Show New Utah Map Now Available One of Utah's best sellers the official 1968 Utah State Highway Highway Highway High High- way map map has has arrived and is isnow isnow isnow now in the process of distribution distribution distribution tion to the public According to Chris S. S Public Res Response p 0 n s e Director of the colorful maps were printed this year This re represents represents represents re- re presents an nn increase of over 1 last as t year and compares with printed ten years ago The maps were printed by Rand M McNally Nally Company Chicago Illinois for or about seven and a quarter cents per map The the features a desert flower er at Can Can- National Park Inside on the pictorial portion are photographs photographs' of Flaming Gorge National Recreation Area the prize winning Colorado River Bridge an autumn scene at Alpine Loop between American Fork and Provo the famous Double Arch at Arches National Monument LOO Temple Square autumn in Logan Canyon Bryce Canyon N National at ion a 1 P Park rk Joes Valley Reservoir in Emery County an aerial view of Lake Powell Zions Zion s National Park a view of the best snow on onearth onearth onearth earth earth- at ski resorts in Little Cottonwood Canyon a vi view ow of the Gr Great at Salt Lake La Ct from the t 11 Oquirrh Mountains near Magna and a picture of Utah's State Capitol Building Over two hundred changes have been made o on th the map since the 1967 edition was printed Most of the c changes h a n g e s shave have been made to keep abreast of the statewide highway im im- im M Major Major- a j o 0 r- r mileage changes have been made as Utah's Interstate Highway system system sy system sy- sy stem is completed The Interstate Interstate Interstate Inter Inter- state system for instance has reduced the mileage from Salt Lake City to Ogden by two miles mUes from Salt Lake C City i t y to St. St George George formerly formerly a distance of miles and now miles and Salt Lake City to Price from miles to miles mUes Even more significant than the reduction in mileage is the status of the improvement of the road system which greatly redu reduces re reduces re- re du duces es travel time and is much more sa safe f e and economical to travel Utah now has miles of its mile Interstate System System Sy System Sy- Sy stem complete and open to the motoring public The State Highway Department Department Depart Depart- ment is already planning for its 1969 publication of the state highway map Both the front and back covers will be changed to p th map ma current nt |