Dulles International Airport station costs. On April 6, 2011, the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) board voted 9 to 4 to build an underground station 550 feet away from the terminal, rather than an above-ground station 1,150 feet away from the terminal, at an additional cost of $330 million. Construction of the underground station would have extended its expected opening to mid-2017. However, on July 20, 2011, the MWAA board reversed its previous vote and approved an above-ground station due to pressure from state and local officials to reduce overall project costs. Dulles International Airport station Dulles International Airport is a planned Washington Metro
John Welsh Dulles John Welsh Dulles John Welsh Dulles (November 4, 1823 – April; 13, 1887) was an American Presbyterian minister and author. He was the grandfather of John Foster Dulles and Allen Welsh Dulles. Dulles was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, November 4, 1823, the son of Joseph Heatly Dulles and Margaret (Welsh) Dulles. He graduated from Yale College in 1844. After pursuing the study of medicine in the University of Pennsylvania in 1844 and 1845, he entered the Union Theological Seminary, New York City, in January, 1846, and completed the course there in 1848. On October 2, 1848, he was ordained by