The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1925-08-21
new pavement
| OPENED TOTALS
Eighteen Miles
Traffic Admitted to RdadS 81
and II, Says State
Bulletin.

unfortunately eighteen miles OF
new pavement have been opened 10
traffio on Rds. 81 and IL between
Pendleton and Alexandra via AN
derson. John y. Williams, director
of the State highway commission,
announced today. The new paved
stretch OH Rd. 81 between Amer
son and Muncie is nearly completed
and unless unforeseen obstacles
nrevent. likely VIII be open to trafrlc
in three weeks.
The last bridge detour on NO
near Falkland will be opened to
traffic Saturday noon, and traIIlc
will have continuous pavement pc
tween indianapolis and Shelbyvllle.
C,1Ivert construction on this same
road Is completed just south OF
Czreengbr1rg. the bulletin said. A
new bridge also has been opened on
No. 2s a. mile and half south Oh
Writ. and a run-around 1nstaueo on
N,o 40 at the entrance OF Chfty Fans
PARK near Madison, where ne"
bridge will go up and the ROAD
widened to care for traffic to and
from this State park.
Surface conditions Of roads enter
ing Indianapolis, are set forth IN
the bulletin as follows:
No. / New Albany. indianapolis. South
Pend Nichjgsn hne)-Pavement from
franklin to Peru, One-way traTI a4i,, 19 VI
b tgiid being repaired in Peru. Run,
sround at two and one-half plles n ortGn
81 seTmours Follow Old State Rd- L south
Oh No 3 Richmond. Indianapolis. TerTe
|Tost of Richmond. Short dStour sFounu
rosdwideniRnqg project az ibTTg fndianapo
lis LAFAYETTE. Oxford Fragment rom from
INDIANAPOLIS to shelbyville. Culysrt 1S con
ss61c'io Account bridge construction detour
west on Rd. So at Lebanon tS9.st urn on
county road through Tho-ntown TO PoadE ~
four miles north of ThorntoWn; snort ue
to1r marked at eleven miles south OF La
JayeJIe through StockweIl. zx,I,
No Is Indianapolis. Logansport, Mlcnss
lean CitV) Closed for six miles south OF
Logansport. account consuuclon' goOu U0-
'og 10 s. re English, Paon. Bedford, Bloom
ipgton, Martinsvfle. Indianapollsl- be-
tween Martinsvile and Bloomington and
ali summer for paving. (T,hrouIgh 1T trans nc
between MartiLsv1I a1a B1o G ~ 'P Tbere
IL psssab3e detour in dry weather be
tween these cities. but it is thirteen mules IS
long six miles being earth. impossible IN
wet weather. Detcur road also Is narrow
and two vehicles can not pass IN man, many
blasting at new bridge two p Rn6for south tn
State Rd. f. II ence southeast on b1-
luminous macadan road via R1verdale TO
No % at Mitchell. This detour is thlr-
teen and one-haf miles longi all over ex.
celient Improved road, and has no grace .
crossings. Local traffic can use Leather
wood Greek dstonr but must must f eSTSse
wood Creek and at Monon grade cross
ing From Paoli Is a county rock road TO
Grantsburg via Marengo and English.
Avoid south. of Grantsburg account con-
etruction and no detour road.
No. 81 Indianapolis, Anderson. Nun
cie)-Closed from Muncie via Anderson to
Pendleton for paving: detour marked.
No SO Indianapolis. Rushv1lle. Brook-
vile, Ohio hne)---Closed between .Jul1etta
and Hawthorne Marion County, for wld-
enins and gradirg; East bound tra m 10 Sd
West-bound traffic detour over county
road. meeting National Rd, near Cumoer
land. thence on National Rd. to Indian