Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1920-04-09
GOOD ROAD WORK
IN ARIZONA IS
GOING FORWARD
Huge Sums Are Being Spent
for Building New High
7 ways, Laying Pavement
and Bridge Building.

(Specinl Correspondence to The Journal
Phoenix, Ariz., April S.-When it
comes to building good roads the
administration of Arizona is max
ing good.
Despite the heavy obstacles, po-
litical and otherwise, which have
confronted Governor Campbell and
the highway department, the bien-
NAL period ending 1920 win see
more miles of highway constructed,
more miles of permanent pavement
laid, more bridges built and more
millions of federal aid secured
than during the preceding several
years since statehood.
In spite of all hindranCes the
Campbell administration is forg-
ing ahead on lis making pro-
gram in a manner to cause the vot-
ers to sit up and take note. A re-
view of developments with respect
TO the 1900 miles or more Of the
state highway system shows the
following;
Rodeo- Phoenix (Bankhead high
way, $40 miles, federal aid pro-
Ject extending thirty miles east
from Douglas now under way,
twenty-five miles OF concrete pay
ing between Douglas and Bisbee
now being completed from Bisbee
to Tombstone and from Tombstone
to Benson. road complete; from
Benson to Vail, work in progress;
from Vail to Tucson, complete;
from Tucson to Florence, four
miles of concrete paving out of
Tucson practically complete, in ad-
dition, twenty-five miles Of sur
faced road complete; from Flor
ence to Mesa. approximately TWEEN
ty-five miles of surfaced road COM
plete with new bridge across Queen
creek; Mesa to Tempe, building
concrete pavement; Tempe to
Phoenix, concrete pavement with
only three miles yet to be i'm
proved.
Tombstone Tucson, via Fair
banks and Empire. The portion of
TINS alternate route known as the
Borderland lying in Pima county is
now being constructed under the
supervision of the state.
Tucson Nogales, sixty-nine miles
Application filed for federal aid for
concrete paving estimated at $780,
600; will be completed this year
Franklin-Ph 240 miles:
Work between Franklin and Cliff
ton will be completed by summer
Clifton to Stafford now usable; SAT
ford to Globe federal aid approved
after some delay account of road
crossing Indian reservation. Con-
tract let for light steel structure
to span 500-foot gap washed out OF
ella river near San Carlos. Globe
to Miami, concrete pavement; Su-
perior to Miami, representing the
heaviest construction in the state
now being built with prison labo;
out of Superior, with preliminary
work for starting construction out
of Miami. For siXteen-mile unit
from Superior to- junction point
with Mesa Florence highway, sur.
vey complete, federal aid APP
approved.
Phoenix-Yuma, 200 miles: Phoe-
nix to Buckeye under Maricopa
county 100000 bond issue;
Yuma to Welton. work started, fed
eral aid approved.
Phoenix Ashfork, 16S miles:
Prospective bond issue in Yavapai
county may provide funds for i'm
provement of portion of this route
Prescott jerome, thirty miles;
Federal aid project, complete this
year.
Sringervile- Topeck cold Trails
highway, 400 miles: Thirty miles
constructed as state highway;
twenty-five miles ready for con-