Show state highway west Is being located bureau of public roads engineers engineer locating permanent road west from duchesne the state highway for ten miles west from duchesne is being permanently located at C moffat lo 10 locating e a t engineer representing presenting le th tha a F federal e d bureau of public roads e expects to have this work completed competed by thanksgiving the project is being located west from main alain street of duchesne to the strawberry river there will be a slight channel change tho the road going south of the al M al smith cabin through the stephenson ranch crossing strawberry at some distance south ol of the present crossing between the wash coming from the west and the hill laying to south it will follow this wash on the south sido side going over the hill at a lower point south of the present road connecting with the present road again a short shor t distance this side of the present crossing on Stran strawberry berry continuing straight across the valley below the present bridge and clinus clift ing onto the bench west th through rou a big draw from this point the road will go around the head of the big saud wash while where the present road leaves strawberry river and will en ter the road on top of the hill it will continue much on the present road following the new road to tile the south constructed two years ago the ten miles west which will be included in this program will end at a point on the new road where it turns to the north to cd with the old road the strawberry river will be turned back into its old channels at several crossings cios sings leaving present bridges high and dry it is the intention of the state road commission and the government to start construction on this road the fore part pait of next year this will eliminate our worst stretch of road west with other contemplated improvements next year between duchesne Du chesno and heber we will have a fairly good road to salt lake |