Show STATE will RUSH WORK ON HIGHWAY NO 50 salt lake city utah april 5 progress of work and plans for anore improvements prove ments on highway no 50 from provo through price to the colorado utah line were reported thursday by K C wright assistant engineer state road on his return from a trip over the route mr wright was accompanied by J H young engineer of the united states bureau of public roads starting at the colorado line mr wright reported that the una from there to cisco has been completely surveyed and has been approved by the federal bureau as a result of the trip the contractor on the colton over head nolan work morrison knudson company of balse was found to be making fine progress mr wright expects that work to be finished by august the present contract covert only grading but a later contract will be let soon for graveling the new roadway and the expectation Is that grading and graveling will be completed about the same time the same contractor has started work in spanish fork canyon part of this contract involves moving three quarters of a mile of the westbound j track of the denver rio grande western negotiations for this and for all the new right of way through spanish pork canyon have been completed satisfactorily with the railroad H S kerr chief engineer for the state road commission explains thursday deed was received conveying to utah county the old grade and right of way of the railroad which will be widened and utilized as a highway the new road magnet recently purchased by the state will be run over the road and it will be smoothed up for this year according to plans of the state road offices federal aid construction st will be undertaken on this part of the through highway next year it la expected |