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Show Frnita Frolta Fruita Road to be ChangedOne ChangedOne Changed ChangedOne One of a numberof number - of -of - radical ratlical rJ\ rJ road rJchanges roadchanges rOffdchanges { \ changes proposed "for for " Mesa county countycry county.xery countyxery . , \cry cry tery \ probably during durmg the coming comingyear comingyear comingyear year , , \ will \ III 111 entirely change the route routeof routeof routeof of the the'main themain ' . mam h1gh\\ h1gh highway h1ghay \ \ ay between thUi this thUicity thiscity thi thicity city and Fruita with the the-abandon- the abandon theabandonment abandon .abandon abandonment . - . - ment as a federal aid highway highwa of ofthe ofthe ofthe the entne entire present route While the thene thenew thenew ne\\ ne new neroute \ route \ will ill pass through Fruita Fruitait , it will be along the D & R G W Wtracks Wtracks Wtracks tracks , at the very rOutsklr routskirte outskirts of the theCltJ theciV3 thecity CltJ ciV3 ' ciV3Engineers Engineers Engmeers for the state hlgh\\ hlgh hlghay highway highwaydepartment highwaydepartment \ ay aydepartment department have 'loi loi 'fOI fOI ' ' the past pa t tv.o tvo two twoyears tv.oyears twoyears . years or more been making surveys surveysof surveysof surveysof of a number m.mber mmber nt.mber ntmber . . of proposed routes to tothe ' the lower 10er 10\\ 10 \ \ er valle valley ' city Tne present presentroute presentroute presentroute route is not only some two t\\o t o \ or tt trree trreemiles tpreemiles ree reemiles miles longer than thanother - -other other - surveyed surveyedroutes surveyedroutes surveyedroutes routes but it also makes it difficultto dIfflWltto dIfflWlt difficult to eliminate el1mmate both hlllb hills h ll and curva cun'il- cun'il cunil cun'ilture curv curvature ' - tureI ture I tureThe The surve survey now noVo seemingly seemmgl gererally ger- ger gereraUy gen generally . - ! erally eraUy accepted111 accepted \ will \\111 111 till extend North Northa Northavenue Northa\enue Northa enue a\ a aenue avenue \ enue on north from First street streetto streetto streetto to a romt near the Durham stock stockyards stockyards stockyards yards on the main mam line Ime of the Dd D d & ; R G W A wide 'Ide Ide tide " ' swinging swmgmg curve curve111 curvewill curvewill \\111 111 will ' \ carry carrv the road past the stock stock- stockyards stockyards stockyards - yards parallel and fiom flom from there It111 it will \\111 111 ttll \ \ paral paral- paral- paral parallel - - lel the D & - & , R G W tracks tX:1.lcks tX1.lcks tX1lcks tacks : . on onthis onthis onthis this throughFruita throughFrulta hide bide from Durham through Frulta Fruita and on to Mac Mack , as the pre- pre present present pre present - - sent highway hlgh\\a hlgh a \ \ route follows fo11o\\s fo11o s \ the rall- rall rail- rail rallay railway rail railway - way \\ay ay \ right ofdY of \ way \\dY dY tdy \ from neai neal neat FrUlta Fruita FrUltato Fruitato Fruitato to Mack The distance to Fr\ltta Fr ltta Frlttanll Fri Fruitawill \ to towill mHesGrMdJunction milesGridJunction \nll nll will \ be cut to about 10 mHes-GrMd mHes GrMd miles-Grid miles Grid miles - GrandJunction Junction Dailv Dallv Daily Sentinel Sentmel |