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Show 'State State ' State Asks Bids BidsOn BidsOn BidsOn On Muleshoe Road Project on \ Moab 1\Ioab 1 Ioab 1\IontIcello 1 IontIcello Monticello \ Ihghwa Ilighwa3 MonticelloIhghwaj 1IontIcelloIhghwa MonticelloIlighwa3 ) , Costing $150 150 $11)0 110 $1O 1O $ ) 000 000to 000to 000to I 000I to be Let Aug 31 I - I ITl Tl TI e state road commission Is Isad isadseitising Isadvertising ad\ ad ad11 adseitising \ 11 . ' tlslng for bids tor for the con construcUon construction constructlon highwayin hlghayIn strucUon struction of 4 4747 747 miles of hlgh\\ay hlgh ay highway \ In the Muleshoe < section ectlcn ecticn of the theMoab theMoab theMoab Moab Monticello road The estl esti estlmated estimated estimated mated cost is aiound alOund amound $150 150 $150000 150000 $ 000 andIbldS andbids and andI IbldS I August131 I 31 31I bids . will v.ill vill opened Thuisday Thulsday August I ' The project caines cairies theheasiest theheasiestccnstruction the .heaHest heaHest . , .heaHestI .heaHestccn5tructlon heaviest I | construction ccn5tructlon ccnstruction beteen betvv bet\\ bet betss \ een Moab Mcab lab and andMcnticello andMcntlcello andMonticello Mcntlcello Monticello and mclu6es mcluctes inclucs tllee tl ti iee i ee Ibridges bndges bridges tlleebndges ieebridges The conti contiact con ti act consists CCnslStS of of153000 excav&tlon43 excavtlon43 153000 153 000 cubic yaids yalds of e.ca\.Uon eca.Uon e.ca eca .Uon Uon ecas4ion . \ & . 43 300 tons of cf crushed crusht:1 crusht1 : I icck eck and andCI andciushed andclushed CI ciushed ushed gravel a tl Il rce ree e.ca.UonI span con conUnuol contlnuous continuois I Unuol tlnuous s ccnCI ccnciete ete bridge bndge across acrossMormon acrossMormon acrossMormon Mormon Tank \ wash ssash ash a t nnel " ' 0 0by 0by 0by by lonefor longfor 22 feet in m sIzend size ' \ and \nd nd nd 200 feet long for div dn dis erting ertmg the flo 110 v of B g Mule Muleshoe Muleshoe Muleshoe shoe \ wash ash and a concrete box 12 12by 12by 12by by 12 feet in m d mensions menSlons for ClOSS cioss ClOSSIng ciossing dossing BioMulesi BIbMulesloo Ing Little Muleshoeash Muleshoe wash \\ash ash \ Tl TI e BIb B , Mulesloo Mulesl o crossing crossmg crossmg111 \\111 111 will w \ ill be effected effectedby effectedby effectedby by dn dis diverting ertlng the flow of the 'is is \ ' vyash vyashth a ash ashth h hth th ough a tunnel and ana dnstructmg qdnstructing cAistructmga dnstructmga qdnstructinga a fill through the the-aash the aash - 'isash isash \ ' ash " ' _ Tl-ie Tl ie Tile The - pioject ploJect starts at the Cane CaneSjrmgs CaneSprings CaneSprings I ITile Sjrmgs Springs : \ wash ash bridge bndge and proceeas proceeasI proceeasseuthard proceeasscuthward proceeossouthward seuth\\ard seuth ard scuthward \ a distance of 4 4747 747 m in les lesto lesto lesto to a po pa nt just north of Nipples Nipplesrock Nipplesrock Nipplesrock I rock Tins TIllS This section sectlcn secticn of load soad will willeli'ninate \ willeliiunate III IIIelpl1lna elpl1lna eli'ninate elininate ' te the \ worst orst stretch on the theplesent thepiesent thepiesent plesent piesent Moab Monticello road roadI roadwhich roadwhich which \ hlch is extremely e.tremely etremely . crooked and anddangerous anddangerous anddangerous anddangerousWhile I dangerous dangerousWhile , While the project calls for a agravelled agravelled ' I Igravelled gravelled surface the tile state roae road roadcommissIon roadcommission ! commission announces It111 it \ will \\111 111 be bebrought bebrought bebrought brought to a paved pa\ed pa ed pased \ surface nel\.t nel.t nel .t t next nel.tsprmg nextsprmg nextspring nextspringThe : \ . sprmgI sprmg sprmgThe I The state road commission Is 1s now nowcompleting nowcompleting nowcompleting completing the oIling oiling/of oiling of lof / ( of about 23 23miles 23miles miles 231miles of road rOld roid through Dry valley valleyand valleyand valleyand 231 and andIth with \\Ith Ith \ the completion of the theMuleshoe theMuleshoe I Muleshoe project the highway hlgh\\ay hlgh ay hmghw \ ay be beheen betw between heen tw een Moab and aDd Monticello111 Monticello 'is is \ ' will \\111 111 ill beI be be80 I 80 per cent completed There wlll will wlllremain willremain willremain remain for construction the three threemile threemile threemile mile stretch from the top of threeI Blue BlueHill BlueHill BlueHill I Hill t to Cane Springs Sprmgs wash w \ ash about aboutthree aboutthree aboutthree three miles north of La Sal Junc June Junctlon Junetioii Junetion tlon tioii and the oiling 01l1ng of 10 mlle milesfrom miles j from the foot of of ' Pelei Petel Petci sHilrt5 sHilrt5Monticello s mlrw mlrwI mlrwMontlcello Hiir-tolMonticello Hiir tolMonticello - Montlcello Monticello _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I I i |