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Show "r - Jrong Company i gets big job in S! County !' Rids were opened April 9, p; Utah State Department :; f Midways for the constructs construc-ts 0 f the first major phase 7 Interstate Highway 80 tough Salt Lake County. The igjnt low .bidder for the ' ZL construction job was the rLg Construction Co., of ii Lineville, submitting a bid ! f 12 047 917.50. Six other contactors con-tactors 'subimtted bids. The , mrineer's estimate for the Ject was $2,320,082.00. !f contract one of the I ,.rOTst in the Highway Dept.'s i; Sstory - calls for the con-,truction con-,truction of grades and drain-i drain-i see for 3.5 miles. The project i extends along Interstate High- way 80 from Second West St., to 17 East St. and along Interstate In-terstate Highway 415 (the Belt Route) from 1-80 to Wasatch Wa-satch Boulevard. Construction work on the Parley's Canyon Interchange will thus be ac-cellerated. ac-cellerated. - The contractor will have 300 working days to complete the project, which on a calendar basis will see its completion in the Fall of 1964. Involved in the construction project will be the removal of 2.3 million cubic yards of unclassified-roadway unclassified-roadway excavation and 2.4 million cubic yards of compaction. com-paction. The construction work will be directed by Harry E. Wil-bert, Wil-bert, District Engineer, Salt Lake City. Elias J. Strong, Salt Lake City, member of the State Road Commission of Utah, hailed the opening of the project as a major step forward in providing safe highways in the State of Utah. |
