Show 1 River Road Crescent Floy Stretch to Receive Attention Two important stretches of state state highway in Grand county are slated to receive construction II in the near future after being included in a million program program pro pro- gram for roads in Utah approved Monday by the State Road com corn mission The first of the projects slated for Grand county is the construction construction construction tion of a new highway between Crescent Junction 30 miles north of Moab and Floy Flay a a distance of I seven miles west of Crescent Junction The project designated I a primary project would cost an I estimated of which cost I the federal government will w pay around two I The remaining project slated for the county is the paving of the scenic Colorado river road leading from U. U S. S Highway at Moab up the Colorado river to the lower end of Castle Valley This project which would be en entirely entirely en- en I en-I state-financed state would costan costan cost costan an estimated The new pavement on the river road would tie in with a ten-mile ten stretch of road running the entire entire entire en en- tire length of Castle Valley pay pay- paved paved ed recently by Grand county The project would be some 16 miles In length and would create pavIng paving pay ing into one of the most popular scenic areas in the country aswell aswell as aswell well as providing greatly Improved ed roadbeds for heavy trucking of uranium ores from mines on the north end of the L La Lp Sal Sat moun moun- State Road Commissioner C. C Taylor Burton stated that construction construction con con- of the projects approved at Mondays Monday's meeting m would begin as fast as contracts could be awarded In most cases he said designs will have to be perfected way right purchased and U U. S. S Bureau of Public Roads approval obtained before bids will be ask ask- ed Much interest has been created locally for the paving of the state river road since of the county's paving job several several several sev sev- eral months ago The river road which has handled increasing loads since the beginning of uranium uranium ura urn property development in recent recent recent re re- re- re cent years po poses es a constant maintenance main maintenance maintenance problem for crews under und und- I er direction of George White of Castle Valley due to o rains and I rising river waters Although the I state route is a through road I Utah going clear through to toI U. U S. S Highway 6 50 Just west of Cisco the bulk of the travel is I between n the Castle CastIe Valley Junc Junction Junction tion and Moab the remainder which passes through Dewey IsI is narrow and unimproved In contrast contrast contrast con con- I with the lower 16 miles These projects will bring road and bridge construction in Grand county to a figure over at the present time Bridge construction Is underway underway under under- I way at along U. U S. S 6 50 near Cisco nearing final stages of construction In the Moab Canyon Canyon Canyon Can Can- yon road project being built at ata ata ata a cost of by James Reed Construction company and Just being started the national park services service's Arches national monument monument monument ment entrance road project being built at a cost of over by Strong Construction of Spring Spring- yule ville Until just recently the only paved highways In Grand county have been US U.S. 6 50 and U U. S. S The paving of the Colorado river road ad coupled with that through Castle Valley and the paved Arches road will add an important link to the system of highways coursing Grand county |