The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1928-06-22
RAINS CAUSE
SLIGHT DAMAGE
TO HIGHWAYS
Paving Crews Start Work
or Gap on State
Route "a.

Recent heavy rains have caused
only minimum amount Of dam
age to State roads the weekly bull.
letin of the State highway depart
ment issued today declares. The
most serious damage was the wash
ing away of about three feet of fill
beneath the paving on Rd. SO, near
Sugar Greek. The Washout was
caused by the creeks overflow.
Paving crews have started work
on the last gap on Rd. "a, between
New Ross and Charlottesville which,
on completion, will provide Indian
apolis a paved route to the historic
city of General Lew Wallace and
to Danville, Ill.
Indianapolis traffic which for
some time has been routed via
Lebanon, should now use Rd. "a,
direct to Charlottesville and over a
thirteen-mile detour between New
Ross and Charlottesville, ten mile
of which is over paved county road.
General road conditions are listed
in the bulletin as follows:
east edge Of Lowell is fourteen miles; good
except west one and one-half miles,
Rd saDetoHrt two 5,,t miles 4 north of Of
one-half miles. Detour from Petroleum to
Button is nine and one-haH miles both
subject to change as ty work srp2 rogressssf)
ten miles north of Madison Bridge run
arounos six, and one-half and seven and
Rd. 9--New gravel approaches to bridge
at Mt. Etna are open to light traffic only:
heavy traffic use marked run-aroynd. =.
three and one-haif miles. Bridge run
around one-tourth- mile west Of Bass Lake.
eben Nc coanJ 6e rG seveheen es
II. S. Rd. 24wDetour from Monticello to
Of Huntington is one and one-haif miles.
Rd. 25-Detour from Logansport to
Rq Sd sb 5 thFty foar Niles east
Sedalia is three miles. Detour four miles
east of Middlefork is three miles.
is four and one-half miles. Detour from
miles. Detour one-half-raiie west Of Berne
Detour from Pleasant Lake to Angola is
I'VE miles Detour at angola 9&3Il to two and
fifteen miles Entrance IT to State Park
is open from the South)
Rd. 28--Detour five miles east of At
east Of Romney is three miles Bridge
run-around eight miles east of Romney.
Detour from Farmland to Winchester,
nire miles.
80 is one and one-half miles. Three bridge
run-arounds at Beardstown, 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. 90 two and
one5shalf miles Open to light traffic only
u s. Rd. 30-Run- around at Erie r. r.
Crossing two miles east of Schererville
where. viaduct is being constructed. De-
half miles. Detour at east edge of Fl
Wayne is four miles. Bridge run-arounds
at fifteen and fifteen and one-hah miles
southeast OF Ft. Wayne. Heavy traffic use
Rd 32--Detour from Shannondale to
Lebanon is subject to change. Detour
around bridge construction one and one
half miles west Of Noblesville is four and
pei is one and one-half miles,
Rd. 34-Detour from Veedersburg to Rd
IL is one and one-half miles. Detour from
Charlottesville to New Ross is thirteen
miles, ten of which is pavement
Paoli to one and one-half miles north of
ORLEANS is ten miles. Construction be-
tween Bedford and Bloomington will not
interfere with traffic this year as new road
IS on Seyenty-hve per cent relocation and
I'd. 5s-Detour seven miles east of New
castle is three miles. Detour east Of
Hagerstown is one and one-half miles.
Y. s., Rd. 4o-Bridge run-around at
%: S. I'D. 4i-Detop- one mile north of
Vincennes is two and one-half miles. De-
tour from Busseron to Oaktown is three
miles. , Detour at junction of Rd. "a is
Of Attica to Boswell is sixteen miles
Bridge run-around two miles north of