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Show SUNDAY HERALD "ZlTSS? w tail u i 1988 13-- C t j m ai Modern Highways for Central UTAH '""jBoBssiaa 4&kkM : slisafcii iirilMamij .aKWSJsBsV ri . 'PlQjiABMMMMJmr B sTeflrH B H?V 2iHI I I P I H I aav-- r WW eaLEfilBsYfff sfl H HmL' I Lrf 1 LaeaesSSSiSiSSSSSSBSS X 4 - i The Energelic Highway Building Program in UTAH and maintaining more than 5,400 miles of highways, the equivalent of a highway from Salt Lake to hfbw York and back to San Francisco. Some sections of this highway system carries more than 30,000 vehicles a day as an annual average, with of course, much larger peak volumes during the summer months. And more than 20 of the vehicles on these roads are trucks. Units as long as 60 feet and weighing tons are common. Your Road Commiion ts responsible for building 35-4- 0 '1 i j of the ..- - .L j j :- - "; .. . ; One problems of the Commission is the determination of a fair and equitable distribution of the limited highway funds available for construction between the various sections of highways in need of improvements, geographically scattered throughout the State. And of course the Commission is faced with the problem of stretching the highway construction dollar; but, it must design roads with built-i- n safety, Structurally adequate for the heaviest legal load, and wide enough to handle the ever increasing traffie volumes; roads not only adequate for today's traffic but also for the loads and volumes that may reason- ably be expected in the near future. Today' high construction costs, which have increased 131 since 1940, plus the added costs for the and plus the increased costs for maintenance and allied road Improved design needed for traffic-safet- y devices drastically limit the miles of services such as snow removal, sanding, signing, and traffic-contrnew highways which the Commission can build today. Lehi-Pleasa- Gro nt The improvement ot this 1 mile section of highway at a coot of nearly a half million dollars to modern highway made necessary by the increased volumes of both local and through traffic is an example of the Commission's efforts, through constant research, to build adequate highways at a minimum cost. Testing had shown that the addition of 7 Portland Cement would stabilize the shoulders and make tv em suitable to carry the load of the additional lanes and so this modern method of highway construction was adopted, eliminating the necessity of hauling out the existing material and replacing it with gravel. 8-- Bfca ne existing sssssrjjss ol " i. , u j An example of the high price of modern construction is the estimated $600,000 which has been proat Pleasant Grove, railroad underpass, overhead, and interchange on US 89-9grammed for the i . " v , .' i 4-la- ne 1 n Illustrated above. -- Provo-Olmstea- project which was improved at a cost of $272,000, are secondary projects which measures u'y increase the convenience of the" highway users in moving the products of our farms and mines. d The highway improvement program for Central Utah is not static. Today, plans are being prepared fr- in Sprtngville at an estimated tost of $300,000; $600,000 has been improving 1.1 miles of US 89-5- 0 between Helper and Castlegate; $245,000 for improving programmed for improving 2.5 miles of US 50-7 miles of from Moroni to Fountain Green; $100,000 for improving 3.9 miles of Ophir Junction-Ophi$51,000 for a bridge across Spanish Fork River on $60,000 for improving 1.1 miles of from Lehi east to US 91; and $60,000 for improving 1.1 miles of from Lehi north to US 91. Additional projects will be programed as rapidly as the advance engineering phases can be completed. These roads ar net only designed to increase the comfort and safety of today's traffic but to carry the traffic load of 6 U-- U-1- 80 1l U-11- r; U-- 5; American ne Junction SBBBBBEjLBBBflBAsae rMKaaMfti,, 9 This project, almost 4 miles long, built st a cost in excess of X The farm to market roads, the Road improvements are not limited to only the major Highways. feeder routes to our Primary system are not being neglected. Improvements such as the recently completed d project, 4.1 miles long which was improved at a cost of $111,650 and the 8.3 miles long Colton-Schofiel- MB Fork-Alpi- 68 partially on new aligna is ment, typical example of the $112,000, many Federal-ai- d Secondary projects the Com mission has constructed and will continue to program throughout the State. Although the needs of the Interstate system and the Primary system are great, the need for modern adequate highways to serve primarily, local needs can not be ignored if the full economic potential of Utah ia to be realized. Many other examples of Federal-ai- d Secondary projects may be found throughout the central area of the State. U-1- 97 ccfnmerce, industry, and recreation in the future. Spanish Fork Canyon This message is published to inform the p"htt hnw thf hinhwnu-nrt- ? tax dollar is being spent to dev elope a safe and adequate highway system in Utah. .The improvement of US 50-- 6 through Spanish Fork Canyon started three years ago is nearly complete. Only about 6.5 miles remains to be improved. During these three years almost two and a quarter million dollars has been spent for modernizing this highway by providing two 12 -- foot lanes with paved shoulders, and by improving die alignment for 21.6 miles. This highway ts vitally Important to Central Utah because, it is the gateway to the southeastern part of the State and a lifeline for the mining, gas and ell, livestock and timber industries throughout the area. 6-f- eet UTAH STATE ROAD COMMISSION I IS |