OCR Text |
Show - J,i!' f'W4 L (?" - 7 :' S W .7 7: x 7' 7 V " V j ;; v VxV .fcSS 77 Si Ar' yyAptfryAAAtA' y7:?7r:7::7 ii A AV, ' 777 7 : A777'7S7 7S-- X''yKl55!9KKSwyts. '. Mi 7'7 vx:! :;: 't'' AA .., mm tV5? - si .1 Ns, vfr':"""" i , A - X ' vV.iik 7,, " "' X ' 7T4i- . ; j .' ." T1D) T? J aL-VL,-- u . With, eyeS tOWard the future, - ' v j. :x-:w .. . j- FUT HIGHWANS AM HERE ODA Vrvi:? i:!:!; xKv - IS- - I the Utah State Department of Highways com- pleted over 300 miles of highway construction during the year. The dream of super highways for tomorrow has become a reality of today. The state highway department has now complet-- d and has available for public use 71 miles of highway on the Interstate System. An additional x 61 miles of ; the super highway on the interstate system under construction. is now Important highways have" been built, to industrial, recreation and defense sites arourd the rtcte. In addition to highway construction, the g daily tasks of the highwr.y depart c ;t continue. With ,5,600 miles of highway to maintain, personnel are constantly engared jn survey never-endin- work, highway maintenance, road equipment and sign maintenance, roadway landscaping, research! planning, painting, safety. The future needs of the "motorist are constantly being checked ies. - ' . 1 equipment in action; Interstate Highway 80 near Wanship, Summit County. Earth-movin- g : are being Highways tr accelerated pace Cut CiYl I - x - ; y7S:::':5i7;--- f ..!C.... - :' ' ': sr; - Interstate Highway 15, north of Beaver, 8.6 miles completed in 1960. Davis County Freeway, Interstate Highway 15, actively in public use, si : j ' " - ' . - ,i . Z ' ' ' - - ,i tK' r j 5 M"4! 1JIII1-I- !L sf- J . ' .mil I., il..La i , ! , 1 nei;er ending tasks . . ArAAAA" i v " JvS '1 "si ' ' ' Research and Highway Maintenam ' v : Slag dump utilized to lay foundation for Utah County Freeway, near Orem. nearly complete. I v ifewtxiLinWAl .. - I. j - , C: 'r k '' i . y i 1 ' 8- il f' jpK.V&i1'Y-- ' !' c4 4 j ?7;Si 4 ... y- ' i ... Soils must be tested before highway foundations are laid. Mobile drill rig cores out soil samples to depths of 250 feet. Powerful rotary snow plow batters open State Road 210 through Little Cottonwood Canyon (Alta), the result of a snowslide down 11,000-foo- t 5.: !W .wi---- , :. ,a - -- . Making Utah highways safer maintenance forces remove overhanging rocks in Price Canyon along U.S. 6 and 50. Mt. Superior. nrr STA ROM) COMMISSION OE JL hi imMi a mm TQ.. ( J), 'i i t ft. J (s. iijS)'0 tlffllfi!!, titteaa? est-- 3i$bmj& |