Show Dugway Part of Lapoint Highway Open to Public The county commissioners announced the opening of the dugway section of the Lapoint highway the first of the week This section of the highway has been completed and hard sur faced with native nathe rock asphalt at a cost of FOR MANY years this dug way has been an obstacle in hr the of the road which connects Ashley Valley Lapoint and Tridell Now that this see see- tion is completed the commis i signs plan Ilan to proceed with the entire road and spend another half million for Its completion and to bring it up to a standard highway of this amount the County pays 25 per cent and the government 75 per cent cent The dugway project was de de- de designed signed by Uintah ing and Land Surveying of Vcr Ver- Ver Vernal nal and constructed by Morri Mord son son-Knudson The huge fill is isone isone one of the largest attempted on ona ona a secondary highway in the county and contains yards of earth most of which came from from the deep cut which provided yards of the material according to the en en- In all yards of oC earth were used for the project of miles A MIXTURE of native rock asphalt and gravel is used to surface the road At a cost of oC approximately and a years year's research the Utah State Road Commission provided the formula used on the road To bind the mixture of half asphalt and half gravel there was also added oil to bind the mat erial so it could be spread on the roadbed After the oil has served its purpose it will be eliminated by evaporation It is expected that the new mix will be an improvement over that used at present on county roads and will eliminate costly repairs that are required each year The county mix is two thirds asphalt and one third one third gravel with water added to combine the two For many years the people of the west Ride ide of the county have looked forward to an im proved highway to the county seat scat and also their ecclesias headquarters and to take advantage of the shopping facil in Ashley Valley t s w l t T ft p pt pr t r a f ab 4 Ai t tA x t 4 pdt ar t A a y A Wb Y YA A j wr lt dl a Y a A r r x 4 i yr ku M rw 4 1 bit 4 3 tA g gw w wt SN Pr oA V Vs s I r v r 4 r rb rev b ev evY Y dt rA ry s 14 p 4 n nt t ar arry ry Mf pl tYr AAA I v vl l T Tj j rt X XA ti tid A d t r r 1 j Al i ii i y r 4 wa 1 L COUNTY COMMISSIONERS inspect Horseshoe Dugway project This This deep cut supplied cubic yards of I earth for a fill approach where yards of earth were used The project is rated one of the finest on county roads Inspecting the native asphalt surfacing of the road were left to right Mor- Mor Morrill Morrill rill Victor Wilkins and Rulon Hacking |