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Show i iNEW I I NEW BRIDGE AT OURM OURAY OIIRM OIIRMI OIIRMIs I IIS IS NEARING COMPlETION I I i iWith With t\\ t two t0 too \ \ 0 spans of the Green 11velbridge irverbridge nvei 11vel irver bridge at Om Oway Ouiay ay completed and all aU the thesteel thesteel steel " work "ork ork to be finished by February10th February10th February 10th , , It Itas \\as as was \ \ reported heie hele here this weekthat weekthat week that the entire entlre structure would be beleady beready icady leady ready bndgehas bridgehas for travel by Apnl1 April 1 The bridge bndge has been undei undet ' 'piocess piocess 'Plocess Plocess process ' of constl constiuc constiucLion uc I Itlon tion tlon Lion for the past year under the supervision sup-I sup I supIervlslon sup sup- supervision - - departmentThe ervision ervlslon ot of the Indian Indlan department I I The steel was salvaged from the oldi oldbridge old i , bridge at Jensen which was replacedWIth replacedwith replaced replacedwith with a nestructure new ne\\ ne \ \ structure tvo too t " , 0 years replacedI as ago agoThe o oThe I The structure wnen When completed , willbe willbe will be one of the finest fmest bridges bndges In Uintah UintahBasIn UintahBasin Basin The , workmanship crkmanship \ has been beenI beenthe beenthe I I i the very best and although slow attimes at atI attimes I 1 I . times has progressed 'Progressed ' under great 1handicaps greathandicaps handicapsThe handicaps The bridge bndge will be the only one to tospan tospan ' span Green river between Jensen and andGreen I { andI Green River City , Utah a distance andI ofmore of ofI ofmore ; I I i more than 100 miles nules For almost half halfa ' a century traffic trafflc has crossed the rlver river rlverat riverat ] at Ouray by means of a ferry , . operat operat- operated operated operated - - ed by the Indian Ind1an department In cold coldeather coldweather , - weather -eather eather the ferry becomes icebound iceboundand iceboundand icefreezes and traffic is 15 tied up until the ice freezes hard enough to support traffli traffic I ) or breaks up and liberates hberates the terry ferry J Cais CalS Cars and trucks have often crushed crushe < , crushedthrough through the ice and narrowly escaped ( escapedbemg escapedbeing being bemg lost , " v.hen vhen "hen hen then . attempts .attempts . have crushedI been I i E made to cross "hen hen when % " hen the river had lust'frozen just lust , i'frozen ifrozen 'frozen frozen ' ' ' over oras or \\as as uas \ \ as breaking up in the thesnrinc th 3 | The The toll for the ferry has cost rand ranch ranch- ranchers . - ers In the Hill Creek and Willow WllIow Creek CreeksectIon Creeksection Cree Creesection section thousands of dollars dol1ars and many more manymore dollars dol1ars in wasted timeWith time tImeWlth itis With Wlth the completion of the tho bridge it " Is planned to hold a big celebration at i betreated Ouray atOuray The floor of the bridge will be treated and roped off for dancing It Itwill Itvvlll : ; ( ; bIggestIleunlOns biggestreunions will vvlll undoubtedly be one of the bIggest bigge ; ; reunions for all parts of the couni county countyever ever to be staged in the open air Itis It : [ 115 Beardance is possible that the annual Indian Indmn Bear Beartrance Bes r dance trance may be held in connection with the withthe celebration and thousands of people peopleI Ig I ! eventVenial " will sill 111 gather together for the event- event eventI - - I . . I Vernal Vemal Venial Express _ |
