Show FOUR HUNDRED FOOT BORE GREATEST IN STATE SAVE 21 ZION ON PARK employed Emp loyes ol of the utah construction company mcany have been busy for several days now on tho the road contract tn in carbon county be teven and castlegate Cast legate the section Is only miles long and an thus the lob job will cost approximately approximate ly a mile which lg Is expensive yo construction for a gravel surfaced roadway roa diva A tunnel feet long through a point of rock jutting into the price river channel opposite the town c of castlegate Cast legate Is jhb feature allt makes this road expensive share I 1 in n the preBi presidents dents emergency road fund raised macd by cong ess in december in th thi effort to help out tile unemployment situation made possible the financing of such a road at this time carbon county had alre already arly pretty well extended her resources resources for road construction of recent years bearg the federal government under the regular highway act will participate only up to a total cost tor for the highway of 0 i a mile county state and emergency er gency funds are providing the balance in this case th road must under tho the terms of the emergency fund be completed by september 1 the new alignment keeps the road on th side of 0 the price river canyon opposite the town of castlegate Cast legato legate it imbus ali us avoids two railroad crossings crossings over the river and taking traffic through the crowded narrow streets of the mining town the fannef tunnel will be 24 feet wide in tile the clear and 14 feet high at the spring of the arch which will rise 18 feet in the center the flooring will be of cement the walls timbered the bore will be on a 4 per cent grade and with a slight curve next to that in zion national park Tark completion of which was celebrated last year tilts this will be the longest highway tunnel in utah it Is four feet wider than the zion national park tunnel which has been found none too wide when a driver Is approaching pro aching with a glaring headlight tribune |