The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-09-16
PLANS ARE PREPARED
FOR S. MILES PAVING
SIX MILE LINK BETWEEN AL
BANY AND FREEPORT WILL
BE BUILT EARLY IN 1927
GRADING WEST OF CITY
TO PRECEDE PAVING TO ALEX
ANDRIA WITHIN TWO YEAR
= PERIOD

,ween Freeport and Albany extend
other paved routes in several direc-
Mons and prepare the way for other
pavement extensions was
today by Charles M. Bah
,ock, state highway commissioner.
More paving in the lake country OF
northwest Minnesota, extension OF
paving on two routes which serve the
state are part of the program, part OF
which is to get under way this fall
The list includes IS miles of paving
Important items on the program
announced today are: /,
Fourteen miles of paving from
Wyoming to Harris, the last link
in the pavement to Duluth on
Highway No. + =.
Almost, six miles of paving
from Albany to Freeport, con-
Meeting Sank Centre Mime
sofas Main Street"-with Min
11eapolis by paving. p. -..>
Fifteen miles of paving on
Highway No. 8, connecting Wi
mona with La Crosse.
A 20-mile paving from Moor
head to Hawley, heavily trav-
eled link on the highway to
Fargo, N. D.
Grading of IL miles beyond
Sank Centre, expected to pre-
cede paving most of the way
to Alexandria.
Grading of 10 miles of road
on Highway No. 5, from St.
Peter. north to the IeSueur
county line, preliminary to adj
ditional paving on the import
ant Minneapolis-Manka road.
Improvement of the Cannon
Falls-Hampton road on No. so
which connects Rochester and
the rest of southeastern Min
nesota with Minneapolis.
Bids are to be opened October
and construction will start his fall
Larger revenues from motor vehicl
taxes and gasoline tax made the i'm
provements possible.
A section of Highway No. 1, be
tween Rock Greek and Rush City
was ordered closed today by tn
highway department, recent rain
the road impossible.
Marking the gu. S." routes in TIL
state will be completed this week,
highway bulletin said today.
The complete list of projects an
nounce today by the department is:
Paving
T. H. No. Wyoming to
Harris, 1873 miles.
T. II. No. 2-Moorhead to
Hawley, 20 miles.
T. H. No. 3-River Junction
and Noble, 14.6 miles; River
Junction to La Crosse IL
miles; Albany to Freeport, ST.
miles,
Crawling and Shouldering
T. H. No. Between Rush
City and Harris, 4.4 miles,
shouldering
T. II. No. S-Near Wilton,
one mile, gravel surfacing; east
and west of Shevlin, 7.8 miles,
gravel; Wilton through Solway,
8.4 miles, gravel; from Lengthy
east, 81 miles, gravel; between
Bena and Ball Club, 8.5 miles,
gravel.
T. H. No. 11-Ericsburg to
st. Louis county line, Is miles
gravel.
Grading
T. III. No. Between Aitkin
and Lansford, LA miles, exca-
walton; four bridges.
I. II. No. Between Osakis
and West Union, 81 miles, ex-
cavation; between La Noble and
Pleasant Valley, near Winona,
6.5 miles, excavation; three
bridges and one culvert; be-
tween West Union and Sank
Centre, 6.2 miles excavation;
two bridges.
T. III. No. Between Nary
and Lake George, in Hubbard
ID county, b. miles, excavation.
T. III. No. Between lie
Sueur and north county line,
7.3 miles, excavation; between
" lie Sueur and St. Peter, 1915
miles, and two bridges.
T. H. No. From Balaton
". eastward, 40 miles.
~. Il. FL. No. 14-Fairfax to
Franklin, 11.t3 miles; Franklin
s to Morton, 4.6 miles, and one
bridge.
81 T. II. No. 40-Austin to
@ Blooming Prairie, Is miles.
T. III. No. 50-Between Can
non Falls and Hampton, Go
miles.
T. Oh. No. 67-Southeast of
Granite Falls, bridge.
T. III. No. 68-Retween Tau
ton and Porter, 3 miles.
I White shields with 1lle words Mir
nesota and U. S. in black, and wit
numbers in black, are being used t