The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1921-07-18
DEMAND CONCRETE
BRIDGE APPROACHES
Gadsden County Board OF Trade axes
Action on Victory Bridge
Matter.

The GadSden county DoeiIu "a Iduc
las adopted resolutions urging that
the approaches to the Victory bridge
across the Chattahoochee be of con-
crete and not of wood. The resolu-
ton sets forth the great value of the
bridge as a link in the main highway
and asks that it be made permanent
by the use of concrete, instead Of
temporary by the use of wood.
The resolution follows:
Whereas, The Florida state road de-
partment has advertised for bids on
constructing the approaches to the
bridge over the Apalachicola river on
State Road No. l, known as Victory
bridge and same will be received on
July 26, 1921; and
Whereas, In justice to North Florida
and to the counties that have already
issued bonds in payment of their share
of the cost of said structure complete,
as well as for reasons of sound bust
ness economy, in the interest of the
welfare and development of the state
of Florida, said bridge should be built
entirely of concrete, including both
approaches thereto, and said work
should be completed in first-class
manner at the earliest date practical
BILE that will insure proper attention
to all details of said important struc-
ture; and
Whereas, Said State Road No. is a
portion of the trans-continental high
way connecting Florida with Cali
fornia and known as the Old Spanish
Trail, and which highway is the only
such one travelable the entire year,
the northern routes being impossible
on account of snow and ice during
some Of the winter months, and said
southern route will develop an enor-
nous amount of motor traffic in the
, near future, increasing each year; and
whereas, temporary approaches uf
wood will not only mar the appearance
of this bridge, but will later on cause
serious inconvenience and interruption
to traffic when the permanent APP
proaches are being constructed, and
temporary approaches will have to be
paid for by the state, whereas if per-
manent concrete approaches are con-
structed now a large part of the cost
can be paid with federal aid fund, and
will thus save to the state many
thousands of dollars which would
otherwise be wasted in cost of tenn
porary work on approaches; and
I Whereas, 1t will be to the best in
terest of the entire state of Florida,
as well as benefit to the public, to
not open this said bridge to traffic
until 1t is fully completed, and it will
not work any hardship upon the pub
| lie now using the ferry crossing at this
point to continue to do so for the ad-
ditional length of time required to
| build permanent approaches there;
| therefore, be it
Resolved, BY the Gadsden Board OF
Trade, that we petition, and do hereby
respectfully petition the state road
department of the state of Florida to
construct the eastern approach to said
/ bridge on State Road No. in Gads-
| den county Of concrete, and to not
award any contract for the building of
| any temporary approach to said
bridge; that this work be FASTENED
| while federal aid is available for same;
that there be no unnecessary delay in
completing said State Road No. 1 be-
tween Pensacola and Jacksonville.
| That copy of this resolution be for
warded by the secretary to the state
| road department and to the press, and
a copy be sent to the chamber of COM
merce of Mariana, Florida. with re-
quest to take similar action.
| Adopted at Quincy, Fla, July Il,
1921.