The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1926-10-28
HIGHWAY BUILDING
SEASON NEAR CLOSE
MPCH PAVING, GRADING, GRAV-
ELING HAS BEEN CONFLICT
ED DURING THE YEAR
PREDECESSOR NEXT YEAR
SAUK CENTRE WILL BE CENTED
OF ACTIVITIES ON HIGH
WAYS THREE AND FOUR

November l, will mark the end of
the heavy construction season on
trunk highway work, according to
bulletin from the State Highway De-
partment. Practically all the pro-
Jects which have been under way all
summer are completed. Construc-
ton, however, is never at a stand
still and preliminary work has al
ready been started ON a number of
projects which are to be completed
next season.
Western Stearns county on High
way No. has been the scene of
much Highway activity during the
past season, and thanks to the COM
pletion of the paving into Albany the
detours between this city and the
Twin Cities are a thing of the past.
About six miles remains unpaved to
make solid belt of paving into the
Twin Cities and the contract for this
piece of work has been let and will
be completed and open to the public
before July first next year. There
will be no detour marks next season
as the route to be travelled will be a
good one.
The outlook for next year indicates
that this city will be the headquarters
Of Highway activities for Is months
or more. Contracts for the grading
of No. 3 between Sank Centre and
Osakis has been let and some work
on these contracts will be done this
fall. 1t is within the range of posi-
bilities that paving on No. 3 west
will he StoTtad npyt uaar
Within a short time the Highway
Commissioner will definitely desig-
nate> the route of No. between this
city and Long Prairie.
The largest undertaking of the
year was the paving of IT, miles
on T. H. No. 1, between ST. Paul
and. Duluth. Seven contractors have
been at work on this road and six
of them are completing their work
on schedule time. Pavement is now
completed, though not all open, from
St. Paul to Wyoming, from Rock
Creek to Pine City and from Mission
Greek to Duluth. The contractor
working between Pine City and Mis-
sion Creek may be able to finish, with
favorable weather, otherwise this will
be done early in the spring. Con-
tracts were let this fall for the stretch
from Wyoming to Rock Creek to be
completed by July 1, giving continu-
Gus pavement from the Twin Cities
to the head of the lakes.
Other pavement laid this year is as
follows:NT H. No. 3, Wabasha to
Kellogg, Winona to Minnesota, ST.
Joseph to Albany; T. H. No. 5 Shak-
opee to LIE Sueur county line; T. h.
No. 10, east of Wayzata; T. H. No.
27, Belle Prairie to Brainerd. All of
this pavement is now completed and
opened, except the stretches from WI
mona to Minnesota and the upper end
of the project between Belle Prairie
and Brainerd, both of which will be
opened the first or second week in
November
In addition to this, contractors are
completing the last of 324 miles of
grading, 567.1 miles of crawling and
Sc bridges. This does not include
any of next years projects on which
work has been started. This work
has been scattered over all sections
of the state, but among the heavier
projects have been 52.3 miles of grad
ing on T. H. No. 6, between Moor
head and Warren, 81 miles of grad
ing between Bemidji and Crookston,
%. 5 miles of grading on T. H. No.
IL from international Falls to st.
Louis county line, 15.9 miles on T.,
H. No. 5, from Shakopee to Mime
apolis, IL. 6 miles on T. H. No. 81.
Frequent and heavy rains during the
latter half of the season have ham,
pered the work, but most of the con-,
tracts are being completed nearly on
time. Traffic has not been seriously
Inconvenience except on No. II,
where no detour was available and.
where rains have frequently made
the stretch under CONSTRUCTION i'm
passable.
In addition to contract jobs, the
maintenance division has graveled 81
miles, reshaped 213 miles and resur-
faced SAT miles. The maintenance
division has also oiled or tarred PA
miles and applied calcium chloride as
a binder to 492 miles. The close OF
the season finds less than ten per cent
of the trunk highways system unsur-
faced.