The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1927-12-23
new P AvEMENT
is OPENED ON
U. S. ROAD 81
Major Change Reported on
State Highway in Last
Week.

wa uuN0Nm
Opening of new concrete pave
ment on United States Rd. 50, be-
tween Otterbein and Monmorenci,
was the major change recorded in
the State Highway Department
traffic bulletin, issued today from
the office Of Director John D. Will
liams.
Roads impaired by high water
and freezing were. reported being
rapidly brought back into f1rst-claSS
condition and ready for use over
the weekend.
Surface conditions, detours, bridge
run-arounds, etc., for the week Of
Dec. "a to 80, are set forth in the
bulletin as follows:
No. Good stone surface from Rd. so to
No. 3--Bridge run-around one mile four
miles and five miles south of Fl. Wayne.
Remove Kokomo Detour
Rd; eff flood waters cover road there
marked one-half mile west Of Kendaliviile;
of Brimheld.
Rd. Short detour hve and one-half
traffic bridges at eight and ten miles north
OF Madison.
No. s--Run-around via Mt. Etna for
bridge construction.
Warsaw. |
q. S. No, 2o-one -half-mil6 detour at
Rolling Prairie is over einder road. De-
Grange 'ts e BfgusSs f9srs IS ns srss o.
o. s. No. 24-Short detour. in Kentland.
Detour Just east OF Huntington.
y, s; No; 27-Bridge rln-arounds south
# %ac ss a dO S we sGp LS Of I and
miles north Of RicSmoad. pstoar two
and one tenth miles south OF Richmond.
No. 29-Run-around Just north of inter-
section of Rds. 30 and 26. Bridge rum
arounds at north edge Of Knox and i've
miles north Of La Porte to junction Of
Rd. 20 for construction.
u. s. No. so-short detour Just east Of
Hamlet. in Plymouth and east of Etna
o. s. No. s1-Three-nlile detour eleven
miles miles north Of Kokomo is replaced by
around one mile north of Peru.
Detour Near Lapel
No. 22-Run- arounds at one and one
half miles east and one and one-half
eaa eG ss' IesanSn Short e'U dstoas
around bridge, construction near Lapel.
Detour fve miles west OF Anderson.
NO. -of-OctOuI5 IOE local IrHulC JUST
east of Jamestown and between Pittsboro
ana Brownsburg. Through traffic between
lndianapolis and Charlottesville should use
81 and 80 via Lebanon.
No 35-Narrow road between Corydon
and Palmyra. iEt
~. s.. No, s6-Payement between Dam
detour at Abner'S Greek, but shoulders are
incomplete. !.
No: s711Driye carefully past workmen
south of ,Grantsburg,
No. 29-Detour six miles south of Frank
fort account of bridge out.
y, 8. No; 4l-Gravel approaches to sew
s s;;il,, new bridges between Vincennes and
Of Attica to Boswell and from i Esn HHr1d
to three miles north for paving, Detour
at St. John to Dyer
No.. 43-Detour four miles north of
Charlottesville. Bridge run around at -
miles north Of Romney.
No ,4ewRHridge .run-asound three and
TuS,-aTond ns iye eaS1 sd o. Nasnyilie: Bridge
of Bloomington. TEt
No So1 71ss Rd: $50 Is under construction
to-New Albany traffic should route Via
thence over I'd. $50 to New Albany y T ThheIl:
ton. especially In wet weather. Bridge
runsaround seven miles east Of BEDFORD
%s V west west st aToTa Ss
many sharp turns.
Close Sc for Construction
u 3. No. 52-Drive carefully northwest
Q! Morristown while workmen are finishing
No. 5e-Bridge run-arounds three-tenths
Of mile west Of Arthur and six and one-
han miles east of Paoli. Closed for con-
struction between West Baden and PaoIi.
petour marked. Earth surface between
salem and Scottsburg impossible most of
Time. Temporary bridge between Madison
ana Vevay for one-way traffic. Detour
around bridge construction at one mile
west or Vevay, part of which is narrow.
No. 57-Ferry White River at Rogers.
WITH Two miles earth road across river
bottoms between Rogers and Sandy Hook
lmpaSSable in wet weather. (Traffic best
route via Monroe City and Wheatland
over good gravel road.) Detour South Of
washington account bridge construction
ana brioge run-around at three miles
north OF Washington. N
No: 62-New pavement is open on I'd.
~ between Corydon and New Albany.
No. 6S-Bridge run-around Ave miles
north OF Mt. Vernon.
:, No. 66-Detour between Evansville and
Newburg account widening. impossible
between Newburg and Hatfield with no de-
tour. Through traffic avoid Sc and Evans
ville-Rockport traffic route via Rds' 45
and 81 until further notice.
NO; 61-Short detour in Edwardsport ac-
count bridge construction. Bridge run
around four miles and four and four
tenths miles east Of Gosport.
~, B. No. 150-Under construction from
west Baden and French Lick to Paoii.
Inere is local detour between West
Baden and Paoli. "oS'