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Show Road Will Link Scenic Canyons Two of Utah's most scenic canyons can-yons will be linked by a road being undertaken by Engineer units of the Utah National Guard, Maj. Gen. Maxwell E. Rich, Utah Adjutant General, said this week. The road construction project will connect colorful Provo Canyon with Hobble Creek Canyon, by way of Rock Creek Canyon between Provo. and Springville, The road will run from Provo Peak toKolob Basin. Unlike previous road projects built by the Utah Guard this one will later be blacktopped as a main road by the Utah County Commission. Guardsmen will build five miles of completely new road and realign gravel and widen 22 additional existing miles. Road construction work will begin in June, 1960, while the Guard Engineers are undergoing their annual 15 days of summer training, General Rich said. It will be a five-year Guard project. The work will be done by some 400 troops of the 1457th Engineer Battalion, which has units in American Fork, Lehi, Price, and Provo, plus elements of the 116th Engineer Light Equipment Company Com-pany of Springville. General Rich said that the project pro-ject will be supervised by Colonel Herbert L. Price, Commanding Officer, 115th Engineer Group in Salt Lake City. Lt. Col. William M. Alleman, Springville, commander com-mander of the. 1457th Engineer Battalion, will be in charge of construction. , |