She was a school teacher in New York before joining Norton. J.B. Grenwelge retired recently after nearly 40 years with Dry Manufacturing Airmate Division. He was shear department supervisor at the time of his retirement. Ben McCleery, project manager with the Stephenville office of the Texas Department of Transportation, said the local company was bidding against several larger companies, some of them from the Metroplex. An estimated 32 months is planned to complete the project, which will include more than nine miles of new roadway.
Plans call for construction of a four-lane, divided highway between the two towns.
McCleery said the north side will be built to 90 percent completion, then traffic will be directed to the new road while workmen start on the existing roadway. Five hills which do not meet design specifications for a 70-mph roadway will be lowered by as much as 12 feet, he said. Highway 377 has not been repaved since the late 1980s. Fifteen single-dwelling homes and 18 commercial buildings are planned for destruction. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved.