Show Utah Proposes Rerouting Of Highway 40 Alternate Road Plan Would Speed Traffic Into City Changes In alternate highway 40 to provide a more direct and safer approach to the Salt Lake business district were proposed Friday by the state road commis commis- sion zion The new route would run from Parleys canyon along Foothill drive and through the Ft Douglas military reservation This will di divert dl- dl vert traffic which now flows vs down Sunnyside ave and dead ends at atthe atthe atthe the East high school on East Ray H. H Leavitt chairman state road commission said a change Inthe inthe In m the highway to make a better safer sater and faster route into the city has been under consideration for some time He said he has received excellent excellent excellent excel excel- lent cooperation from the army engineers Veterans Veterans' administration officials the commander of Fort Douglas and the architect engi designing the new Veterans' Veterans hospital I R Run Into Fort The contemplated change In the route will continue the highway along East to Wasatch blvd into Fort Douglas and an arch circle will be made down to South and continuing to the state highway y on South into the downtown do section The entire plan rests with local officials of the army engineers and the Veterans' Veterans administration asserted as as asserted Mr LeavItt This Is Js an Ideal route and one much needed to eliminate the the thed d danger nger of running g t the Ii maln highway to East Eastin in front of the E East st Sigh high school Our pl plan n Is to take ak all the right right- way of-way on an on the east ild iId side of t East He pointed out the new highway route involves Involved two pieces s of improved Improved Im- Im im Irn proved property The road commission com corn mission would have to buy the property or see that the homes were moved to another location suitable to the owners if the houses could be moved he added Speed Traffic Mr Leavitt explained that the change In the rout route fits into a master plan to accelerate the movement of traffic out of EmIgration Emigration Emi Erni- gration canyon and around the new This Is the Place Monument Monument Monument ment on the recently constructed highway He further pointed out that rerouting rerouting re- re re rerouting routing of the highway means skirting across the Fort Douglas reservation near the new Veterans' Veterans hospital which is to be constructed He also alro announced construction of two new lane four-lane concrete highways highwaY's in the Salt Lake area will start this year One will be bea a lane four-lane divided highway from Draper crossroads to the Point of the Mountain to serve as a controlled controlled con con- trolled access to urban Salt Lake county and will be advertised for forbids forbids forbids bids in two weeks In addition there will be a n. new v route marking a similar approach for the northern end of Salt Lake City which Is expected to get started before the tho end of ot the year he said He listed the Box Wells Elder ville vile pr project of nearly eight miles designed to eliminate the dangerous Si Sardine cany canyon n. n and the Willard- Willard rd- rd Brigham City widening project among the more important highway highway highway high high- way jobs in progress now Ic i N Nu u lit I L. L Jj rt i LI h. h Q 11 1 I 1 I I Art sj 4 at J o S OE pE AV 1 I y I I coal CT r. r 7 11 r L. L 1 l. l 00 II L. L iJ t I I C I JI eo t r 1 Li Y I I lJ I 1 I I IS J 7 i 0 S N I a H L. L I t r i S I. I i Ia n 1 0 I 5 1 J. J J iia iM V g 0 J II i t 1 1 0 to i i 4 1 r il t 1 l jl 7 t 1 O Ai r I i 0 2 t t J I. I I 0 r- r AU I W-v W 1 j J rj r vI v- v J l. l I i. i I I. I 1 H jj 1 IT r I I It wi l low ow Sketch shows proposed proponed change In alternate highway No o. o 40 coming out of Parleys Parley canyon and along Foothill drive It will vIll continue along East and through the F Fort rt Douglas military r reserva reservation servI- servI tion and will divert the flow of traffic from Sunnyside avenue |