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Show - - Iu.s Ius U.S US . . . 40 WEST OF VERNALTO VERNAL VERNALTO ; , 110 TO BE COMPLETED IN 1940 , : The drt dream > am which Verna Verna1) Verna1 ' ' ) ( and andUlntah andUtntah andUlntah I VIIsioned Ulntah Utntah county residents first VI-I VI I vi- vi vistoned vl-stoned vl stoned - sioned stoned 20 years BRO SIlO aim In 1919 stood stoodI stoodon stoodon stoodon I on the brink of realization reaHzatlon In 1939 1939The 1939The 1939The 1939I I The dream was dreamed when state stateroad stateroad ttateroad road officials first began plans for fora fora fora a high speed highway to connect connecteastern connecteastern connecteastern forI I eastern and western Utah and andwhen andwhen andwhen when small appropriations approprlaUoll8 were wereI weremade weremade weremade made available vaUablt for sueh such sucha sueha a ' beginning I ' 'a a such'a a projectToday project I IToday Today that dream higl higt way except ex- ex exI exct'pt ex except - I cept ct'pt ctpt ' for 4 85 miles mnes Is a reality and andVernal andVernal , Vernal residents travel to Salt Lake LakeCity LakeCity LakeCity City In a comfortable four hours hoursAnd hoursAnd ; And the Utah State Road com com- commission commission commission - mission has promised that thts this thtsyear thisyear thisyear year 1940 an all aU paved highway highwaywUJ highwaywill highwaywill wUJ will stretch from Salt Lake to the theColoraklo theColorado theColoraBo Coloraklo Colorado : stnrte st<e stlte state & Itne Une line : Indeed lndeed hndeed ex- ex expt except ex except - cept pt for adverse weather condi condi- conditions conditions conditions - - tions early in October the remaining remain remain- remainIng remaining - ing stretch a section of highway highwayjust highwayjust highwayjust just west of Frultland Fruitland might have havebeen havebeen havebeen been completed this year accord according accordtrig accordIng ing trig to road oft1cia1sAlso officialsAlso officials oft1cia1s officialsAlso Also elated slated for completion lhls this lhlsyear thisyear thisyear year Is the 485 488 miles mUes of highway highwayto to be relocated between the foot footof footof footof I of the hill h1l1 west of o1 Venial Vernal and the thecity thecity thecity city proper proPt'r proPtr ' The latter project Is IsI Isdesigned isdesigned Isdesigned I designed to remo\e remo e remove \ several dan dangerous dangerous I IgeroU1i geroU1i gerous : curves In the road and to toIPTOVIde toprovide toprovide provide a more direct route In and andout andout I IPTOVIde out of o1 the valleyStarted valley vaHey valleyStajrUd . 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" In 1919Since 1919 1919Since ' ISta.rt4"d ISta.rt4d IStart4d Since 1919 over four tour million dol dot dottars dollars I lars tars have been Invested In tn U Shlghaay S ShIRh.ay Shighway I ISInce hIRh\\.ay hIRh.ay hIRh .ay ay hlghaay \ . 40 between Salt 8aJt Lake and andthe andthe andthe the Utah Colorado Cotorado state line Bne ac according according according cording to reports made by W D DHammond DHammond DHammond Hammond chairman of the stateroad state ' | road commlslson commisison The program of ofbuilding ofbuilding ofbuilding building has been a gradual one oneI oneand oneand oneand I and locals loca18 have waited patiently patientlyII patientlyto II to see its completion realizing reallzmg that thatan thatan thatan an attractive through highway Is Isone Isone Isone one of the Basin Basins 8 a largest sources sourcesot sourcesof sourcesof IsI I ot of revenue through tourist t.our1.st tour1.st tour1st . . tradeThe trade tradeThe The building program has been beencontinuous beencontinuous beencontinuous continuous reaching Its peak in In1928 1928 when $526 526 $528803 528803 $ 802 was expended expendedon beenI I on the road Most of that year yearsappropriation 5 a 5appropriation aappropriation appropriation was used on the Du- Du DuI Duchesne Duchesne Du-chesne Du chesne - I chesne county sector By June ot of of1938 1938 ] 938 the total expenditure eXJ"ndlture eXJndlture } " on the theroad theroad theroad otI I road had su surpassed the lhe three mU- mU mil- mil mUlion million mil million - lion dollar mark To date the ex exI expend expenditure expendlture I pend penditure it itIre \Ire Ire \ totals Wfl8S286 $4,689 4689 $4689 $ $ , 286 7.86 786 . Tourist Travel IncreasesAnd Increases IncreasesAnd I IAnd And commensurate with the 1m tit 1mprovement titprovement 1mprovement provement In 1n U S 40 has hlUl been thequantity the thequantity thequantity quantity of tourist trade whlch which whlchVerna whichVernal whichVernal Verna Vernal ] and Rnd Ulntah Uintah Basin centershave centers centershave centershave have . enjoyed .nJoyed nJoyed The post ptl5t past year was waswithout waswithout waswithout without a doubt the biggest tour tour1st tourit tour1st 1st it season In history and brought broughton broughtan an unprecedented amount of ot revenue rev- rev revenue rev revenue - enue Into the BasinA Basin BasinA A stretch 5tretch of 30 miles mUes mlles of U 8 B 40between 40 40between 40between between Vernal and My Myton ton In the theUinta theUintah theUlntah Uinta Uintah , Basin has been paved with withnative withnative withnative native rock : asphalt asphal't ' taloen tak1en taken from fromnearby fromnearby fromnearby nearby deposits deJ)06lts deJ06lts ) and the ser service servia service vice via ' rendered by this stretch Is ex expeeled expected expeeled peeled pected to BO go far in determinIng determiningthe the use to be made of the locally locallyproduced locallyproduced locallyproduced produced paving material In the thefuture thefuture thefuture thefutureThe future futureThe The majority of the 200 miles mlles be- be betw between be between - tw tween n Salt Lake City and the Utahborder Utah Utahborder Utahborder border Is oU oil ol ] processed _ j |
