArthur on March 5, 1942, when a local resident living off the road proposed the name change to his friend, Texas representative Luther Alexander Johnson , who sponsored

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