Show aliki H 09 AGAIN 0 N RAMPAGE ja merged concrete structure carried away ikc r and moab bridge over wash damaged total loss from floods toti im P he h ar aber damage to the moab 50 post road estimated tl mated at was sustained la 11 last night ht it fi P irta aa aa i huge flood again wept swept down ivr ta oart oud bouse house wash the concrete subi 11 I 1 mj bridge across the wash just wt TV W atit t of courthouse Court houe station atlon et wae was tak i ww yog out and the larre steel bridge d 1 it tp aa ros the wash ash at the point where 1110 1 enters the colorado nver river in the I 1 over part of moab valley wae was da i 1 w ta bd pd and d for a while it seemed as ll 11 t lough ioui it too would be swept out v the th raring raging torrent A hure huge hole lit torn in the west approach of it bridge and if the flood had not jub subsided sided when hen it did the water would have 1 around the structure ud ind doubtless have carried it into it ji nver river the cloudburst in in the vicinity of courthouse elation station washed out per lip two tao hundred yards ards of grade ind nd for a considerable distance in jilt lit lection section the road Is 14 in very bad condition the flood was one of the biggest ter een seen in courthouse wash and it the banks in many places the hood flood again threw an immense und bar across the colorado nver river bicking up the water in the nver river I 1 for or perhaps a mile the mot most serious damage done by I 1 he tle cloudburst was the demolishing of the submerged bridge across the rub wash which was constructed at a acost cost of between and ie the water undermined the concrete slab and finally mi ached out about two thirds of it the channel at this is now perhaps six or eight I 1 feet deep and until a new rew bridge can be erected the crossing will be a bad one the damage to the bridge in lower moab valley will amount to from a 1000 to 1500 it is estimated jast just a day before the flood a crew of I 1 men had completed repairing the east ip which had been slightly damaged da ined by the last preceding flood all this work was swept out and the flood came within a fraction of wash mash ing out the entire approach state road agent charlea charles stewart and commissioner max B taylor early this morning placed a crew of 0 men at work on the approach the hole will be filled in with rock and aiu dirt and a long string of cribbing will be constructed to confine the water to the main channel and pro hect the endangered approach the bridge was rendered almost impal sable and truck trucks will be unable to cross it until tomorrow or the next day lighter cars are able to gel get over the weak portion without dan ger during the last big floods of about three weeks ago the bridge over seven mile wash was taken out and road altogether together the damage done to the road will aggregate from to B W matteson of the federal bureau of public roads and R pearson federal bridge engineer were mere out on the road yesterday yester dui and had the opportunity port unity of witnessing the destruction wrought by the storm they are today checking up on the damage and ill be able to thoroughly advise the state road commission of the situa tion upon their return to salt lake city the damage to the moab thomp sons road is a severe blow to this en tire section of the state the courthouse and seven mile crossings are the worst in this whole region and all 11 of the traffic to and from moab and san juan county count must pas pass over them unless new bridges bridges are con strutted ted immediately heavy losses to business vill result as the tr anspon tation facilities will be greatly crippled the moab garage operating mail 11 passenger and freight cars and trucks 6 er the road and on t to 0 Montice At IIo are making a str ermus effort to keep up to their schedules and expect to ha hae e their lighter trucks on the road by tomorrow it may be some time before the company will be able to put their heavy trucks on the road |