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Show Sen. Moss Backs Interchange In Beaver County A trucking industry resol-ution resol-ution calling for an additional highway interchange at the . unction of Interstate 15 and Utah State Route 21 drew support sup-port from Sen. Frank E. Moss, D-Utah, last week. Sen. Moss said that the resolution re-solution was recently approved approv-ed by the 800-member Colorado Colora-do Motor Carriers Association. It urges approval of a third exit and entrance which would enable long-distance freight trucks to move directly from 1-15 south of Cove Fort at Beaver, onto SR-21, which runs from Beaver to the Utah-Nev-ada border and a connection with U.S. 50. This highway then carries traffic into Carson City and San Francisco. ben. Moss said that the addition ad-dition could substantially aid plans to take advantage of Beaver's strategic location for a large new truck service center and warehousing operation. oper-ation. "Beaver's location provides pro-vides convenient access to both Los Angeles and San Francisco. This can mean an economic buildup for the area which would have long-term effects," the Utah Democrat said. He pointed out that traffic moving from Denver through Beaver to Los Angeles (via 1-70 and 1-15) would save 207 miles over the next shortest Denver-Los Angeles route using us-ing Albuquerque and Flagstaff Flag-staff as intermediate points. Further, traffic moving from Denver to Beaver and then on to Reno and San Francisco could save 45 miles per trip over the Denver-Cheyenne -Salt Lake City-Reno route. Sen. Moss said that former Beaver businessman Blayney J. Barton, who now resides on east coast, was instrumental in securing the resolution from the Colorado Motor Carriers Association and has discussed the matter with other freight carriers. |