The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-01-20
HEAVY LOADS
! ARE BARRED ON
Gravel ROADS
State Highways Condition
for Trucks Poor Due to
Warm Weather, Rains.

Warm weather and rains have
made the stone and gravel roads OF
the State difficult for heavy loads,
and in some instances trucks are
barred, according to the weekly bull
letin issued by the Indiana highway
department.
Director John D. Williams again
urged that heavy hauling be done
by truckers when roads are fro
zen and as little as possible when
roads are soft.
General road conditions remained
about as last week, the following
being listed:
No. GOOD stone surface from ,Rd. sos
20 four miles north of Milan avoid to Rd.
No. 3--Detour around grading three
miles north of Muncie.
No. eff food waters or ice cover road.
sthere will be a four-mile detour one-half
Emile west of Brimheld.
One-Way Traffic Bridges
No. 5-one- way traffic bridges eight and
e.. No. 9-Run-arou via Mt Etna for
bridge construction. In case Of high wa
ter or ice det our, Will will. &c s,5 marked one
8. s. No. 2o~Detour Starting at one
mile east of La Grange to Brushy Prairie
u. S. No. 24-Detour just east of Hunt
o. S, No; 271zBridge Eun-arQynds south
Trac se e eno OH betW e hy D and
Fountain City. Short detour one mile
south OF Lynn. Bridge run AROUND three
one-tenth miles south Of Richmond.
No: 29-Run -aro ~ Just St north north Of lin in
e de3ou Of dS 20 and 20 nofS Of BSf
lington. Bridge run-around five miles
north Of Knox. Detour from two miles
U. S. No. S0-Short deteur in Plymouth.
y. S. No. 3l-When new grade eleven
miles. north Of Kokomo is soft; traffic use
around one mile north of Peru:
No. 32--Run -arounds one and one-half
miles east and one-one-halt miles west of
6hannondale. Detour five miles west OF
Anderson.
Detours for Local Drivers
No. 34-Detcurs for local traffic just east
of jamestown and between Pittsborro and
Brownsburg. Through traffic between In
So and 80 Nia Lebanon. Run-around be-
tween Covington and Veedersburg.
No. 35-Narrow road between Corydon
@I y. s. No. ss-short detour at Abner's
Creek, east of Danville.
No 37-Drive carefully past Workmen
south of Grantsburg, where earth slides
have narrowed road to one-way traffic
No. 39-Detour six miles south OF FFank-
u S. No. 41-Gravel approaches to sew;
eral new bridges between VincenneS and
Sullivan. Detour from four miles north OF
Attica to Boswell. Detour st. John to
No. 4S-Detour four miles north Of Craw-
louisville. Bridge run-around two and one
half miles north of Romney.
No 45--Widening road between Dale and
Huntingburg: traffic drive carefully.
No. 46-Bridge run-around three and
one-half miles west of bloomington. Drive
slowly at bridge run-around 1--WE miles
west of Ellettsville.
No 555idgge RTdSs m iusf
u. S. No. 52-Drive carefully northwest
Of Morristown while workmen are finish
No. 66 Is Impossible
No. 56-Brdge run-around six and one
half miles, east of Paoli. Closed for con-
detour is poor. During thaw, heavy load
ing Is restricted between Paoli and Salem.
Earth surface between Salem and Scots
turg impossible most of time. Temporary
bridge between Madison and Veval for
one-way traffic. Detcur around bridge
construction one mile west of Vevay, part
OF which Is narrow.
No. 57-Ferry White River at Rogers.
with two miles earth road across river
impossible in wet weather. Detour south