Show Road Dept Advertises For Largest Single Project The Utah State Department of Highways is advertising for forbids forbids bids now for the largest single road construction project to date Plans call for surfacing ten structures and approaches including the South connection con con- for the South portion of the South North Interstate In In- Route 15 in Salt Lake City The eight lane r roadway adway will be surfaced with a rigid concrete material a continuation continua continua- tion of the only concrete surfacing surfacing sur- sur facing in Utah in recent years SURFACING 15 no wunder wun der way will also be surfaced with rigid materials High traffic densities will make it impossible to maintain ordinary nary surfaces without great inconvenience to the motoring public Studies show costs per year will be reduced by this method Itis expected that by 1975 more than cars per day will travel this route and 95 per cent of this traffic will be local in nature Seventh Sev Sev- East currently holds the record for the busiest road with about cars per day It is expected that this sec sea tion of Interstate in Salt Lake will cost five m million illi 0 n dollars not including way If H weather permits a good construction season tic fic will flow I on this this' section by fall of 1964 TIlE THE A Y department will ask for bids in February for an urban project extend extend- ing the South connection The highway department will also ask for bids for the construction of nine and one half miles of Interstate Route 15 from Hamilton Fort near the Washington County line in Iron County This marks the fist first interstate in that county It is expected to cost in excess of two and one half million dollars AT A PUBLIC hearing l 1 a s t month citizens of yule ville pressed for an additional interchange to be added to the plans The Utah State Depart meat ment of Highways has mended to the Bureau of Pub tic lie Roads that such an interchange inter change be added |