Show LAKE FORK BRIDGE NEARLY COMPLETE OPERATION cooperation CO OP OF COUNTY LN IN DIAN department AND AID ROOSEVELT CLUB SHORTENS DIS TANCE TO UPPER COUNTRY lake fork river bridge la Is near ing gitig completion and will be ready tor for use this fall this much needed bridge is made possible by the com billed efforts of 0 duchesne county the indian department ard the roosevelt commercial club the indian department furnishes the lumber the roosevelt commercial club has furnished to date and the county the remainder of the cost E B murphy is in charge of the work the bridge consists of two 60 50 foot spans and placed on concrete abutments mr murphy has had 24 years experience in road and bridge construction 12 years in the forest depart merit and 12 years with state and county work the new ew dugway south of upalco and connecting the arcadia and other sections is three quarters of a mile in length and is 20 feet wide with artra wide turns ther the drop from the crest ot of the hi hill 11 to the bottom Is 91 feet the grade is not over 7 per cent ceni in any p place lace the bridge is 10 miles to where the road joins the victory hi highway at duchesne the people of this section are jubilant because 0 of f t the he tact fact that they will bo be ini closer tou touch ell with roosevelt and the county seat beat at duchesne with a higher and drier road and a means to cross the river at all times of the year the new road shortens the distance between roosevelt and duchesne considerably |