Show I Strong Construction Will Build New Arches Entrance Road A low bid of for forthe forthe forthe the construction of a 92 mile mUe road and a three span span concrete bridge between the Arches monument headquarters and the Balanced Rock was b by the Bureau of Public roads this week and the contract for the first phase of construction on the Arches MIssion Mission Mission Mis MIs- sion 60 66 program went to Strong Construction company of ot Spring- Spring yule Strong was the lowest bidder bidder bidder bid bid- der of ot five bidders on the road work Senator Arthur V. V Watkins stated stat stat- ed ad Monday In a telegram that Secretary of the Interior Fred Seaton eaton had Informed him earlier that day of the award of ot the contract contract contract con con- tract to Strong Construction The bid on construction was several thousand dollars lower than the engineers engineer's estimate on on the first paved highway to enter the he scenic national monument some ten miles from Moab Moth Terms of the contract call for I completion of the entrance road within days of the beginning i I It was learned that construction should be underway within the next two weeks which would place the road In a position for use by the beginning of the tourIst tourist tour tour- 1st season next spring A major piece of the Job will willbe wIllbe willbe be the building of a large concrete concrete concrete con con- crete bridge over Courthouse wash an intermittent stream that has proven to be extremely dangerous dangerous dangerous dan dan- to motorists In Jn flash flood periods Heretofore the Arches entrance road crossed over the sandy bottom of the wash near Dalton Wells |