Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1927-07-30 | Page 8 | Road Job Will Start in Fall

ROAD JOB Will START IN FAll Ogden Office of Bureau Will Vill Advertise for Bids Construction of the first section of ol the Zion park-Mount park Carmen federal- federal state tate IS highway will be started this fall according to present p indications the federal government authorizing advertisement for bids on five miles milea of work including one mile of tun tun- tunnel tunnel nel nd through the south wall of Pine Cree canyon Tha Th national park service has set aside for this work B. B J. J J Finch district engineer of the United States bureau of ot public roads will advertise for bids to b ba submit submit- submitted submitted submitted ted ted by August 31 He anticipates that one year jear ear will be necessary for tor forthe forthe the construction of the first unit The entire road will be 24 24 Va h miles shortening ISho the distance between Zion national park and Bryce canyon The national park services service's second section Is of three and a half miles the remainder being highway to be constructed by the state and federal governments co The to total to to- total tal cot cost of the entire work Is la esti esti- estimated estimated estimated mated at of which is allotted to the th state and fed fed- federal federal federal eral aid eld section the and and the remainder of to the national park sen service Ice The highway project is outstanding ing as the largest unit ever arranged from a financial standpoint by the bureau of oC public roads rods and also one of the most difficult In the the- world The tunnel construction particularly will wll add an attraction to the southern Utah park tour while new scenic areas will be opened by the highway Inspection of the project has Just Ju t been completed by Engineer Finch in company with H H. K Bishop chief o othe of the division of construction of the I United States Slates bureau of public roads