Show senator bennett urges super highway from denver to salt lake washington sen sell will la luce c V F bennett n 11 utah wed M nii lay luy of last week be for fore nSe n linte in ill bri I 1 hilf I 1 f 0 of f a federal I 1 interstate iter state highway I 1 between c twedell denver deliver and salt lake city the utah lawmaker also said lie 1 intends I to co sponsor a bill calling for sinh such a highway will which c h Is 19 scheduled for senate I 1 introduction nair bv sen sell eugene nil ilk a n n colo the bill aou would id git ki o ach state the right to work ok out the tile route in cooperation with the bureau of roads sen sell bennett was the first witness to appear before the tile senate public works subcommittee on highways ills came less than one hour utter after he had arrived back in washington from utah where he lie had spent the tile 10 day easter recess ills statement before tile therom com mi cittee fcc follows 1 I am pleased to appear before this distinguished committee to urge that a direct highway between denver and salt lake city be placed on the federal int estate high way system the federal aid highway act of 1944 authorized a special network of highways not to exceed miles in length which is considered to be the most important in the national interest the act provided that the interstate highways would be sp so located as to connect by routes as direct as practicable the principle metropolitan areas cities and industrial centers to serve national defense and to connect at suitable border points with routes of continental importance in the dominion of canada and the republic of mexico yet the two principal etian areas between the midwest and california denver and salt lake city are not connected by such an interstate highway the present system joins 42 state capitol cities and 90 percent of 04 ajl all cities over population Howe however vei the capitol cities 0 of utah and colorado are not joined directly by the interstate system and the population of each Is s now over Vit vital alTo to national defense an interstate highway between denver and salt lake city would be of incalculable value to the thi nations defense connecting two of the principal cities of the western united SL states tes the cities are the economic capitals of their re regions gio ns 1 and a direct route on the inte interstate system would be of great benefit to the nation furthermore such a highl highway vay would service an area which is of crit ical lical importance to our defense effort the uranium and min eral rich colorado plateau to get from Di denver to salt lake city on the present inter state system requires a diversion either up into wyoming or down into new mexico Tre present sent highways between denver and salt lake city are ar manifestly inadequate for modem modern driving conditions they are winding narrow and often perilous in the winter the ille coll economy oiny of the tile moun tal west and the defense of the binl it k ion lion would lie P really greatly enhanced by hy 11 dirocc adli act route be between tween denver and suit salt lake city on it the interstate system I 1 intend 1 11 join in it bill chih will lie 10 introduced today in the satiate sen ito and undoubtedly referred to tills hed the bill provides I 1 for ir on im highway between denver and salt lake cita with tin route to be determined by iv ill lie of the ui two suites in ill cooperation with tile bureau of public hoods I 1 have chosen chown today to testify since representatives of utah and will colorado arc are appearing this coining and I 1 wish to join with them in this important propos al ill comment made subsequently by sen sell bennett putting a highe highway ly 1 between demer and salt silt lake city on the tile interstate system would be of great benefit to utah president Elsen Eisen howers highway program places a great emphasis on the interstate inter state system gen clays highway report to the Ident recommends that the federal government pay 25 billion of the estimated 27 billion cost to improve the system this is in contrast to the usual 50 50 or 60 40 matching provisions between the slate state and federal governments in the present highway bill the larger federal share is based on the ireat importance ol 01 these important interstate arteries to the national defense under current proposals before congress the interstate system will consist ol 01 four lanes or more on the great bulk of the system temby by 1965 1065 the highways will be built or improved to last a minimum of 20 years said that U S males spent nearly a billion bucks on their faces ana ana scalps last year in contrast to the million that the dames spent in beauty shops |