The Mankato free press., 1922-07-07
ROAD STATUS

The Following Is the report or
road conditions In the Mankato dis
trict as made by Ray j. Short, Su
Iperintendent of maintenance in dis
trict No. fourteen.
IA detour is being marked on
trunk highway No. in West Man
kato to detour traffic ito the South
Front Street while that Street is
being paved between the Milwaukee
rack and the intersection of Trunk
Highway No. 8 and the Good Thun :
der road. This Street no doubt will
be closed for a period of at least
six weeks. y
state equipment has been trans
fered to Mankato for the purpose of
scarifying and sharing of Front
street and Third avenue on trunk
highway. No. 5, Madison and Rhine
Streets on Trunk Highway No. 7
and a portion of Trunk Highway No.
80 from Warren Street toward Ma
pleton, all or which lies within the
city of Mankato This work is being
done to prepare the streets fore a
treatment of Oil.
| Grading work is well under way
between GAINESVILLE and the Nine
Mile Corner two miles east Of Eagle
Lake on Trunk Highway No. Z.
Traffic is being detoured to the
North around this construction.
Gravel surfacing of Seventh
Street, City of Blue Earth, is near
| of First Street of that city will
then be started. When gravel sur
facing of these streets has been
coinpla.ed hard surfaced road will
be complete through that city on
trunk Highway No. 9.
Negotiations are being made for
additional right of way at the right
angle turn on trunk highway No. Is
one and one half miles North OF
Truman to provide for construction
of a very safe turn at that point.
Three miles of very heavy reshap-
ing has been completed on the nine
mile section of highway between
this corner and the st. James Ma
della paved road the balance of the
nine miles will be reshaped with
in a few weeks. A short section OF
pavement is being placed at the
"A detour has been marked on
| trunk highway No. 15 to detour
traffic around the portion Of road
which is now being paved. This de-
tour begins at the corner south
east of Lewisville running west one
mile and North four miles to the
! intersection of the Madelia st.
James paved road 4 a.&
\ "The marking of trunk highway
No. 16 through the City Of St. James
is being completed at this time. AS
the steel lamp posts have such deep
grooves as to prohibit stenciling,
metal plates are being used, such
plates being clamped to the posts
In such manner as to make them
easily seen.
Construction on trunk highway
No. 21 between Cleveland and st.
torily. When this Highway is COM
plete 1t will make very scenic
drive as the Highway winds around
the hills and affords a very good
view of the surrounding country. At
certain point a cut was made of
sixty Eve feet in depth and not far
distant is I'LL of nearly equal
height. This heavy excavation ana
Ifll was necessary to obtain the
maximum or five per cent grade.
Thus Eliminating the bad steep
grade which have been encountered
here to for on this highway"
st. Paul July Minnesota trunk
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| geI1erally IN advance. OF Fourth of July
travel as summarized in the bulletin
issued today by the state highway de-
partment. Based upon reports from
sixteen maintenance superIntendents
! of so-called Babcock roads, the new
bulletin follows:
No. Good Albert Lea, st. Paul, Du-
luth and North Shore.
No. Q Good Carlton to Moorhead.
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breckenridge. ..-
No. 1 Good jackson to International
No. Good Blue Earth. Minneapolis
No 6 Good Luverne, ortonville and
No. I Good winona, Mankato and
No. Il Good Twin Cities; Granite
No. Is Good Albert Lea. 1waseca. and
No. il Good Gaylord. Redwood Falls
land Ivanhoe. n" .r.sa-st
No. Is Good Mankato. Window and
No. IL Good Fulda. Marshall and Gra-
No, 20 Good Canton. Rochester and
Cannon Falls. -
No. q Good Zumbrota, Faribaulti and
No. 70 Good st. Peter. Hutchison
and Paynesyille. -. =
No. 3S Good Montevideo, Benson and
No. 50 Good Mankato, Wells and n.
T.. H. No. 9. w..
No. 40 Good Fair Lyle, Austin and
Owatonna- ~. >
No. ii Good Blooming Prairie and
No. ~ Good M. T. H. No. I at Doty,
Elgin, Plainview and Kellogg.
No. 43 Good Rushford and Winona.
| No. AZ Good Slayton and Pipestone.
No. 4S Good Granite Falls good Clark
! feld Fair detour Candy. .
| No. 40 Good Montevideo good Clara
City Good Willmar.
| No. 81 Good Shakopee and Chaska.
| No. 56 Good Kenyon. Dodge Center
No: 81 Good Mantorvillc and NJ. T. H.
No. 50 Good Fair Spring Valley, Ro-
chester and Lake City. ..
No. go Good Faribault and Madison
No. ss Good Montevideo and Apple
No. ss Good Marshall good Minneota
Good Candy. .. y
No. 10 Good Sleepy Eye good fair
Fairfax Good Hector.
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