Show JA EAn BRIDGE Rm AT ATM M MOAB AH DOOMED L BY Ui SPRING rR IN f FLOODS flOOD i 1 S Foot Steel Structure Will Be Raised 5 Feet I in Effort to to Remove I Danger anger of High Water V prospect of an un un- W v spring flood on n the Grand river river which has hasben hasben ben predicted by the weather r Bureau bureau Dureau on account of heavy I snowfall In the mountains of ot Cobado Colo- Colo ado do extraordinary efforts are being made ade by the Utah highway commission commis commis- sion on n to raise the toot foot steel bridge at Moab The entire structure which spans the Grand on the Thompson- Thompson Bluff post road is to be raised five fhe t feet et to escape the crest of the flo flood floodwaters d waters comprising a difficult en engineering en- en problem that will be watched twitched with interest by construction engineers rs all over the state 1ST STATE ATE TO PAY BILL According to the report from Sup SuS Su- Su S p DeMoisy of ot the LaSal LaSa forest I c comprising that di district preparations I II S I for the work are now going forward i lathe the expense of ot the state and nd nd the I ito two spans wIl will will-be e raised by an by by I l r rate te series senes of ot jacks following the re- re of the main beams by concrete con- con conI I crete I WATCHED EACH YEAR The Moab bridge was built bunt In at a cost of but the there thee e has haI always been dan danger er that the structure would go out with the spring floods Each Each year It has been necessary to maintain a a. force of men menat at the during the height of the flood to clear away the accumulating driftwood driftwood driftwood drift drift- wood at the center pier The snows this year at the headwaters headwaters headwaters head head- waters of the Grand river are es especially especially es- es heavy and the the- water ater content to be very high The weather bureau looks for heavy floods with the approach of warm weather |