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Show I Bridge Goes Out ; All AllI AllTraffic AllTraffic I t Haltedt Traffic on 450 Halte HalteThe Halted HaltedThe I _ I IThe The temporary bridge across acrossletter acrosslower 10\\ 10 10er lower \ \ er Courthouse Cow1house ; wash , which wasbuilt 'ass ass 'assbuilt ' " ' as asbUllt bUllt built last fall to replace the steel steelI steelstructUl steelstructure steelstructuie structUl structure e taken out by floods , was wasswept v . wasswept as asswept I swept away a\\ay a ay assay \ \ Friday Fnday night , . and all allI alltraffic alltraffic alltraffic traffic over highway No 450 wastemporarily was wastemporanl wastemporarily I temporanl temporarily ' suspended , and hasbeen has hasI hasbeen hasbeen I been interrupted mterrupt d sev Be\ Be Beeral \ eral times dur dur- during durI durmg dur- dur durrng - - I ing mg rng the ' \ week aeek eek The state road roadC1 roadcrew roadciew crew C1 ew bu built t another temporary temporaryr temporarydossing r clossing cissing , which was sus as also alro taken out outby outby outby by a flood Saturday night , . andstill and andstill andstill still another crossing has now beenbuilt been beenbuilt beenbuilt built , . which will last . until t.ntil tntil _ ntil the next nextflood nextflood nextflood pile-driver pile driver plledrlver piledriver flood In the meantime , . a plle- plle pile- pile - drlver driver has been brought to the location lo- lo location lo location - cation and work is 1 . & being bemg started startedon startedon startedon on the erection of a temporary tem'pOrary ' pil pll- pll pil- pil - piling plling ing bridge bndge , . which "hlch hlch " makeshift makesh t struc struc- structure structure struc- struc structure - - ture , . it is hoped , will Vwill handle the thetraffic thetraffic thetraffic traffic on the highway until untll a apermanent apermanent apermanent permanent bridge bndge is erected . Last fall , . when the original originalbridge bridge went out , the state roadcommission road roadcommISSion roadcommission commISSion announced that workon Vw work workon ork orkon on a new structure would start startimmedIately startimmediately startimmediately immedIately . Nearly a year has hasrolled hasrolled hasrolled rolled by and nd still no bridge has hasbeen hasbeen hasbeen been built bu11t , although it is announc-that announc that announc- announc announcthat announcthat - - that the state now has funds andis and andis andis is prepared to go ahead with theproject theprojectIn the theproject theproject project projectIn In the meantime many hundl'eds hundleds hundreds hundredsof hundl'edsof ' of dollars have been spent in an anattempt anattempt anattempt attempt to keep the roao roaa roan . . openbut oplln open , . but in m spite of all efforts Court-house Court house Court- Court Courthouse Courthouse - house wash ties up all aU tratftc trafiic traf5dc on onthe onthe onthe the highway Vw whenever henever there is a aflood aflood aflood flood , no nb matter how small All Alltraffic Alltraffic Alltraffic traffic to and Horn flom from "outheast outheast southeastern southeasternUtah , " southeasternUtah rn rnUtah Utah is 15 halted , and highway 450has 450 450has 450has has received a ' black eye ' amongthe among amongthe amongthe the tiaveling traveling public thit th'1.t th1.t th1t that ' . will win hurt hurtJthe hurthe hurtthe Jthe he road for years to comeWhy comeWhy come comeWhy Why the delays on oit o this proJect project9This ? This is 1s a question the people ofsoutheastern of ofsoutheasteln ofsoutheastein southeasteln southeastein Utah Utahou'd vvouM \ou'd ou'd oud wou'd woud , \ ' llk 1ik like " tosee to tosee tosee - see answeied an5\\ an5 ansu an5el \ \ el et ed |