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Show R0AD IMPROVEMENTS FOR J 1916 ESTABLISH RECORD 622 Miles Bettered, 421 Miles Being Graded, 114.5 Miles Resurfaced and 16.5 Miles Con- j creted; Salt Lake County Leads. AKI-X'OKD for road improvement :u the state of Utah was made by the state highway commission commis-sion during the bicunium just closed, according to the biennial report of the commission, which is in course of preparation at the office of E. K. Morgan, statu highway engineer. During the past two years 622 miles of road improvement have been made i;i the various counties of the state. Of this, 421 miles is in the form of graded roads, 1 1 4.5 miles represent surfacing work and 33.5 miles of concrete pavement pave-ment was laid. lost of the concrete work was done i ii Salt Lake county, where double strips of concrete were laid from the south limits of Salt Lake City to Murray Mur-ray and along Fourteenth South street, -wirom State street toward Garfield. A small amount of concrete was laid in Utah county, south of Provo. J n addition to the road surfacing and grading, the highway commission constructed con-structed sixty-one bridges in the state during the two years just ending. Of this number, thirty-six were constructed during 3915 and twentv-five during the present year. The bridges were of concrete, con-crete, wood and steel, tho principal number being of the permanent concrete con-crete variety. The department constructed con-structed a total of USi culverts, of which number 593 were constructed during dur-ing 1915 and DOS daring the past year. iLost of the culverts aro corrugated iron and concrete, this being a permanent perma-nent foi-m of construction. Roads Are Graded. The principal work rlorjp on the roads of the state was in the form of grading, grad-ing, and, as shown by the report, 401 miles of road in the various counties were graded and placed in condition for use of traffic. The surfacing work was less extensive, exten-sive, but i a more permanent and expensive ex-pensive grade of improvement. In this work the highway commission has used a large quantity of silica, which has been demonstrated to lie one of the most lasting and satisfactorv surfacing materials that has as yet been found in the state. Shale has been used to a considerable extent, especially in counties coun-ties where this material abounds and where it would require long hauls to deliver silica. The shale "has been found to be quite satisfactory, bu t is not looked upon with so much favor as silua. , ft ifi only within the past two rears that thy htate has begun to lay permanent perma-nent road surfacing, such as "concrete, and only sixteen miles of this pavement lias been laid. Work is now under way on almost an equal mileage, which it is oxppctcd to complete within the next year. Owinff to the expense of thin form j cf road improvement and lack of funds meet the rond demands throughout rV Jh.p ft ate, concrete pavement is being f laid now only on 'the most important thoroughfares of the state those whb-h i carry the heaviest traffic and are the : mam highway arteries. of the state. Rond Work Divided. The road work has been divided aoioitg- the different counties of the stt with a view of best meeting the t rat lit- conditions of each count v and wiih a view of bringing the people of the country iuto the closest and best highway connection with the business centers upon which they are dependent for the handling of their products. The following schedule, shows the mileage- of work done in each eountv- and the kind of work done in each instance: Iteaver County. Grad-d roads A limit fifteen milos extending ex-tending from Manderfielii northwardly io the .Millard county Tine: about ten miles extending from Beaver southwardly to the Iron oountv line. Surfaced roads Three stretches, each about one mile long, at points between Beaver and Miuersvllle. Boxelder County. Graded roads One stretch about four miles long near Blue Springs. One stretch about three miles Ions near Cold Spring's. One stretch about two miles long running west from Garland. One stretch about two miles ion? near Washakie. Washa-kie. One stretch about one mile long north of Collinston, One stretch about one mile long north of Mantua. Surfaced roads About two miles extending ex-tending northwardly from Brigham City. About three miles extending eastwardly from Brigham City. One mile north of Corlnne. Two miles at Bear River City. Two miles between Bear River City and Tremonton. Also other smaller stretches throughout the county. Cache County. Graded roads About three miles from Cove northwardly to the Idaho line. About four miles between Trenton and Cornish. About one mile at Newton. One mile at Cache Junction. One and one-hair" miles south of Cache Junction. About six miles on the road extending from Logan west to Boxelder county. One-half mile extending ex-tending east from Hyrum. One-half mile at College. One-half mile between College Col-lege and Providence. One-half mile between be-tween College and Wellsvilte. One mile extending south from Wellsvtlle. Approximately Approx-imately four miles at the head of Logan canyon extending to Rich county. Surfaced roads One mile extending northwardly from Smithfiefd. Two miles in the town of TVellsvtlle. One-half mile south of Paradise. Carbon County. Graded roads Two miles from the Soldier Sol-dier Creek road extending northeastwardly northeastward-ly from Price. A few miscellaneous stretches in other parts of tlte county. Surfaced roads About six miles between be-tween Helper and Price. About four miles on the road extending from Price southwardly south-wardly to the Emery county line. Three stretches of about one