Show Indian Canyon Road RoadWork RoadWork RoadWork Work Nearly Finished Crews on the Indian Canyon Highway project are near the top of the 9 foot ridge which is near the finish line WORK STARTED June 1 on this final six miles of realignment of this route which is a chief connecting link in Eastern Eastern East East- ern Utah between U US U.S. S Highways 40 and 50 from Duchesne to Castle Gate from Duchesne County to Carbon County This 90 contract is the second on the realignment of SR 33 Indian Canyon Last year this corporation realigned realigned re reo aligned an adjoining link of the road Thomas R R. Law project engineer Utah State Department of Highways said cleanup of the area seeding of embankment embankment embank embank- ment cuts and fills would be done possibly possibly pos pos- sibly within 10 days NO MAJOR structures except drainage drainage drainage drain drain- age pipes and culverts and two cattle guards were were installed on this section of the realignment The engineer said the cuts and the fills came out about even that there are no borrow areas The realignment of the road Is relatively relative ly Iy the same except the twists and curves cur curS ves yes have been eliminated to allow for fora a 60 60 mile mile an hour route right to the top Bituminous surfacing of the highway has already been done on the other side MR LAW said plans are being discussed discussed dis dis- cussed to award a contract for the surfacing surfacing sur sur- facing of these 17 miles of road this fall The contractor could then make use of the fall weather to crush the gravel and make other preparations for laying the oil in the spring The section of the realignment being completed is from Jones Jones' Hollow at the Indian Canyon Ranger Station Duchesne District of the Ashley National Forest toward Duchesne to Cripple Creek VERNON THOMPSON has been superintendent superintendent sup sup- of the works for the con con- tractor The roadway is two-lanes two wide with two two foot foot shoulders It is surfaced 14 34 miles out from Duchesne a job done nearly 10 years ago as one of the first steps of the e realignment |