Show plans announced tor completion ot highway 40 by first of 1939 hard highway between salt lake city and colorado line alno Is goal for 1939 it if federal eunas are released A completed U S 40 by the end of 1938 will be a reality if things go according to plans of the utah state road commission chairman W D hammond anno announced announce unc ed last weekend week end the 33 mile stretch of highway 40 through the strawberry valley is the last remaining portion of the highway between salt lake city and denver colorado that remains unfinished re loi the past three years the state 01 colorado has been rushing a gi gantic road program the hard surfacing of highway 40 from denver to the utah state line which will be completed june 1st ast at which time a two state celo bration will be held at berthola Ber thoua pass likewise utah has done much toward the completion of highway 40 in utah having brought up to a standard surface surf aca all mileage with the exception of tile the strawberry section As one of the steps in accomplishing shing the goal of completing highway 40 in utah the road commission recently awarded the contract for grading and graveling a stretch of more than seven miles between heber and fruitland froitland Fruit land the contract went to olof nelson of logan who agreed to do the work for federal aid chairman hammond reported that if the 1939 federal road money is made available an allocation ot of approximately will be made to complete the grading and graveling between daniels canyon and fruitland froitland Fruit land the newly con strutted ted road will then be given an oil treatment and an oil mal mai surface in the deep creek section between fruitland froitland Fruit land and strawberry the road will be completed oy by late fall and the dreams and efforts of uintah babin people WI be realized |