Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1925-08-06
IMPORTANT PROJECTS
AMONG HIGHWAY JOBS
New Paving on Heavy Traffic
Sections and Added Grading
And Graveling ON List For Let
ting Aug. Is.

iHc heavily LIdS6lCQ SSCtl0n
Eof Trunk Highway No. l between
the Twin Cities and Duluth,
every mile Of which is used on
a daily average by from 1000 to
nearly 5000 vehicles, will be
paved practically its entire
length by the end of 1926.
More than Is miles of new paw
ing will be contracted soon from
Shakopee through Jordan on T.
H. No. 5. the heavy duty artery
through Mankato serving south
ern and. southwestern Minnesota
travel to the Twin Cities.
Paving will be contracted also
between Belle Prairie and Brain
erd on T. H. No. q. extending the
states longest strip of continuous
hard-surfacing which within a
year will run from a point six
miles south of Owatonna through
st. Paul and Minneapolis to
Brainerd, a distance Of 208 miles.
Foregoing statements were
made this week by Charles M.
Babcock, state highway commits
sioner, announcing a call for bids
Aug. rs on part of the paving
projects, also more than 20 miles
of grading. 80 miles of crawling.
40 miles of shoulder filling on
new paving, IL bridges of more
than 500 feet combined length
and 100000 lineal feet of cable
guard-rail on many sections.
Nearly Is miles of new paving is
included in the new letting list,
and will be built ON sections serv-
ing from three to more than ten
times the traffic that can be econ
omically and satisfactorily car
ried on graveled roads.
Next years receipts from auto
and gas taxes are being antici-
pated to finance some of the
work. Some of the undertakings
will not be completed until next
year and winter preparatory
operations following early con
tracing is expected to bring
lower figures.
While the heaviest expendi
lures will be on routes used by
the largest numbers of automo
bile and truck owners who are
furnishing all trunk highway
funds, the list for the August let
ting includes many improvements
widely distributed over The
system that all sections of the
state may share in the good
roads benefits.
Included in the new call fol-
bids are the following undertake
lings:
Il. III. No. -Owatonna-Faribault
ll4.3 miles shoulder work on new paw
ling. estimated to cost $4,000: Htnck-
Iley-FriesIand. 40 miles concrete paw
ing al $4,000: Finlayson Corner
Sturgeon Lake, 1876 miles paving. al
$4,000
III. No. a-Pleasant Valley near
Winona. O.s-miIe grading and 75-ft,
bridge. at $780, 900; Kellogg Minnesota,
III.2f miles shoulder work. at $4,000;
Lake City-Red Wing. 11.65 miles
shoulder work. at $1,000; Newport-St
Paul Park. AZ miles shoulder work,
at $4,000.
| II. III. No. 5-North OF Blue Earth
liz miles, 100-ft. bridge. at $4,000:
Jordan southwark. 1871 miles of paw
ling. at $4,000: Jordan-Shakopee,
Ina miles OF paving. at 100000.
| r. VI. No. 6--Euclid-w Warren. 14.3
miles grading and left. bridge. at
| $4,000
T. N. No. aforementioned
Ina miles grading and soft. bridge,
at $4,000: west Of Owatonna. Soft
bridge al $4,000.
T. n. No. s-Lengby eastward. 6
miles grading. al $4,000.
r.. W.. No. s-Near Houston. three
90 60 and soft bridges. at $4,000;
Blue Earth City eastward, smile
grading and channel change. at $1,000.
r. n. No. 10-Pennock westward.
az miles grading. at $4,000.
r.. n. No. 15-Northrup-Truma 3
miles grading at $15.0D0.
T.. II. No. 27-Belle Prairie Brain
erd. 25.4 miles paving. at $700. 900.
T.. n. No. f5-In Saltwater. smile
grading. at $4,000.
r. N. No. 56-Hayfeld-Dodge Cen
ter. s.5 miles gravel surfacing. at
| $25, 200.
r. ". No. 5s-Rochester north,
three concrete culverts at 5000:
Rochester north. 11.s miles gravel
surfacing. at $4,000
r. X. Ne. 64-Rotthsay-EI Elizabeth.
13-2 miles grading. al $4,000.
r. n. Ne s5-Through Echo, Ill
miles gravel surfacing. al $4,000.
Y. n. Ne es-Porter-Canby. 10
miles grading. at ss0.0eo.
More than seven miles of steel
cable guard-rail. which completes
the list of projected new con-
struction, is estimated at approx
| imafely 800 OO0