The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1921-04-20
Structure Between Union City and
MIneo to Boost Meridian High
way Work 10 Now De.
Ing Rushed
TO BE COMPLETED IN
FALL PLANS PROVIDE
10 Federal Project; Grady Officials
Try Get Hard Surface Deal
Through to Help With :
Agawam Sand

The work of welding one OF the
most important links In the Meridian
highway. from Winnipeg TO the Gulf
of Mexico is going forward as rap
idly as possible. the link In question
being the bridge across the Cana.
dian river between Union City and
Minco. where crew OF workmen are
busy ON the construction OF the ii6i
foot structure.
With the completion OF this bridge,
expected next fall. the last barrier to
the tourists between Canada and
Mexico will be removed and the ira.
veler can start at Winnipeg and step
on 'er"till he gets to the Rio Grande,
Until the bridge Is completed, as In
the past, the tourists will have TO
depend on the ferry TO pilot him
across the Canadian, the alternative
being the negotiating of heavy
stretches of sand through the bed
of the river at low tide.
To Cost s2s2,ooo
The bridge Is known as Oklahoma
Federal Aid Project No. IL and is
to be completed at a cost of $780,
900. Half of this amount is to be
paid by the federal government while
the remainder of the expense Is to
be carried by Grady and Canadian
counties, each paying clefourth of
the total amount.
The structure is to consist OF s
144-foot steel spans with an 1Sifoot
roadway and with reinforced con-
crete floor to be approximately a
quarter Of mile in length. The
piers of reinforced concrete extend
to shale at about 26 feet below wa
ter. The floor is being constructed
at % feet above the low water
mark. AT the north end, on the
Canadian county side, a dirt ap.
proach about 1000 feet in length
is to be built and at the south end
of the bridge, on the Grady county
side. a dirt approach approximately
a mile in length is called for by
the specifications.
May Hard-Surfaee Approach
The expense of constructing the ap-
proaches is to be borne by Canadian
and Grady counties. The Chickasha
Chamber. of Commerce, the Grady
county engineer and the Grady coun.
ty commissioners, are working on a
plan whereby they hope to get the
mile stretch of approach on the Gra-
dy side hard-surfaced, through fed
eral aid project.
1t is estimated that the cost Of
putting in the dirt approach Of a
mile on the Grady county side, will
be $4,000. 1t is the plan of Grady
county officials to take the PROPOSE
tion up with the federal government
highway officials looking toward a
plan of cooperation in hard-surfac-
ing this approach, using county mo-
ney and federal aid funds.
Work on AgaWam Sand.
South of Chickasha, near Agawam
are several stretches of deep sand
They form another barrier to con
venient travel over the Meridian
highway through Grady county. II
is planned by the county officials
and Chamber of Commerce of Chick
asha to effect a deal whereby fed
eral aid may be applied, not only tC
the Grady approach to the Canadian
bridge, but to hard-surfacing stretch
es of the Agawam sand.
1t is estimated that with the $40
900 which would be required to pu
the mile stretch of dirt approach t,
the Canadian bridge in shape, tn
approach may be hard surfaced ant
in addition the worst stretches O
sand in the Agawam district like
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