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Show Bids Called for Highway Projects In South Utah Interstate System Additional contracts are to be let this month for construction con-struction on the new interstate highway from the Iron-WashinKton Iron-WashinKton County line to Pintural, but a proposed dam in lieu of a bridge across Ash Creek, may preveent the removal of a serious traffic bottleneck for some time yea. Bids have boon called for the construction of 4.008 miles of interstate highway on the north side of Ash Creek 'and another call for bids is for the construction of three interchanges on the project al- ready under way on the section from Pintural to Anderson's Jur.c-tion. Jur.c-tion. The four miles of construction will begin .3 of a mile north of jthe Iron-Washington County line' and continue to Ash Creek. This will "dead end" at the creek making mak-ing It even more Important that final decision on the dam be made in the very near future. Principal items of work on the four miles of construction in-clude328,000 in-clude328,000 cubic yards of unclassified un-classified roadway excavation, C9.200 tons of gravel, 2556 cubic yards of concrete and 527,009 pounds of reinforcing steel. , The bids are to be opened on June 21. 1958, and the project is to be completed in 300 working days. Bids for the interchanges on the section of highway from Pin-tura Pin-tura to Anderson's Junction, including in-cluding one at Pintura, one at the junction and another in the brouse area, will be opened on June 17. The project is to be completed in 125 working days. Plans for the three Intercchanges were not ready when the contract con-tract for the construction project pro-ject was let, and the contracts to be let on June 17 will complete com-plete the project. It has been reported that the Utah road commission, offlclols of the U. S. Bureau of Public Roads and Washington County water users have agreed on terms tor construction of th combined Ash Creek day and tn highway fill. Agreement on term for the Joint construction efforl was reacched at a conference last week climaxing 11 years ol effort by the Utah Power Board and local water users. Throughout Through-out the 11 years improvement ol the Black Ridge road on thf north side of the ridge has been repeatedly delayed because of lack of agreement on the project. pro-ject. The Bureau of Public Roads has been willing to punt into the dam project funds equal to the cost of bringing Ash Creek, mut not more than that because highways funds could not be diverted di-verted into construc'ion or ihe dam. The total project Is' expected to cost approximately $1,680,000. The dam without the highway features would cost about $380,-000, $380,-000, Jay R. Bingham, director of the Utah water and power board Indicated.. The da mto be constructed con-structed would eliminate flood hazards and give water users a 6,600 acre foot retention dam. The state water and power board will finance a portion of the dam cconst ruction cost, and has agreed to advance to the water users a portion of ther costs. However, water users must provide pro-vide the balance before the project pro-ject can receive final approval from the bureau of publiv roads. As soon as the user's portion of the cost is available It Is expected expect-ed that approval will be given by the buera and bids will be: called for by the State Road Commission. Com-mission. I |