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Show :Rcad Commission ,'CIcrss Bridges To Overloads 's a sarev 1 1 1 vr-oi:;-::-i:c:ion reinforcement. T, -. To-.-! commission tins week Took action to close 1PD brM-o-s jocai.--d on stale rotas, " trucks with overloads that may I of Wayne counties; 34. bridges ; 5 to 15 tons limits. j District No. 4. Carbon, emery j Grand, San Juan, and part of i Vayn3 counties; G2 bridges, 3 to 13 tons limits. District No. 5. Juab, Millard, Iron Beaver, and Washington 'counties 47 bridges, 3 to 15 tens limits.- i District No. 6. Utah, Wasatch X Duchesne and Uintah comities I 48 bririfes, 3 to 15 ton limits. ' j ' Brts.vs cn 811 Bwior highway, . generally are in splendid condition con-dition for year round heavy traffic, traf-fic, accrding- to V. D. Hammond" chairman of the commission. Re' ' j cent compilations chow that 63 V per coat, of the trucks and trailers ' cany from 1 to 20 tons, 8' per cent are loads of more than 20 tons, and 3 per cent are 30 tons or more.. Accrding to the report many 0f J the worst structures are in the coal-hauling district and are sub- ' ject continually to heav 0"er I leads. The fact that these" bridges are now carrying the overloads does not mean that they are iQ j safe condition to continue to carry i the strain, and the danger is that ' they may collapse at any time V ,ou r-a-i ihe struct tu-es to a po.n, lcf coI:;!:y,, which mrrht cause ! incs c ' 1-f as veil as cons-le-ab.e ! les cf property, any of the brid- ! o,.s ver? constructed before the I "" . ' vhi.'ii thr avc located : rcans on v. nt.n uj-.i "- . became a part of the state road svstcm. i f thorough survey cf the brirlses , by the bridge chpa-tment of the I Po-d commission shows that 101 i t-H.fs affected bv the order are j inadeouate to carry the loads now being 'transported over the spans. All of the bridges will be posted with stems, showing the load limit permitted over them so that truckers truck-ers will be fully warned of the danger. The 199 bridges to be posted with signs are located in the following fol-lowing districts: District No. 1. Weber, Cache, Eox Elder, Morgan, Rich, Daggett, and part of Summit counties; 13 b idges, 5 to 15 tons limits. District No 2. Salt Lake, Tooele, Davis, and part of Summit counties; coun-ties; 14 bridges, 3 to 15 tons limits. lim-its. District No. 3. Sanpete, Sevier, Piute, Garfield, Kane, and part, |