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Show od highway commencing ct tho Davis-Sail Lake County lino1 to Pages I.ano in Bounl iful. , Throe interchange structures! .md six grade separations will prevent any rross-lraf fie conflicts, con-flicts, and allow for smooth! and efficient travel. The other project awarded j was also in Davis Couotv. l' is for the amount of $23 127j to the Hilton ft Carr Construe- lion Company of Ogden. Utah, for widening a concrete bridgi i on U. S. Highway No. ii'.l situated sit-uated over 1ho Weber-Davis canal south of Uintah al the mouth of Weber canyon. With the awarding of these two projects, the total now reaches 61 that have been awarded by the Utah State Road Commission for 1957. This means approximately S20 million has been let during the year for Utah highway construction con-struction surpassing any previous prev-ious year. The Utah State Road Com-1 mission has announced the awarding of two contri.cls.i One of these is for the amount I of $1.5-52.000 to tho Tia'lo Con-1 struetion Companv of 3399 South 2nd West of Salt Lake! City. This is for the first j iase of the Davis County freeway. Kllis L. Armstrong! director of highways, st,atodi that final arrangements had been made for obtaining 1 l- million cubic yards of import-! eel borrow for the project. Bnr- row is material used for fill.; It consists primarily of soil! which is obtained off the right of way. Mr. Armstrong pointed point-ed out that this is probably' 'the largest amount nf borrow cver erquired for a Utah highway high-way project. Tin's project in Davis Coun-ity Coun-ity consists of approximately 4.5 miles of a graded and drained roadway on the Inter-jstatc Inter-jstatc Highway No. 15 from 1.3 jmiles south of 6500 South jSoulh Street in North Salt Lake to .2 of a mik north of Pages Lane. ! The project will eventually the a (i-mije-lohg freeway. It will consist of a six-lane divid |