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Show Traffic Volumes Continue Rise Traffic volumes on highways throughout southern Utah continued to show Increases for the first month of 1976, according to figures compiled by the Utah Department of Transportation from C8 permanently located traffic stations. An overall increase of 6.2-percent was recorded throughout the state when compared with January, 1975. On U. S. Highway 89 north of Marysvale, traffic volume was up by 13-percent over last year in January. Also on U. S. 89, an increase of 57-percent over last year was reported at the junction of U. S. 89 and U-14 at Long Valley Junction south of Hatch. The figure was 44-percent higher than in 1970. At the station near Vermillion on U. S. Highway 89 10 miles north of Richfield, an Increase of 14-percent was recorded over last year; 55 percent higher than 1970 and 58-percent above 1965. At other locations, traffic on Interstate-70 12 miles west of , Green River at the San Rafael bridge showed a hike of 22-percent from a year ago, Indicating the generally continual increase of traffic across 1-70 into Sevier Valley. On U. S. Highway 89 east of Kanab, an increase of 6-percent was noted over last year; 64-percent over 1970 and 84-percent above 1965. On U. S. Highway 89-A south of Kanab, traffic was up 11 percent over last year; 55-percent over 1970 and 81-percent higher than 1965. A whopping 26-percent hike in traffic on Utah-95 south of the junction of Utah-24 near HanksvUle, was recorded this vcaivas compared with a year i percent oh rural interstate and 7.6- percent on interstate urban highways compared with January, 1975. On federal-aid rural roads, traffic was up by 8.7- percent on primary but down by .7-percent on secondary, |