Arizona republican., 1922-03-18
GLENDALE HIGHWAY
PROJECT APPROVED

Although the state highway depart
ment has not been officially notified,
Thomas Maddox, state engineer said
yesterday, they have been advised
that federal aid project No 4S, which
is the paving a road between Glen
dale and Marinette has been ap-
proved by Henry Wallace. secretary
of agriculture. The approval Of Sec
retary Wallace, Mr.. Maddox said
TO the project is contingent upon the
elimination of a grade crossing over
the Santa F'e between Glendale and
Peoria at such a time as the bureau
of public roads believes that the traf-
fic on the road will demand the grade
separation,
The construction on the road will
start as soon as the plans and specl-
fications for the construction of the
road have been approved. Mr.. Mad
dock said. As the plans and specifi-
cations for this project are contingent
on other paving projects in Maricopa
county. it is believed. Mr.. Maddox
said, that no difficulty viii be en-
countered. The road between Glen
dale and Marinette and a road four
miles i'm length east of Mesa were not
included, Mr.. Maddox said, in the
recent bidding received by the Mari
copa county highway commission. and
bids will therefore have to be obtained
on these two projects Independently.
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HIGHWAYS WEATHER BULLETIN
Additional heavy snow in north
central part Of state has made roads
bad to impassable in that section.
River Crossings
E-brcnhapC and Daplya4s Eprt.frc
Open.
Sacaton: Very little water in river
at Sacaton; no trouble crossing.
Gillespie Dam: Crossing possible
Apache County
Springerville, National Old Trails,
Ocean to Ocean Highway; East. in
fine shape to Albuquerque. West,
good to Williams. muddy to Ash
Fork. Bridges all good.
Coehise County
Three to six inches of snow fell on
the 18th General condition OF roads
improved Use care in crossing Bis
bee divide.
coeonino County
Flagstaff Williams, hard surfaced
road, good. Williams to Ash Fork
surfaced. nearly completed; open for
travel snow and mud in places. Flag
staff Winslow, good; short stretches
of snow and mud. Grand Canyon
road open and passable some snow
and mud in timbered sections. Other
roads through timbered sections not
passable.
GiIa County
Roads are in good condition.
Graham County
Main county highways OF sand
gravel-clay type, conglomerate and
volcanic formations total length .164
miles, with numerous concrete fords
or washovers. All county roads in
good condition.
GreenIee County
All roads in Greenlee county in
good condition. Clifton Springer
vile road finished to Rose Peak, 40
miles from Clifton.
Marieopa County
Phoenix: Paved roads from is to
rs feet wide extend east and west
through Salt River valley for SO
miles north and south. 20 miles;
Chandler district, AZ miles; Glendale,
2S miles: Buckeye. 81 miles; total in
Guiding connecting paved roads. 100
miles. Valley roads generally fair;
to Wickenburg. fair from Wicken-
burg to Parker, good; to California
via Salome fair.
Mohave County
Old Trails east of Kingman in fair
condition. Old Trails from Kingman
west via Oatman to Topock in first
class condition; other roads fair.
Pima County,
From Tucson northward toward
Florence a concrete highway extends
nearly four miles. southwark toward
Nogales it extends nearly nine miles.
All other through roads good.
Pinal County
Concrete: Streets through Ray
and Superior. Gravel surface and
wei drained roads that withstand ef-
fects of rain: Florence to Ray, 40
miles; Mammoth TO Tucson. via
Oracle % miles in Pinal county.
Mesa TO Superior from Pinal county
line to within miles Of SUPERIOR
Superior toward Ray, miles: Flor
ence south toward Tucson. beginning
10 miles south OF Florence, S5 miles.
Graded but no surfaced: Florence
to Casa Grande, sos miles; Casa
Grande 10 Pima county line toward
Tucson, 80 miles; Casa Grande north
toward Chandler. 8 miles. All roads
in county in good condition.
Yuma County
Yuma Phoenix road: Yuma 10 La
gurta. 81 miles gravel surfaced road,
excellent condition Lagurta Wei
tom Moha wk- -Stanwix road fair con-
dition. Welton- Antelope Bridge road
good condition Antelope Bridge
Palomas- Aqua Caliente, goor condi-
ton. Dome Castle-D Dome QuartZsite-
Bouse road. good condition. Ehren-
berg Qartzsite- -Nicksburg road good
condition. Wcnden SalOme Nicks-
burg Bouse- Parker road good condi-
ton. Bouse Swansea road. good con-
dition. Calomc- Harrisburg road
poor condition. Blaisdcll- Fortuna
road i'm good condition.
ROBERT =. GRANT.