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Show Bids on Interstate Far Below Estimates Low bid opened Tuesday by the State Highway Department Depart-ment for laying final surfacing surfac-ing on 17 miles of Interstate 15 from Middleton to Anderson's Ander-son's Junction, Washington County, ran nearly $100,000 under the engineer's estimate. Robert L. Helms Construction Construc-tion Co. of Reno, Nev., was the low bidder at $938,535. Three other contractors also bid lower than the engineer's estimate of $1,083,256 for the job which is to be completed in 140 working days. i |