mile each on the road between Price and Sunnyside. Davis County. Graded roads About one -half mile at the north end of the Farmington-Weber road. About One-half mile of the road extending into Weber canyon. Surfaced roads Over four miles of the road extending northwardly from Lay ton are surfaced with concrete. Also about three miles of the road extending southwardly south-wardly from Kaysville. Duchesne County. ' Graded roads Three miles south of Roosevelt. Five miles of the road between be-tween Myton and Duchesne. Eight miles of road extending from Duchesne westward west-ward ly to the Wasatch county line. Five miles of the road extending south westward! west-ward! y from Duchesne into Carbon county. Surfaced roads One mile just east of Duchesne. Also a few miscellaneous smaller stretches throughout the county. Emery County. Graded roads About one mile through the town of Clawson. About forty miles of the road from Green River to Mounds. Surfaced roads No appreciable amount of surfacing done during this biennlum. Garfield County. Graded roads. About ten miles between Panguitch and Orion; about one mile extending ex-tending eastward ly from Panguitch ; about five milps of the road between Hillsdale and Tropic. Surf need roads. A few short stretches were surfaced during this biennlum. Iron County. Oraxied roads. About twelve miles extending ex-tending from Buckhorn northwardly to the Beaver county line; about three miles extending northwardly from Pa rowan: approximately thirty-six miles of the new road between Pa rowan and Lund : one stretch of half a mile extending westwards west-wards from Cedar City. Surfaced roads. One-mile stretch near Enoch: half-mile stretch extending north wardly from Cedar City: two stretches of loproximaielv one mile each on the road etween Cedar City and Iron. Grand County. Graded roads. About ten miles between be-tween Thompsons and Valley City; about eight miles between Valley City and Courthouse sprlnes. Surfaced roads. Miscellaneous st rote! its of surfaced roads were constructed con-structed in the vicinity of Moab aggregating aggre-gating about two miles in all. Juab County. Graded roads. About four miles of the road extend 'jig from Tin tic Junction northwardly to the Tooele line; about six miles of the road extending eastwardly from Nephl to the Juab county line; about fifteen mites extending westwardly from Levan. and thence southwest wardly along the. roao leading to Millard county. Surfaced roads. A stretch of one mile between Maria and Santaquln: two stretches of about one mile each between Mona and Nephl; one stretch of approximately approxi-mately three miles just south of Nepal ; one stretch, one mile long, just north of Levan. Kane County. Graded roads. One stretch, three miles long, just north of Glendaie; about two and one-halt" miles between Mount Carmel Car-mel and Orderville; a small stretch of road .south of Mount Carmel. Surfaced roads. About two miles of the road betv.een Kanab and. Mount Carmel. Millard Count)r. Graded roads. One stretch, about four miles in length, between Delta and Lynndyl; about four miles extending eastwardly from Delta; about nine miles extending northwardly from Hawbush ; about eight miles extending north through Scipio to the Juab county line; a stretch of one mile just north of Meadow; a stretch of seven miles extending west from Kanosh. Surfaced roads. No appreciable amount of surfacing was done during this bi-ennium. bi-ennium. Morgan County. Graded roads. One stretch, about one-half one-half mile long, near Mountain Green. Surfaced roads. une stretch, one mile in length, near North Morgan ; one stretch, about one-half mile long, at Milton; Mil-ton; two stretches, aggregating approximately approxi-mately one mile. ;l Devils Slide and 'Oroyden; one si retch, one mile long, at Mountain Green. Piute County. Graded roads One stretch approximately approxi-mately two miles long on the road between be-tween Junction and Circleville, one stretch one-half mile long at Kingston, one stretch one-half mile south of Marys-vale, Marys-vale, one stretch about one mile long on the road from Burrville to Loa. Surfaced roads About four miles of the road south of Marysvale, about one mile just north of Junction, about one miie just south of Junction, also approximately approximate-ly two miles between Junction and Circle Cir-cle vilie, a stretch of one mile near the Upper Creek reservoir. Rich County. Graded roads About four miles extending extend-ing westwardly from Garden City Into Cache county, also one mile from the town of Garden City, about one-half mile in Laketown, about one-half mile In the canyon east of Taketown, about three miles of the road extending from Sage creek eastwardly to Sage, Wyo., two stretches of one-half mile each just north of Randolph, one stretch of two and one-half one-half miles between Argyle and Woodruff, one stretch one-half mile long just south of Woodruff. Surfaced roods Two miles of road extending ex-tending from Sagp creek eastwardly to Sage, Wyo.; one mile of road just north of Woodruff, alto a small stretch north of Randolph. San Juan County. Graded roads About twenty-eight miles of the road extending northwardly from Montlcello to the Grand county line; about six miles of the road extending east from LaSal, about three miles of the road just east of Monticello, about two miles near Grayson Surfaced roads No appreciable amount of surfacing was done during the bien-nium. bien-nium. Salt Lake County. Graded, roads Ahout three miles of the road In Parley's canyon, this work be- I lug accomplished in most parts by the state convicts. j Surfaced roads Miscellaneous stretches, of road in the mouth of Parley's canyon, this work