Show PLAN SAfE UNifORM BRIDGES f Every very Stream in Utah Will tt S Soon on Be Well 1 Spa Spanned n d. d i A campaign D that has b been en begun besun b by the tho state tAte road commission lon to place safe strong and uniform bridges across all tho str streams in the tho state crossed b by state Q l-Q roads will be extended to county bridges if H If the commission at t Its next meeting meet meet- 1 In proposition to Ins ing acts favorably on a have tho counties uso use the state bridge Plans The designing and drafting de department do- do of or tho the state elate road read en office is now finishing up plans b by which till ull bridges erected b by the state will ill be uniform This will Include steel girder birder concrete and wooden structures The Tho biennial report of or E. E R. R Morgan or an state road rOM engineer to the governor so which will bo ho submitted before January Januar 3 I will report much activity In road and bridge building luring during 1914 as well as ns plans plans' for a Q continuation of or this work next year car A total of eleven cleven steel girder bridges and md a a. number of concrete and Wooden bridges were completed this year ar and contracts let for tor construction of six sir more next y year r. r Tho Tim steel bridges will average ge In In Iri c coat t each Devise Now New System A new system de 1 devised e by II 11 C. C Lewis assistant to dr Morgan an in charge of ot the designing department has been in instituted In Cl for or makIn making plans an and specifications tIon of bridges By a system of or tabulation tabulation tab tab- the engineers know at ate a n glance Just what a bridge bo be it a twenty toot or a foot oot s span n should cost With Hh the tho uniform plans for tor all aU the bridges the oWe Is thus enabled to cut close to toco co cost t. t In awarding contracts to construction construction construe construe- tion companies for tor steel girder structures The concrete and lO wooden bridges ar are not contracted for or but aro are erected under Tinder the tho direct supervision IRlon of the department This Thus Is the first time that any state road commission h has 3 adopted s uch such a uniform plan and it Is expected that the scheme will be Imitated by many other state stateS S commissions By Dy this method it is hopco to have eer every state road In Utah bridged with ith uniform bridges bridges' during darIng tho the coming year and aud the departments department's attention cnn cain then be turned to count county nn and privately built bridges 1 which now now- constitute more or less leH of a menace Designed for Elet Safety The Tho bridges cs have Q all ali been designed with an un eye eyo to safety and will bear a maxi mu weight of ot eighteen n tons ton which is th tho weight of or a a. heavy V road roller It has bas also been figured that these bridges es will beat vp ur a weight o of pounds to the square foot loot necessary for tor tho the pa passage of or cattle or other animals Although the department plans to put up woolen bridges only where the site is 18 iso 10 o 0 far from a railroad that the of or concrete m. m il on and steel would be bc Mr L Lewis declares that these bridges will ill be nearly nearl as good as the steel 1 or concrete bridges es and amI much cheaper This is made mado ma o possible by b br the new nc plan which provides pro tor lor the uniform strength and carrying capacity in all bridges no matter matler of what what material mad made rho Tho only exception to the uniform bridge o now planned by the office is a a. bridge o Lobe Lobo Lo to tobo bo be built across the Sauna creek at tal Sa- Sa lina llna It is ia proposed to change chanS' tho the cour course e of ot the creek so that the bridge may cross the creek diagonally dla and thus prevent prevent prevent pre pre- vent tho the annual recurrence of ot washouts of the tho Denver Ria Grande railroad bridge |