Show PROJECT MILES The Utah State Department of Highways completed project project project pro pro- miles of highway y construction construction tion during the period from January 1 1968 to October 31 The cost of this construction was million It was also anticipated t that hat an additional project miles million would also arso be completed by the end of the calendar year The project miles reflect the length of the individual projects only based on stage tion It does not mean actual mileage of completed roadway on the various road systems Signing landscaping and erosion erosion erosion ero ero- sion control also may overlap the construction and surfacing projects Local projects are listed by bythe bythe bythe the Department as s follows Summit County 80 1 Weber River b bridge rid ge near Coalville concrete beam structure miles cost Summit County 80 1 Echo Junction to Emery erosion control control con control con con- miles cost Summit County 80 1 Echo Junction to Emery signing and delineation miles cost Summit County I 80 I Silver Silver Sil Sil- Silver ver Creek to Wanship final bituminous sur surfacing f a c in g miles cost Summit County 80 1 relocation relocation relocation reloca reloca- tion of 80 1 East Echo Junction Junction Junction Junc Junc- tion grade drain and bituminous bituminous bituminous bitu bitu- minous surfacing miles cost Morgan County I east of Uintah Junction rest area development cost According to Blaine Elaine J. J Kay State Highway Engineer construction construction construction con con- this year was about average com compared par e d with pr previous previous pre pre- years We had a late Spring wh which ch didn't help our construction program he stated Weather delayed the completion of the i important m p o r tan t section of f 15 1 between South and South in Salt Lake County There were major structures structures structures tures completed during this period The construction cost of these amounted to 85 mil mil- lion Of these 80 were on the Interstate system The longest s structure t r u c t u r e was a composite welded steel beam structure measuring feet in length and was on State Road North in Spanish Fork spanning 15 1 and the Denver Rio Grande Western Rail Rail- road The average cost of all structure was 1251 per square foot The bulk of construction funds went to complete 85 project miles on 15 1 in various locations locations locations loca loca- of the state This amounted amount amount- ed to 22 million nearly million nearly one half of the construction program this year |