Milford chronicle., 1925-10-09
MILFORD -REHOBOTH
ROADABOUT FINISHED
Concrete All Poured From Brick
Granary Fill To Overlook.
Working On Bridges Now.

The Roberts Paving Company
completed the concrete roadway
part of their contract with the State
Highway Department, this week and
they are working on the bridges al
the Brick Granary and NAPLES Mill.
The road across the fills at Brick
Granary and at NAPLES Mill, will
not be paved with concrete at this
time-sO we are informed, but a
road such as that over the Freder-
ica Causeway in Kent county, on the
du POnt Boulevard, will be built for
temporary use, until the final set
tling of the filled-in road bed has
/ arrived, when it will be connected
up with concrete.
With the exception of the bridges
and fills at the Brick Granary and
NAPLES Mill, the new road will be
opened for travel about the last of
October, which will give with these
exceptions, a completed highway
from Milford to Overlook.
This week the HarmOn-Burrows
Company, who have the contract to
build the lower end of the road from
NAPLES Mill, to Five Points, near
Lewes, completed the pouring of ce-
ment as far as Overlook and moved
the equipment from there to Five |
Points. They will pour the concrete
from Five Points to Overlook and |
when this is done in the next two |
weeks, the road will be completed. |
with the exception of bridges and F,
fills.
The bridges at Red Mills, near
Nassau, are completed and ready for
the roadway to be built over them.
At Cedar Creek (Brick Granary)
the piling is all in place and the
two piers are being poured this week
and the forms for the abutments are
being placed. Next week this bridge
should be above tide water. The
fill at this point is rapidly nearing
completion.
At NAPLES Mills the concrete pill
ing are ready to drive and the driv-
ing machinery is being set in place
ready to start work The fill at this
place is completed and waiting for
the bridge.
At the Deep Branch" between
NAPLES Mill and Overlook, a small
bridge is under construction and the {
ill at this point is over a very deep I
and soft bottom, which has been {
blown out with dynamite and filled I
with gravel.
Grading gangs are working at
several places along the line, build s
ng shoulders and cutting grade j
litches for drainage.
1t is possible that the few fills
nay not be in shape to have the G
Dad built over all of them this fall, !
ret they will be fenced and opened I
or traffic and be passable for gen S
raj use. y
The road is now open and in use -
rom Milford to the Brick Granary a
D Winter Benefits home, with only "
very short detour at the Brick ;,
over the old road and -
ridge, which is in or will be in good y
Ondition for use during the winter,
hOuld the bridge not be ready for y
'affic. u
The road from Milford to the Five ~ Az
Oints is one of the longest con- 11;.'
.ruction operations, and it will - -
hen finished and the bridge over "
lie BrOadkiln River placed, shorten 81,
lie mileage between Milford and HI
ehoboth slightly over ten miles.
ngineer John Kitchens of the
ighway Department has that part
the road from NAPLES Mill to Five
Oints under his construction. II
Should the weather remain open
it'll after December 1st the road
ill be practically completed for
inter use. q,