| Show ROAD commission IS TO CLOSE BRIDGES TO OVERLOADS 0 As a safety measure pending reconstruction or reinforcement the state road commission this week took action to close bridges located on state roads to trucks with overloads that may overtax the structures to a point of collapse which might cause loss of life as well as considerable loss of property many of the bridges were constructed before the roads on which they are located became a part of the state road system A thorough survey of bridges by the bridge department of the road commission shows that bridges affected by the order are inadequate to carry the loads now being transported over the spans all of the bridges will be posted with signs showing the load limit permitted over them so that truckers will bet ba fully warned of the danger the bridges to be posted with signs are located in the following districts district ei district strict no 1 I weber cache 0 N to o 9 elder morgan rich daggett s part of summit counties 18 bridges 5 to 15 tons limits district no 2 salt lake tooele thoele davis and part of sum generally are in condi mit counties 14 bridges 3 to 15 tons limits district no 3 sanpete sevier piute diute garfield kane and parts of wayne counties 34 bridges 5 to 15 tons limits district no 4 carbon emery grand san juan and part of wayne counties 62 bridges 3 to 18 tons limits district no 5 juab millard iron beaver and washington counties 47 bridges 3 to 15 tons limits district no 6 utah wasatch duchsne Duc D gel esne lesne and uintah counties 47 I 1 bev y ates es on all major highways arraes br raes 3 to 15 tons limits tion for year round heavy traffic according to W D hammond chairman of the commission recent compilations show that 63 per cent of the trucks and trail ers carry from 10 to 20 tons 8 per cent are loads of more than 20 tons and 3 per cent are aa 0 tons or more according to the report many of the worst structures are in the coal hauling district and are subject continually to heavy overloads the fact that these bridges are now carrying the overloads does not mean that they are in safe condition to continue e to carry the strain and the danger is that thoy they may collapse at any time |
