The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1923-01-21
! INF ORMATION ON.
h | c H " Ay WORK
Mayer Tells of Projects Now
Being Put Into Effect in
Alabama

section pertaining to road work.
Charles c. Davis, president of the
Birmingham Automobile club, had a
Mayer division engineer, operating
under the direction of Chief State
Highway Engineer w. E. Keller. In
conversation, it was gathered that
on account of the work being put
Into effect on the Montgomery high
way, and pending the completion of
this work, the following information
will undoubtedly be of considerable
benefit to those contemplating using
the various roads enumerated.
At Longview, it will be advisable
to detour to reach Calera. Coming
north from Montgomery the available
route is the south road from Calera
in northwesterly direction to the
Tuscaloosa road, to a point about two
miles west of Burgin, from which
point westerly course is followed
on the old Tuscaloosa road to an in
tersection of the heretofore Birming-
ham road coming north past Ebe-
! lezer church and Ellisyille church
into Siluria, from which point traffic
will go to Alabaster and follow the
present Montgomery highway to Pei
ham. The road between Acton and
Pelham will all be under work and
consequently detour via Helena
will be necessary.
| Pending completion beyond the
Cahaba bridge it was intended to
close the road to all traffic. but
\ it has been decided that a detour
will be kept open.
While speaking of the Montgom-
cry highway, it will not be amiss to
state that the present dangerous
grade crossing just this side of Ca
head bridge, and that the new Ca
haba bridge will probably be finished
and opened about May l.
| A Photographic reproduction of the
new bridge over the Mulberry Fork
of the Warrior river between Bangor
and Garden City will be found in this
issue. This bridge will be finished
in about 80 days. Considerable exca-
walton work will be necessary at the
south approach to make it available
for traffic. The plans and agreement
for this have been entered into with
the government to correct the situa-
ton. North of the bridge to Garden
City the road is under work which
is expected to be completed about the
middle of May.
| At present the Bankhead highway
west to Memphis is not advisable. all
| traffic being required to go via Tus-
caloosa. The state highway commits
sion is now building about nine miles
of road from the big Warrior river
to Jasper, the entire length of>whicf
is impossible in wet weather and the
completion of same is not expected
until about July. Beyond Jasper
there is under construction Is miles
| of road, from the Marion county line
to Guin. There still remains a stretch
of<22 miles, but the survey has been
made and plans o. KID and as soon
as contract Is let, actual work will
be started
On the Bankhead highway east
there Is a stretch of 81 miles west
from Helm toward Admission. Within
the period of the next 10 days sur
vey will be started eastward to the
Alabama Georgia state line.
The road from Tuscaloosa to Fay
cite embraces a distance of 26 miles
which is in fairly good condition
There is a stretch of about IL miles
of unimproved road, six miles OF
| which is a good, hard gravel. To in
dictate the ability of a car to travel
this road, Mr.. Mayer informed US that
there was a bus operating between
the two above points, making two
round trips daily.
The next stretch of road to be gone
over by the government engineer and
Mr.. Mayer will be between Argo and
the Etowah county line, distance
of 20 miles, which will connect Bir-
mingham and Gadsden by a good
hard surfaced road and will be
opened in about one year.
| Rarepfly nav generate brtdQA ha
been opened across Big Canoe creek
from which point there Is a fine piece
of road Of asphaltio concrete on stone
base, to Gadsder.
A new bridge at Tuscaloosa costing
100000 will be finished and opened
to traffic in about three weeks. As
a temporary proposition, a pontoon
bridge Is being used upon which traf-
fic CROSSES, pending the opening of
Much road work Is being done at
different points throughout the state
and we present this information
Through the columns of The. Age
| Herald to advise alr those inter-
Iested in this immediate locality.
| While in Montgomery last week,
Mr.. Davis was able to secure,
through the courtesy of Mr.. Keller,
a state highway map of large dlmen-
sions, which is now in the-process of
mounting, upon which all roads will
BIO indicated by different colored pins.
These pins will carry legend show
ing finished roads. improved roads
and other classes OF roads, as we'll as
those now under construction and
will be very interesting indeed as
regular reports will be furnished by
the state highway commission, and
all changes noted and made. This
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of the Automobile club in the Tut
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