Show Bids Asked On Myton To Roosevelt Highway Strip Bids were advertised by then State Road Commission for improvement of U. S. 40 between Myton and The bid notice calls for construction of a inch plant mix bituminous surfaced road and one concrete bridge over span in Duchesne the same being that section of U. S. between Myton and identified as Federal Aid Project Copy of the notice appears in this week's Uintah Basin The length of road to de constructed is miles and the principal items of work are ap-proximately tons of plant mix bituminous tons of bituminous tons of gravel and i cubic yards of unclassified road I Will Be 36 Feet The office of the Utah Stale Road Department's resident neer at Duchesne reports this road will be widened to a minimum of 36 feet to meet the same standards of that stretch of road On Back ROOSEVELT-MYTON ROAD from page from Keetley to Silver Creek Junction on U. S 40 east of Salt Lake Width of the present road is about 20 from the north end of Myton to the south end of Roosevelt's Main Street The new highway will be a two-lane following approximately the same Not much of the present road will be utilized except as a The survey calls for moving the center line of the highway 27 feet to the west or left from Myton to the Ioka From there on to The new road will follow approximately the same line as the existing The curve under the Dry Gulch Irrigation underpass be changing the curvature from four degress to two de The overhead flume at point will be The Dry Gulch Irrigation has given approval to the State Road Commission's plan to place a six foot diameter to carry the irrigation water under the A few other minor structures will be built during the alignment work to allow for irrigation water passage and for The span is over the Indian Canal about a mile north of Along this new there will be passing lanes constructed on Seven such extra lanes are in the To Condemn Property Condemnation proceedings against some property owners along this route have been filed in the district court at in most these proceedings were filed to obtain on properly which is being processed through the probate division of the district court or in litigation for the purpose of clearing title to said in the civil division of the Personnel of the resident engi office for the Utah State Road Commission at Duchesne report construction on the new project is expected to get underway in the very early spring Estimated cost of construction of this project is expected to be in the neighborhood of to |