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Road Projects Under Construction

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Featured in the September 1940 Issue of Arizona Highways

State Highway 67, from Jacob Lake, the junction with U. S. 89, crosses 45 delightful miles of Kaibab Plateau to reach the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This summer will see the completion of this road as a hard-surfaced, asphalt highway. Travelers consider this one of the most scenic drives in the west.
State Highway 67, from Jacob Lake, the junction with U. S. 89, crosses 45 delightful miles of Kaibab Plateau to reach the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. This summer will see the completion of this road as a hard-surfaced, asphalt highway. Travelers consider this one of the most scenic drives in the west.

Incidental to the construction of 7.9 miles of the Duncan-Clifton Highway, beginning about 9.2 miles north of the town of Duncan and extending northerly toward Clifton. The construction to be completed by August 31, 1940. Non-Federal Aid Project 13, schedule 3, A. F. E. 7507. R. J. Holland, resident engineer. Wallace & Wallace Contractors have a contract for grading and draining the roadway, furnishing and placing imported borrow base course, aggregate base course, and a plant mixed bituminous surface, using SC-6 road oil. Salvaging and relaying the old oil mix on the shoulders; placing a type B seal coat over entire width of roadway. Widening four small concrete boxes and two multiple span reinforced concrete girder bridges and the other miscellaneous work incidental to the construction of about 6% miles of the Globe-Safford Highway, beginning about 4 miles east of Globe and extending southeasterly toward Safford, and is to be completed by September 30, 1940. FL 13-A (1) (1940). A. F. E. 7023. R. D. Canfield, resident engineer.

Martin Construction Co. has a contract for the construction of a steel deck girder bridge over the Gila River about 4 mile north of Safford and for grading and draining of the approaches to the bridge on the SaffordBryce Highway. This is to be completed by April 15, 1941. Federal Aid Secondary Project 12-A (1) (1939-40-41) A. F. E. 646. R. C. Bond, resident engineer.

State forces are constructing a line change on State Route 65, Winslow-Pine Highway, consisting of grading, draining, surfacing and fencing, beginning at Coconino National Forest Boundary, and extending north toward Winslow, WPA participating. A. F. E. 6501. F. N. Berg, resident engineer.

State forces are widening and improving State Route 88, Apache Trail from Davis Creek to Pinal Creek, WPA participating. A. F. E. 8802. R. D. Canfield, resident engineer.

State forces are paving with concrete U. S. Highway 70, Superior Streets. WPA participating, A. F. E. 7007. R. D. Canfield, resident engineer.

State forces are lengthening structure, including resetting highway guard, U. S. 60. WPA participating. A. F. E. 6012. С. В. Browning, resident engineer.

State forces are widening and improving State Route 88 approximately 15 miles west of the junction of U. S. 60-70. WPA participating. A. F. E. 2205. R. D. Canfield, resident engineer.

State forces are changing alignment and construction curve west of Buckeve on U. S. 80-WPA participating. A. F. E. 8031. J. A. Parker, resident engineer.

State forces are constructing the approaches to two bridges built by contract on U. S. 666, approximately eight miles north of the town of St. Johns. WPA participating. A. F. E. 6667. E. N. West, resident engineer.

DISTRICT NO. 3

J. R. Van Horn, District Engineer White & Miller Contractors Inc., of Tucson, Arizona, have a contract for grading and draining the roadway; furnishing and placing base course and a road mixed bituminous surface, using SC-4 road oil, and an SC-4 road oil seal coat; and the construction of one seven-continuous span reinforced concrete bridge with one intermediate hinge and other miscellaneous work incidental to the construction of approximately 64 miles of the Tucson-Tanque-Verde highway. The work begins about 8 miles east of Tucson and extends easterly. The work is to be completed by December 31, 1940. D. J.

Lyons, resident engineer. F. A. S. 8-A (1) (1940) A. F. E. 651.

J. A. Casson Company has a contract for the grading and draining the roadway, furnishing and placing imported borrow, imported borrow base course and a plant mixed bituminous surface, using SC-6 road oil, and bituminous treating the shoulders with SC-2 road oil. The construction of 5 multiple 10 ft. span concrete box culverts; one 25' continuous span, reinforced concrete slab bridge and 12 miscellaneous smaller size concrete box culverts and other miscellaneous work incidential to the construction of 9.2 miles of the Benson-Stein's Pass Highway, beginning 6.2 miles northeast of Willcox and extending northeasterly to Bowie Junction, and is to be completed by September 15, 1940. Federal Aid Project 130-1 (1) (1940), A. F. E. 8615. R. C. Bond, resident engineer.

