The silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1909-1925, 1919-12-30
ROAD WORK UNDER
Way IN THIS STATE


builder, new publication printed al
Los Angeles. have reached this Office
II covers highway building problems
being faced by Western states in an
able manner and particular emphasis
Is laid upon the need of a transconti-
mental highway. An editorial para
graph states the position: I'VE be-
ileVe complete case is being made
by articles in this journal, as to the
right way to get federal participation
In road building. Through your con-
gressmen and local editors you can
get what you want. The right plan
VIII speed, the wrong plan will delay
the real good roads era
Concerning road work in Nevada,
the magazine contains the following:
The state highway department
plans to surface with concrete all of
the state highway system in washoe
county, which will mean approx
mately seventy miles of hard sur
faced roads in that county, covering
the following roads: Q) Reno to
Wadsworth; CD Reno to Verdi; CD
Reno to the Ormsby county line.
which is about three miles from Car
son City. Probably seven miles o
concrete road will be finished during
1919, with about five additional miles
of grading, with structures ready for
concrete surfacing early in the spring
of 1920.
To date twenty-four federal aid prof
ects have been submitted to the gov
ernment-their total estimated cost
being s1.727.22S.00. OF these projects
fifteen are now under construction
total cost of these fifteen being 1863 :
43700 These fifteen projects now un-
der construction include:
On route No. /, Overland Trail.
thirty-one miles, cost $19S.810.02.
On route No. 2, Lincoln Highway.
twelve miles. cost $90,694.
On route No. 3, Reno to Tonopah,
thirty miles, cost $339.83664.
On route No. 4, Tonopah to Ely.
fifteen miles, cost $40,095.
In addition to the above, four
bridges are under construction-one
reinforced concrete pile trestle over
the Humboldt river at Kodak. Per-
shing county. costing $4,000; two
concrete bridges near Fallon over the
Carson river and the government
canal, costing together $20, ,492.6S; and
one concrete arch bridge over West
Walker river at Bulkhead in Lyon
county, costing s11.473.
Fifteen contracts under construc-
ton, involving a total of $669,437, are
as follows
No. Concrete bridge near Ko-
dak. Pershing county. $11.942.96;
nearly completed.
No. 2-Concrete bridge near Fallon
Churchill county, sS.03s.54; nearly
completed.
No. 3-Concrete bridge near Fallon,
Churchill county. $12,454.14; nearly
completed.
No. 4--Graded road, Wilson canyon,
Lyon county, s26.947.75; completed.
No 5-Concrete bridge. Wilson
canyon, Lyon county. s11,743.60; pro-
crossing.
No. 6-Gravel road, Tonopah east
Nye county, s4O,095.22; finished in two
months.
No. Gravel road. Robinson can
von, White Pine county. $70,201.96;
finished in three months.
No. S-Gravel road. Elko-Vivian
Elko county, s115.02762; finished in
three or four months.
No. 9-Graded road. Tonopah-Di-
vide, Esmeralda county, $36,934.49;
finished in forty days.
No. 10-Graded road. Battle Noun
tain west. Lander county, $29,60S.S0;
completed.
No. 11-Gravel road. Wilson can
Won, Lyon county. s3S,24S.46; finished
in three months.
No. 12-Concrete road, Reno-Huffa-
kers, Washoe county, $169,2S3.94;
pouring
No. 13-Concrete road. Reno-Sparks
washoe county, s42.233.12; nearly
ready to pour.
No 14-Grading, Washoe Summit
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