| Show two million dollars spent on US U S 40 since 4 1919 i e zy 19 since 1919 there has beer been expended 34 in uintah and duchesne on oil V U S 40 accordi Accor to a report by state road frojd by K 0 WRIGHT cleef engineer utah state road commission all of U S 40 through the uin tah basin has hag been completed to stand rd ad a alignment and surfaces ec with pavel gianell the ork has included te t e construction of numerous bridges of adequate strength to replace old structure structures the these thee e include bridges a TOO the strawberry crry du chesne uintah and green livers across di h ane U S 40 hw has a length of 58 miles of th this s mileage that between meton A and duchesne has been with I 1 th oll a total ot of 21 miles U B S 40 across uintah county qs a bereth of 61 miles of this mileage I 1 aage in addition to standard gravel si Is asphalt paving through vernal this sear an experimental section one mile in length vas aas native asphalt east cast of vernal contract will be deword d tb this I 1 s for paving 9 ile with this material west of vernal it Is proposed to impi ON e to dust esq surface either with oil or as bhelt all of U S 40 through thi ough the basin PS as rapidly as funds p amit ard allocation of dundr 1 nill l be made each vear near for this purpose A tab tabulation u lation has been prepa prepared aed and anc included herewith showing the cot cost of all construction exclusive of costs of maint nane and krpec Is ia maintenance on U S 40 in thu tho wo two counties since 1919 and up 0 io o wid and including 1933 this shows a total t expenditure of 56 in n duchesne county and 96 78 in n uintah county of these amount the federal government has paid pat a 3 its share of cost 1728 55 in duchesne bounty anc ana in uintah county the only other federal alo loute in n the basin Is that from castle gate gale to duchesne this was completed as federal aid project no 1 under the old post road law in 1921 and in recent bears has been addeo by the government to federal aid system original orie nal cost of this road comprising a total of 45 ia miles in carbon a aad iid duchesne counties was aas in ili recent years it has been implored impi imp oved loved in the vicinity of the town of duchesne ohp tion of a bridge across the atta ibex ber i rh aher er costs U S 40 da chesne and cotui counties ties total construction cot costs s year uintah 1919 22 1923 1 60 14 66 1324 1321 4 31 98 55 53 1925 65 76 36 97 1926 8 10 2 W 1927 1928 1929 1999 83 1930 12 78 1627 27 WI 66 75 65 1032 7 10 61 1933 totals 56 78 |
