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Show STATE ASKS BIDS BIDSON BIDSON ON FlOY-THOMPSONS FlOY THOMPSONS FLOY-TFIOMPSONS TFIOMPSONS - FlOYTHOMPSONSHIGHWAY FLOYTFIOMPSONSHIGHWAY HIGHWAY PROJECT PROJECTREMAINING REMAINING REl\lAINLVG REl lAINLVG \ LINK ON U . S . 50 IN INGRA'ID INGRAND IN-GRAND IN GRAND - GRA'ID GRAID GRAND . " ' COUNTY TO BE BUILT ; LOCAL LABOR AND TEAl\I TEAl I TEAMSWILL TEAMb TEAMS \ t . tWILL .WILL WILL WILL BE EMPLOYED El\IPLOYJD El IPLOYJD \ : . The state road commission commi9slOn will w1l1 , on February onFebruary 10 , open bids for the construction COfl- COfl con- con con construction - COflstruction struction of the Floy-Thompsons Floy Thompsons Floy-Thonpsons Thonpsons - - fed- fed federal federal fed federal - county.This countyThis eral aid road project in Grand county . This is 18 the last remaining uncomplet uncomplet- uncompleted - - ed link on U . . S route No 50 in this thiscounty thiscounty thiscounty county , and with its completion compIetlon the highway thehighway from the Green river to the Colorado theColorado state line will be constructed constructedand constructedand . and gravelled according to govern- govern goverif government goverifmeat govern government - ment meat standardsThe standards standardsThe ndards ndardsThe The project will win be 12146 12 746miles 746 , miles in length Inlength , and will parallel parallel'the parallelthe ' the Denver & "Rio Rio " &Hlo Hlo Grande Western railroad raUroad Theprincipal The Theprincipal Theprincipal principal items making up the con- con con - tract contract are nre : 120,000 120000 , , cubic Y yards 3.rds 3rds . of ot unclassified un- un unclassified un unclassified - classified excavation ; 51,000 51000 , tons of ofgravel ofgravel ofgravel gravel surfacing , 400 cubic yards of ofconcrete ofconcrete ofconcrete concrete ; 330 M P F B . M . of lumber lumber.and lumberand . , and 80 tons of structural steel Sev- Sev Several Several Sev Several - eral timber and steel bridges brldges are in- in includ included In Included - clud cluded in the 'ProJect ProJect ' project-Grand project Grand - . , Grand county labor and teamg teamS tea'r's tears ' ' will be willbe job.it jobit used almost exclusively on the job . , it is announced , , and a large crew or of ormen ofmen ofmen men Zisexpected will be given employment ItZis It Zis , is ise isetpccted e expected cted that the work can get under underway underway underway way by the last of " 'February February "February ' . With the construction of the new highway newhighway , the present road from trom Valley City ValleyCity to Floy Ploy will be eliminated el1m1nated A new newstretch newstretch new-stretch new stretch - stretch of road extending from Valley CIty VaUeyCity ValleyCIty to Crescent will be built to con- con connect connect con connect - nect the Moab hig highway " , ay with the Floy- Floy - Thompsons Floy-Thompsons Floy Thompsons FloyThompsons projec project , 1 \ The state road commission an- an announces announces an announces - nounces that the present road from fromVl3.lley fromValley fromValley Vl3.lley Vl3lley Valley . City to Thompsons will be bemaintamed bemaintained bemaintained maintamed maintained permanently , but that the thepresent thepresent thepresent present road from Valley City to Floywill Floy Ploy Floyw1ll Ploywill w1ll will not toe be kept up The new survey surveyextending surveyextending surveyextending extending from Floy Ploy to Crescent and andthence andthence andthence thence south to Valley City is 'OI OI ' only Y t two twomiles twomiles o omiles miles longer than the present VaHey Valley ValleyCity-Floy ValleyCity Floy VaHeyCityFloy ValleyCityPloy City-Floy City Floy City-Ploy Ploy - road , it is reported |