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Show ZION-MT. CARMEL ROAD DECLARED 1!27 BIG WORK Probably the most important piece of road to be placed under construction construc-tion in 1927 will be the Zion-Mt. Carmel highway, Cor which the federal feder-al government is- to provide approximately approx-imately $1,000,000. The estimated cost of the road is $1,300,00. of which the state will furnish $300.-000. $300.-000. This road, which has been called "the most scenic highway in the United Slates," will follow the Pine canyon route, according to dispatches from AV.ashington. It will shorten the distance between Zion park and Ilryce's canyon from 165 to SB miles, and the distance between Zion park and the north rim of the Grand canyon can-yon by twenty-five to thirty miles-. As planned, this road will involve, some difficult engineering feats, one of which will be a tunnel in the form of a half-circle in the side of the canyon. |