Phoenix Tempe Stone Co., has a contract for grading and draining the roadway furnishing and placing imported borrow; imported borrow base course and a plant mixed bituminous surface using SC-6 road oil. furnishing and applying a type B seal coat and bituminous surface treating the shoulders with SC-2 and SC-6 road oil. The construction of one multiple 10x8 box culvert, a 5-25 foot continuous span, reinforced concrete bridge and 4 small concrete box Culverts and other miscellaneous work incidental to the construction of 8.6 miles of the Benson-Stein's Pass Highway beginning about 1 mile east of Benson and extending northeasterly. The construction is to be completed by September 30, 1940. Federal Aid Project 137-A (1) 1940. A. F. E. 8616. D. J. Lyons, resident engineer.

State forces are grading, draining, surfacing and fencing State Route 82, NogalesPatagonia Highway, WPA participating. A. F. E. 8223. S. R. Dysart, resident engineer.

State forces are grading, draining and surfacing 18.5 miles of U. S. Highway 80, Florence-Tucson Highway, Oracle Junction north, WPA participating. A. F. E. 8019. D. J. Lyons, resident engineer.

State forces are widening and surfacing shoulders, and filling borrow pits on the Bisbee-Douglas Highway, U. S. Route 80, between Forest Ranch and Douglas. A. F. E. 8007. A. J. Gilbert, resident engineer.

FEDERAL WORKS AGENCY PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION

New Post Office Building Phoenix, Arizona August 1, 1940 G. L. McLane, Senior Highway Engineer.

W. R. F. Wallace, Highway Engineer.

W. P. Wesch, Highway Bridge Engineer, Bridge Engineer.

W. J. Ward, Associate Highway Engineer, Locating Engineer.

R. Thirion, Associate Highway Engineer, Highway Planning Engineer.

J. H. Brannan, Associate Highway Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

E. F. Strickler, Associate Highway Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

R. M. Rutledge, Assistant Highway Engineer, Supervising Engineer.

E. V. Aldrich, Assistant Highway Engineer, Materials Engineer.

PUBLIC ROADS ADMINISTRATION PROJECTS IN ARIZONA PROJECTS UNDER CONSTRUCTION-

Route 17, Snowflake-Pinetop Highway, Sitgreaves National Forest George W. Orr, Ey Paso, Texas, has a contract for grading and draining a portion of Section B of Arizona Forest Highway Route 17, Snowflake-Pinetop. The project, totaling 9.774 miles in length, begins one mile southeast of Pinetop and extends northwesterly to Showlow. A 3.175 mile portion of the route in the vicinity of Lakeside constructed under a previous contract is an exception to the project. Work was started March 25 and is about 85% complete. C. Н. Clark, resident engineer. Route 33, Catalina Mountain Highway, Coronado National Forest Project consists of grading and draining of a highway with prison labor on the south side of the Catalina Mountains, between a point approximately 17 miles northeast of Tucson, Arizona, and Soldier Camp Ranger Station near the summit. Grading has been partially completed from the foot of the mountain to a point 10.4 miles towards the summit. W. J. Ward, resident engineer.

Jacob Lake-North Approach to Grand Canyon National Park W. W. Clyde & Company, Springerville, Utah, has the contract for placing base course and bituminous treated surfacing on the Jacob Lake-North Rim Approach Road to Grand Canyon National Park; a portion of Grand Canyon Route 3, the Bright Angel Point-Cape Royal Highway; a portion of Grand Canyon Route 4, the Bright Angel Spring-North Entrance Highway: and the North Rim Headquarters Service Roads. Project is 34.489 miles in length. Project is about 72% complete. C. R. Brashears, resident engineer. Route 28, Fredonia-Houserock Valley Highway, Kaibab National Forest

PROJECTS COMPLETED-

Oswald Brothers, Contractors, Los Angeles, California, completed their contract for grading, draining and placing crusher run rock top course with a light bituminous surface treatment on portions of Section C and D of Arizona Forest Highway Route 28, Fredonia-Houserock Valley on July 9, 1940. Project begins at Jacob Lake and extends 11 miles northerly towards Fredonia. C. R. Brashears was resident engineer.