The Indianapolis times., 1928-06-15
new PAVING ON
STATE ROAD 81
OPENED TODAY
Improvement of Highway
to Charlottesville Ready
for Traffic.

New concrete pavement was
opened today on State Rd. "a. the
indianapolis Charlottesville Rd., and
detourS between jamestown and
Lizton, Pittsborro and Brownsburg,
were removed from the traffic
bulletin of the Indiana Highway
Department states.
Bltuminous paving is proceeding
rapidly in several places according
to Director John D. Williams, but
has been handicapped because of the
1ncessant rain
Surveys for the week show much
progress made on Rd. 81, between
Corydon and Lanesvillee, Rd. so,
near DillsbOro, and Rd. 27, adjacent
to Pokagon State Park.
General road conditions were
listed as follows:
Rd. 2-Detour from Belshaw, near Rd.
II. to east edge of Lowell is six miles
Rd. 3-Detour two miles north of Muncie
to Hartford City is eighteen and one half
miles. Detour from Petroleum to Bluff
Rd. 7-One-way traffic bridges eight and
ten miles north of Madison. Bridge run
around six and one-half and seven and
one-hadf miles north Of Madison;
at Mt. Etna are open to light traffic only
Rd. 10IDetour east from, Culver is three
and 0nehalfii iio miles Bridge rgparound
U. S. No. 20-Detour from Lagrange to
Steuben County line is seventeen miles.
Detour in Elkhart. while city is making
-.U, s. Rd. 54-Detour from Monticello to
Idayille is nine miles. Detour, Just east
re. 25-Detour from Logansport to
ROCHESTER is thirty-one miles.
Middlefork is three miles.
U. s. Rd. 27-Detour north from Liberty
Is four and one-half miles. Bridge run
City to Winchester Detour one-half mile
west OF BE Berne ,6 to one mile south Of Mon.
Angola to two and one-half miles north
OF Michigan line is fifteen miles EN-
trance to State Park is open from the
Rd. 2s-Bridge run-arounds three and
eight miles east OF Romney and nine miles
Of Romney is three miles Detour five five
miles east of Attic2- is five miles Detour
from Farmland to ofi-'osAas@9r.
burg is three miles. Bridge run-around
six miles north of Wine=>Ne Three bridge
run-arounds at Beardstowr} at one-fourth
mile south and one-fourth mile west of
Bass Lake: Detour from two miles north
of La Porte to Jet. of Rd 20, is two and
one-half miles. (Open to light traffic
II. s. Rd. so-Run around at Erie R. r.
Crossing two miles east of Schererville;
one-hilf miles. Detour seven and one-half
miles cast of New Haven. is six miles.
Rd. 32-Detour around bridge construc-
tion one and one-half miles west of No
bleSville is four and one-half miles De-
tour Just east of Lapel is one and one
Rd. 34~Detour from veedersburg to Rd.
Al Is one and one-half miles. Through
traffic between indianapolis and CraW-
fordsville should use Rds. So and 80 via
Rd. 37-Detour from twenty-one miles
CONSTRUCTION between Bedford and Bloom
year as new road is on rs per cent re-
location and traffic uses old road.
Rd. 38-Detour seven miles east of New
castle is three miles Detour east Of
Hagerstown is Dne and one-half miles
y. s; Rd. 40-Bridge run-around at
u. S. Rd. 41-Detour one-mile north of
Vincennes is two and one-half miles. De-
tour from Busseron to Oaktown is three
miles. Detour at Jet. of Rd. "a is two
miles. Detour from five miles north of
Attica to Boswell is sixteen miles. De-
tour at, south edge of Kentland is one
half mile. Bridge run-around two miles
north of Kentland. Detour from st.
John TO- Jet. of Rd. 30 is FIVE miles.
Rd. 45-Detour from Gentryville to
Huntingburg is eighteen miles Three and