| Show STEEL the West Fork of Whiterocks river The river was diverted above the arch during construction The arch Is 20 feet wide 10 feet tall and 96 feet long The final road grade is approximate approximately ly 10 feet above the e top op o of the e arch arc Almost mos cubic cuc yards o of ear earth was wass needed to to fill over the arch and 57 cubic yards of concrete were L used for the footings Photos by U. U S. S Forest Service West Fork Whiterocks I Road Project Awarded a 4 Awarding of ofa a a contract to build approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately 51 additional miles of the West Vest Fork Whiterocks road was announced ed today by Forest Supervisor Andrew ft to McConkle McConkie Ashley National Forest THE AWARD went to Construction Construction Con Con- Company of Murray Contract i t amount was The engineers engineer's es es- was Four other construction construction construction tion firms submitted bids bid on the project which will terminate just below Lake Jake A parking area and turn-around turn Space ace will be provided at t the roads road's end t t E This road will open up more of the Whiterocks county for much needed timber timber timber tim tim- ber access and for outdoor recreation use use se Mr McConkie McConkle stated Eventually the mile 9 route will allow harvest of able timber and will be a considerable boon to hunters fishermen and sight sight- seers THREE MILES were completed last season by L. L A A. A Young and Sons Construction Construction Con Con- Company of Salt Lake City at ata a cost of approximately The route passes Hidden Lake and continues north to Lake Future plans call caU for the road to swing south past Whiterocks Whiterocks White White- rocks Lake Teds Ted's Lake Workman Lake and Cliff Lake and tie in with the Mosby Moun Mountain ain road The present contract calls calls' for construction construction construe tion of a foot 16 road with three inches of gravel surfacing and drainage culverts and ditches The project time allowance is calendar days said In the absence of continuing legislation legislation leg leg- the program would expire in March however I am confident that Congress will extend year THE UTAHN noted that the Washington Washing Washing- ton Post in an editorial Tuesday noted that in the absence of the possibility of free admission to the national areas a season ticket is better than shelling out cash every time a person wants to see a mountain or feel a cool breeze in the favored spots of our land Senator Bennett said the number of persons purchasing Golden Eagle passports passports pass pass- ports increased from tin jt 9 in 1968 Proceeds w which ch are estimated estimated estimated es es- at 52 million for 1969 are used to purchase additional recreation areas 4 anar o. o lea VIEW OF WEST FORK of Whiterocks drainage area as seen from Mosby Mountain across Whiterocks Canyon r I 1 I EARLY CONSTRUCTION Timber STATE Is being cleared for road right right-of- way This area has dense mature timber ready for logging I i ry L r a T a HEAVY EQUIPMENT MOVES IN Construction In areas of this type Is difficult difficult dif dif- due to dense timber and large amounts of rock The three mile section of road was wa's contracted for approximately by L. L A. A Young Sons Construction Company of Salt Lake City 1 i t Ii I Ib Ii tr t r 1 i b K LATER STAGES of construction on Whiterocks road nears final grade |
