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Show pleted. It is hopedtohTr part of the highway l!,thi8 early this fall. s,lrfaced is the road from the Utah county n to Charleston, which is being Iraded and graveled preparatory to being hard surfaced. This pro-c pro-c s more than 7 miles long about half of which is through solid rock, and is about Half com- SPRING HIGHWAY WORK GETS UNDERWAY Work is being started again on most of the highway improvement projects that have been stopped during the winter, according to W. D. Hammond, chairman of the State Road commission. Of the larger projects, partially completed complet-ed last year, work has been resumed re-sumed at the Point of the Mountain, Moun-tain, where the road is being widened to a four-lane highway 'approximately four miles, eliminating elimin-ating 14 curves that, are in the present highway. This project included in-cluded the moving of the gravel, point around which the old highway high-way was routed, excavation of a cut on the south side of the point to a depth of 50 feet, and the building of a huge syphon to carry canal water under the highway. The present contract, now about 77 per cent complete, calls for completion of the project except hard surfacing. It is expected that bids will be called for in the immediate im-mediate future for surfacing this part of the highway. Another important project where work will be resumed soon |
