Show Winter weather Halts Highway 40 construction Due to severe winter construction has been halted on the highway improvement project between Roosevelt and Fort This information came from Ross resident Twenty per cent of the work time has and 27 per cent of the construction is The drainage is 7 per cent as is 29 per cent of I the rough grading One hundred I fifty thousand cubic yards of fill have been moved into the Ward and another yards will be Ten per cent of the finish grading is 90 per cent of the miscellaneous structures and 80 per cent of the flume j over the highway which will carry Dry Gulch Irrigation This flume will be com- I pic led as quickly as possible to avoid obstruction of irrigation water February l is the date set for flume construction to re- I sume Strong Company of Spring-Ville is the general contractor for the and has sub-let the concrete structure to Young and Company of Salt Lake City Thirty and a half of the days to complete the project have been The project reaches from Roosevelt's eastern limits to the Fort Duchesne a total of This includes 1 miles of the State Highway 88 from Highway 40 to the intersection at Fort In order to take care of an irrigation system the Indian service laid a pipe on the Fort Duchesne No more highway will be torn up until the working season next He noted that the road at the Ward Draw was taken out so that the overhead flumes could be thus assuring continuous irrigation facilities parts of the highway that are torn up to install ditches and drainage pipe have been so that the motorist will not be inconvenienced by a rough he said He stated that work progress on the project was satisfactory and safety precautions The bridge over the Uintah River just east of the Fort Duchesne intersection is due to be The steel strike has delayed work on but when built it will be 36 feet wide instead of the present 18 feet It will also be of steel-and-concrete The present bridge will be dismantled and BE A SUBSCRIBER TO THE UINTAH BASIN most completely read newspaper in the Uintah Basin Completely a hometown per six |