also accomplished by the convicts; con-victs; about one mile at Garfield, about one and one-half miles of the road near Draper. j Concrete roads State street extending, from Twenty-first South street south-' ward to the center of Murray Is paved on both sides of the street with concrete and ; from the center of Murray south to a, ; point opposite Mid vale is paved along- the center of the street with concrete; about , three and three-quarters miles on the west Fourteenth street road, paved with concrete; all of the hard surfaced paving pav-ing in Salt Lake county amounts to about sixteen miles of concrete strips. Sanpete County. Graded roads About one mile In the town of Fairview, about one mile between be-tween Fairview and Milburn, about one mile just north of Milburn, about one-half one-half mile between Mt. Pleasant and Moroni, Mo-roni, three miles between Moroni and Chester, one miie just south of Spring City, two miles just north of Ephraim, five miles of road extending eastwardly from Kphraim, one mile in the city of Manti, five utiles between Mantl and Sterling, one mile in the city of Gunnison, Gunni-son, about sixteen miles of the road running run-ning from Gunnison northwardly through Fayette to the Juab county line, one mile just north of Axtell. Surfaced roads About two miles just east of Gunnison on the road extending to Sterling. Sevier County. Graded roads Two miles just south of Sallna, about 5 miles of the road extending extend-ing southwardly from Sigurd, one-half mile in the town of Monroe, one mile in the town of Joseph, four miles extending from Sevier station southward!' into Sevier Se-vier canyon, which stretcli of road was constructed by the state eonviuts; one mile near the summit of the Sallna can-; can-; yon road. Surfaced roads One mile just west of Sallna, one mile just north of Vermilion, four miles of the road extending southwardly south-wardly from Sigurd, one mile just south of Richfield. Summit County. Graded roads One and one-half miles just west of Kamas. one and one-half miles between Emery and Castle Rock, one and one-half miles between Henefer and Morgan, two miles just east of Woodland, also other miscellaneous small stretches. Surfaced -roads Three miles between Coalville and .Echo, one mile just south of Coalville, one mile just south of Hoyts-vilie, Hoyts-vilie, one mile between Oakley and Marion, one mile between Marlon and Kamas, one mile between Kamas and Francis, also other miscellaneous small stietches. Tooele County. Graded roads Twenty-five miles of the Wendover road extending In one straight line across l he Great Salt Lake desert, paralleling the Western Pacific railroad; one mile between Wendover and Salduro, ten miles between Grantsville and TImple, seven miles between Timple and Dell, four miles just south of Stockton. Surfaced roads Three miles in the town of Grantsville, two miles between Grants vilie and Timple, two miles just east of Clover. Uinta County. Graded roads Three miles just 'west of Duchesne, eight miles between Duchesne Du-chesne and Vernal, one-half mile between Vernal and Jensen,' other small stretches-Surfaced stretches-Surfaced roads -No appreciable amount of surfacing done during this blennium. Utah County. Graded roads Eight miles of the road running westwardly from Elberta, one mile between Goshen and Santaquln, one mile between Santaquin and Pay son. Surfaced roads One-half mile Just west of Lohi, three miles between Lehi and American Fork, six miles from Pleasant Grove sou tli wardly toward Provo, one mile in the city of Provo, one mile Just north of Provo on the road leading to j Provo canyon, four and one-half miles between Provo and Springvllle, two -and 1 one-half miles between Springvllle and , Spanish Fork, two miles between Spanish Fork and Palem, one mile in the town of ' Benjamin, one mile of the road leading from Elbe r Ui into Juab county. ! Concrete About one-half mile of con-; Crete paving was constructed on the state road running from the town of t Provo. Wasatch County. j Graded roads. One mile north of Elk-lioru; Elk-lioru; one-half mile at Rlverdale; one mile just north of Heber; four miles of . tho road extending southeast wardly from Heber to the Duchesne county road. ; Surfaced roads. One mile between Riv- j erdale- and Flkhorn ; one mile between ! Heber and Midway. Washington County. Graded roads. Seven miles between Toquorville and Hurricane; two miles ; just south of Hurricane; one mile north! uf Belleview. Surfaced roads. Three miles just north of Kelleview; one mile south of Belle-view; Belle-view; one miie Just north of Leeds. Wayne County. Graded roads. Three miles between Loa and Fremont; three miles extending west from Loa; one mile south of Loa; one mile in the town of Thurber ; one mile at Teasdale; about two miles at Torney; small stretches of about one-half one-half mile each at Junction, Notom, Cainsville, and between Gllea and Hanks-vine. Hanks-vine. Surfaced roads. One mile between Torry and Junction; one-half mile west of Loa; also other miscellaneous small stretches, Weber County. Graded roads. One mile at Harrls-ville; Harrls-ville; one mile at Kanesville; one-half mile at Huntsvllle. Surfaced roads. Nine miles in Ogden canyon; two miles at Harris vilie; one mile at West Webrr; one mile between West Weber and Warren ; one mile at Kanesville; one miie between West Weber and Wilson; four miles of Tarvia road was constructed from North Ocden ! in a northwesterly direction to the Box-elder Box-elder coumy line; two miles of Roaoa-jmite Roaoa-jmite was constructed from Rlverdale ' to i Ogden city limits; three and one-half miles of concrete was constructed between be-tween Riverdale and the Davis county line. |
