Show Interstate Highway 80 Echo to Emery Properly Dedicated at Impressive Ceremonies Monday t w 1 BY J W t u f. w. w j i 5 I 1 j c i l c l fI i 3 4 J c t H 1 1 J ii i r ii H Ir Ff i J 1 j I t t J oj 1 i i iJ 1 t t i w wA d s 4 jr r A Ar i 1 Gov Calvin Rampton handled the big shears in the traditional ribbon ribbon cutting cutting which opened Interstate 80 Monday noon He was ably assisted by Miss Sherry Moore More than a hundred persons attended the dedication of Interstate Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state Highway 80 at Echo Monday Monday Monday Mon Mon- day noon and heard fine talks by Gov Calvin Rampton Hampton and other state and county dig dig- The sky was threatening threaten threaten- ing but only a sprinkle of rain fell feU Workmen were still busy at atthe atthe atthe the intersection and an inv involved system of lights contoIs the traffic exchange from the new stretch to the old Highway 30 and the old road to Coalville Traffic was rolling on the new highway Monday morning The huge battleship cliffs cliffS- look entirely different from the other side of the canyon The dedication program Musical Selections and National National National Na Na- Anthem North Summit High School Band Directed byRon by byRon byRon Ron Knudsen Int Introduction ion Weston E. E Hamilton Chairman State Road Commission of Utah Dedicatory Address Governor Governor Governor Gover Gover- nor Calvin L L. L Rampton Remarks F Francis ran cis Feltch Vernal Me Member m be r Utah Stat fe f Road Commission Remar Remarks s C Carl Car a r 1 Edwards Project Engineer Morrison- Morrison Knudsen Company Com p a ny Inc Contractors Con Con- tractors Remarks Dan Watt Division Engineer U. U S. S Bureau of Public Public Pub Pub- lic Uc Roads Dedicatory P Prayer ray e r Ralph Richards Pre President sid e nt South Summit Stake Church of Jesus Christ of Later-day Later Saints Kama as Ribbon-Cutting Ribbon Ceremonies Officials and Sherrie Moore Miss Summit County Luncheon Program American Ameri Ameri- can Legion Hall Echo Master of Ceremonies Richard Richard Richard Rich Rich- ard W. W Durrant Chairman Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit County Commission Invocation Robert Williams Coalville Remarks Governor Calvin CalvinL L L. L Rampton Remarks Henry C C. C Helland Holland Director of Highways Remarks Carlos L L. L Porter Coalville M Me Member e m b e r Summit County Commission Remarks Glen Thurston Thurston Thurston Thurs- Thurs ton Morgan Remarks Cornell Clyde n Miss Summit County right and her two attendants Miss Meredith left and Miss Nancy K Kay y Smith Far right is Henry Helland Holland director Utah Highways President Utah Cha Chapter er Associated Associated Associated Assoc Assoc- General Contractors of America Vocal Selections by Gordon Taylor Project Engineers Contractors Contractors Contractors Con Con- tractors Utah State Department of Highways W. W Earl District Engineers Merrill H. H Carlson Construction Engineer Engin Engin- eer Karl E. E Burgess Resident Engineer Sam Dokos Chief of Party Lee France Chief of Party Prime Contractors Morri- Morri son-Knudsen son Co Salt Salt Lake City Surfacing and Structures Roberts Anderson Provo Anderson Provo Signing Delineation Miya Ogden Erosion Control Landscaping U. U S. S Bureau of Public Roads Arthur L. L Johnson District Engineer Collins L. L Thompson Thomp Thomp- son Area Engineer Summit County Commissioners Commission Commission- ers R R. R W w. w Durrant Chairman Carlos L L. L Porter Kenneth Wool- Wool Present at the luncheon be besides besides besides be- be sides named were Ross H. H Plant of the State Road Commission Clifton Lorin Stevenson Steven Steven- son and Keith Macfarlane of the Commission J. J Clark Elmer Blaine Elaine J J. J Kay Art Johnson of the Engineering office David Greenwood B C Fund Administrator Administrator Administrator Ad Ad- J. J Q Adair Commissioner Commissioner Commissioner Com Com- missioner from District Two Also t three h r e e Summit County Mayors WilliamS William ull i v an of Park City Copley Walker of Coalville and Gordon Taylor of K Kamas a m mas a s County Attorney Robert Orten Fire Warden Reed War Warner n e r County Agent Reed Moore American Legion w. w Commander Robert Wheadon Morgan C County 0 u n t y Commission Chairman Lincoln Jensen Also F. F C. C Koziol Director of Utah State Parks and Re Recreation Recreation Recreation Re- Re creation H. H C C. C McConaughy publisher of The News Bee and Record Horace J. J Gunn manager of the Utah Chapter Associated Gene General r al Contractors Contractors Contractors Con Con- tractors Sharp Larsen State Auditor Highway Patrolmen London London Facer and Marcellin and others Construction Costs Interstate Highway 80 from Echo Junction to Emory in Summit Summit Summit Sum Sum- mit County extends for a di dis distance tance of miles Construction on this section began in September Septem Septem- ber 1964 Construction costs including sur surfacing fa c i n g three major s structures t r u c t u res signing landscaping e r o 0 s i ion o n control way right-of-way and preliminary engineering cost approximately 6 million or about per mile Pioneer History Echo Canyon is an area that thatis thatis thatis is rich in history since it was wasa a route favored by emigrants seeking a new life westward From Five Hundred Utah Place Names by Rufus Wood Leigh Echo Canon Summit is a strategic defile into the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch Mountains from over the summit just west of the Utah- Utah Wyoming boundary in it is a north fork of Weber River joining joining joining join join- ing at Echo a railroad station This entrance into the Wasatch Wasatch Wasatch Wa- Wa satch Range was the route of the Reed Donner-Reed party from Fort Bridger thence via East Canon into the Salt Lake Valley in 1846 the M Mormon 0 r m 0 n pioneers followed this trail blazed by the Donner party in 1847 it became an optional route for California immigrants instead of the longer long long- er road via Fort Hall The Union Pacific Railroad laid their tracks down it in 1867 thence followed the Weber River to Ogden and the rail route became that of Highway 30 South Echo's walls sharply re reflect reflect reflect re- re sound waves hence the name |