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Show TO BE CERENT Road Commission and We ber Officials Decide to Make Change j Following n conference yesterday I between members of the state road commission and Weber counry com-' jmlsploners it was announced that it' had been practically decided to build' a concrete bridge over the Ok.ic . river near the entrance to the Ogden cayon Instead of a t,.e! bride- with a ! Hui-foot span which v.as oidgmallv 1 planned. This Is In accord with the desires Jof many civic organisations ol 1 Igdi n and the county board members who want the structure to fit in. with the picturesque surrondlngs of the cam on at that point. It was thought, however that Ihe original or-iginal abutments could be used, and for that reason a steel bridge was planned, However, it was round thai the abutments were ni permanent and would have to bo rebuilt to meet-requirements, meet-requirements, and when this was discovered dis-covered the concrete proposal was revived. re-vived. Subject to favorable action by the Weber countv commissioners Which Is expected ut their next meeting, when the co-operative. agreement for the somewhat Increased cost estimated will be presented, the present plan is to have the steel for the Ho). foot span which has not yet left Ihr- factory, shipped t.. Woodsldc. In Carbon county, coun-ty, where another Jc.i-ru? aid bridge project Is under way. I This will leave the way clear for the construction of 'the concrete structure tn ihe canyon. The change does not affect the bridge now under construction in Og-den Og-den canyon, whic h w ill use the steel type of structure. The state officials also conferred with engineers of the bureau f public pub-lic roads in regard to the Elrlgham-Corinne Elrlgham-Corinne project. where the understanding under-standing of the state Is that the federal fed-eral officials require the separation of grades of the highway and the Oregon Short Dine tracks, winch the highway WOUld cross. |