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Utah to Heavy LoadY- LoadY LoadYi LoadY LoadYPending Load - | i Pending reconstruction or rein reinforcements reinforcetnents reinforcements forcements forcetnents 199 bridges on state atat.e atate atat.etunis statei . 10 tunis uids Ids will wUl be closed to truck bear bearIng bearlog bearIng Ing log loads that may overtax the thestructures thestructures tructures structures ' the state road commis commts- commts commis- commtsIon commision commission - - . , sion Ion announced MondayThe MondayThe Monday MondayThe The commission empowered empowf"red empowfred " by bylaw bylaw la law w to restrict the tonnage over overtate overfate tate bridges and along the high highways highways highways ways said the order la Is In the In Interest interest Interest terest of public safety and also to toprotect toprotect toprotect protect . the motor carriers and andtheir andtheir andtheir their employes empioyes employesSigns empioyesSigns employesSigns Signs will wul be posted postRd on nIl all nIlbridges allbridges allbridges bridges designating the tile Umit limit Umitoads limitoads limitoads oads the thl ' comm1s commission . ' 1on > saidAn saidAn said saidAn An exhaustive survey by the thebridges thebridges thebridges bridges department revealed that that101 101 brtdges btdges dges are inadecate Inadequate Inadeql-1ate Inadeql 1ate ' - Ito Itosupport itosupport itosupport support safely the thp loads now be beIng being beIng Ing transported tran&ported tranported & over the spansThe spansThe spans spansThe The 199 1119 bridges to be posted pooted with with.dgns withsigns withsigns .dgns dgns signs . are located In the following followingdL followingdLstrcis followingdistricts followingdistrictsNo dL dLstrcis , > tncts dLstrcisNo tnctsNo No I-Weber I Weber 1-Weber 1 1 - Weber Cache Box El Elder Elder Elder der Morgan Rich Daggett Daglett { and anti part partof partof partof of Summit count1e-18 count1e 18 counties-18 counties counties & - - 18 bridges 15 5 15to 5to Bto to 15 ton I--nlts I nlts i-flits flits InltsNo iflitsNo 1 - nlts nltsNo No 2-< 2 < lt 2-Salt Salt 2 - & - Salt Lake Tooele Davis Davisand Davisand Davisand and part of Summit counties 14 14bridges 14bridges 14bridges bridges 3 to 15 115 iS ton limitsNo limitsNo limits limitsNo No 3-Sanpete 3 Sanpete - 3 - Sanpete Bevler Sevier P1ute Flute P1uteGarfield FluteGarfield PluteOarfleld Garfield Kane and part of Wayne Waynecounties Waynecounties Waynecounties counties 34 bridges 5 to 15 ton tonlimits tonlimits tonlimits tonlimitsNo limits limitsNo No 4--Carbon 4 Carbon 4 - - Carbon Emery Eme-ry Eme ry - C Cj Cl ' and andSan andSan andSan San Juan and part of Wayne coun countte counties counties tte ties 62 bridges bridgt.s bridgts " . 3 to 18 ton limitsNo limitsNo limits | No 5- 5 - 5Juab 5 - Juab Mlllard M11lard Millard Beaver BeaverIron Beaveriron BeaverI Iron and Washington counties counUe'l counUel ' 24 24bridgl'I 24bridges 24bridges bridgl'I bridglI bridges ' ' 3 t.o to . o 15 ton limitsNo limitsNo limits limitsNo No 6 Utah Wasntch Wasatch Ducht'sne Duchtsne Duchesne Duchesnev Ducht'sne'II Duchesneit ' 'II II ' it d Ulntah Uintah counties countJeb 47 bridges bridgtS ' , 3 > ) 15 fon ton ( on Imlits Imllts lniiits ImlltsMany lniiitsMany ImlitsMany Many of the bridges were wprl ' 'on on con 'onIT conIi ( ' rontr IT Ii rted ded eted b"fore bfore b'fort bfort b-fore b fore " ' ' - " the thl ' particular roads roadsbecaml roadsbecame roadsbecame becaml became ' a link In the state highwayssstem highwaysystem . ssstem st m and lack of funds has pre preI'nted preouted preented I'nted Inted outed ' maintenance of the struc struct t I ires ire rI'll rIll ' as prE'5en prE5en present ' t transportationneeds transportation transportationneeds ! needs 1l"eds 1leds " require the comml8.slonpointed commissionpointed commission comml8.slon comml8slon commissionpointed . pointed out . S . _ - Bridges on all the nva\s nva s V8\5 V8 5 sass \ \ generallyart generally arc are ' In splendid con conrJltlon conrittlon conrlltlon rJltlon rittlon for the year round heavy heavytraftlc heavytraffic heavytraffic traftlc traffic the commission said sald Re Recent Recent Recent cent compilations compUations show that 63 63per 63per 63per per cent of the trucks and traU trail traUI'rs trailera trailf-rs trailf rs I'rs Irs era ' - carry from 10 to 20 tons torts that8 thata that 8 a per pl'r plr ' cent are loads of more than than20 20 tons and that 2 per cent are aremore aremore aremore more than 30 ton cargoesThe cargoesThe cargoes cargoesThe The bridge department reported reportedthat reportedthat reportedthat that many of the worst structuresare structurt'Sare structuresale structurt'S structurtS structures ' are ale In the coal hauling regions regionsmd " , replonsind , Ions 1nd md ' continually are subjected subjectpd to totremendous totremendous totremendous tremendous overloads The Thl ' fact factthat factthat factthat that these structures are now car carrylng cariytng carrying rylng i-ytng i ytng - loads safely safl'ly saflly ' does not mean meanthat meanthat meanthat that they are In sate safe t-ondltlon t ondltlon tondition tondltlonfor tonditionfor - conditionfor for genl'rally1 generally genl'rally genlrally ' \1\ 1 \ when 1ht"n ht"n htn " , > such uch structure structures structurescollapse structurescollapse collap collapse e they will wUl go all at once onceunder onceunder onceunder I under a heavy load thereby therpby caus causIng causI causing causIng I thisi , I Ing possible po55lble loss of life In this this'class thisclass this.class thisclass . class are approximately approxln1atelv approxiniatelv 60 bridges bridgesot bridgesof bridgesiof 'class class I ' ot of 20 foot span gpan and over ovt"r ovtr " and sev sevI several several several eral of less than 20 toot foot span I - - - - |