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Show BKIDGE WILL COST SIXTEEN THOUSAND AT CASTLE GATE . Bids will be received not later than December 4 for the construction of an I-beam bridge over the Price river at Castle Gate. According to present plans the structure will be one of the biggest and strongest in this sect on of the state, costing approximately $10.-Ot-o. Aproximatciy 51.131 pounds of .structural steel will be used In building build-ing the I-beams, while 13." cubic yards of concrete will be required as abutments. abut-ments. The abutments will extend several feet below the river jhed, giving giv-ing the bridge a sturdy foundation. It will have a wood deck, built In such a manner -that the Utah Slate Itoad commission will be aide to make it all steel if found necessary or desirable. desir-able. The length of the bridge will be seventy-five feet, and the width will measure twenty-five feet. Construction of the bridge at this point will provide a permanent link between Helper and Salt Lake City and the I.'iutah Basin. During the past summers, floods washing down from the I'llce River or Willlow Creek have frequently washed the bridges out, in several instances holding up truffle from southeastern Utah for an entire day. IIelior Times. |