Iron County Record | 1956-08-30 | Page 4 | State Road Officials Call for Road Bids

State Road Officials Call for Road Bids The State Road Commission last week issued a call for bids for the construction of approximately approxi-mately 1.6 miles of road In Par-owan Par-owan Canyon. The road to be built under this bid is that portion por-tion of the main canyon road beyond be-yond the end of present oiled road, and will extend up through the narrows of what Is known as Cussem's Canyon, toward the white ledges. The bids will be opened In Salt Lake City on Sept. 10 with the exact length of road to be constructed con-structed being 1.628 miles of 24 inch bituminous surfaced highway. high-way. The specifications call fo 80.000 cubic yards of unclassified excavations, the use of 10.00 tons of gravel and 2100 tons of bituminous raod mix. Working on the assumption that the main canvon road will have to be closed for at least a part of the time the new construction con-struction is going on, the Iron County road department has opened op-ened up the Second Left Hand Canyon road, abandoned a year or two ago by the Dixie Forest, so that an access road will be available for livestockmen and others to the area reached by the main canyon road.