The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-04
STATE HIGHWAY
DETOURS TO Be
KEPT IN SHAPE
Maintenance Work to Be
Same as Ordered for
Gravel Roads.

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on proper maintenance Of detours
on state roads where paving opera
tons are under way. according to a
statement Of Director John j.
Brown of the state highway com
mission. contained in the weekly
bulletin Of the department, issued
today.
The same maintenance work is to
be done on detOurs as on some
5000 miles Of gravel and stone roads
in the state system.
30. General road conditions for the
week were listed as follows.
Road Bridge ra-ar0trd oar-hau
mile east Of state line
Road 3-Detorr from Hartford CITY 70
three miles north is Eve miles. Drtour
from Fiat north to Petroleum is eight
miles
Road 7-Detour from three ard one
half miles north Of Writ TO Dupont IS
seven miles. Detour fair but narrow.
Road l5-Dctour from la Fogutai1e 20
THREE miles south Of Wabash is ten miles.
Det0uv a. "a F09nsailc lis onc mile.
BRIDGE -ru-around I've miles south % va
bash Eu1-arouud three quarter milo.
MORT al New Paris.
Road g-Dc'0ur from o0o-cuar.er milo
west O. Junction Of Roads II and Q to rwo
miles south % Marion is two miles. De
tour frau ono mile north Of Ponnville 70
Bal1cc is three miles.
Paved Part Of Wsv
U. 3 Road 74-Pavemcut from Honti-
cello for fourteen miles east, then detour
one-haf mile north 70 old -outc 20 10
ga1spcrt Dctour Just east Of Huntington
until city completes paving to NEE. state
road. is onc-half mile
Road 25-Bridge ruu-around three and
one-half miles north OF Fulton.
Road 90 Detour from onc-haR mile
saSt % Monitor east Is three miles. good |
condition. Ruu-around two miles west Of
Rossviile. Detour around bridge construc-
tion nine miles west Of Rossvillo is three
miles.
U. s. Road 27-Detour from winchester
70 eight miles north is eleven miles Dc
tour from one mile southeast Of Allen /
Adams county line TO seven miles south /
ssst to Fl. Wayne IS eight miles
Road 26-Detour from junction with /
Road 50 70 four miles west OF Frankfort Is /
seven miles. Dctour two miles east of /
Tipton-C1inton county line is four and one /
half miles.
Road 2o-Detour from Grecnsburr to /
shelhyyille is tventv-r.ne miles. most Of /
6etour IN fair condition. Bridge run I
around five miles south O, Kirklln. drive /
carefully. Detour from Bass lake to three /
miles south of Knox IS five miles. drive /
carefully psst vorkmen between Winamac /
and Knox. Detour from one mile north of /
La Port 70 Michigan CITY is eight miles
U. s. Road 30 un-around 20 Erie rail- /
road crossing two miles east Of Scherer- /
Vile
o. q Road sI-One-wa7 traffic ius' /
south OF Kokomo Drive carefully past /
workmen between Peru and Mexico
Road 34-Detour from Charlottesville 70 /.
New Ross rs about sixteen miles. eight of /
which IS pavement
Road 35-Dctour from three miles south I
fof Salem 10 one mile south o. Salem is /
three miles; narrow road. but in fair con-
ditIon.
Road 5s-Detour IN Rockville account /
CITY sewer construction Fiye-ton load /
limit on temporary bridge
Bridge Being Built
Road s-Dstour account bridge con
struction five and one-half miles west Of
Richmond is four miles over narrow and .
poorly surfaced road
Road 39-Detour north OF Rossyiile IS
three and one-haf miles
U s Road 4o-Cre-wav traffic around
patching gang between Cumberland and !
Greenfield
U s Road 4i-Detour from four miles
north OF Rockville to five and one-hRlf /
miles north is three miles
z Road 43-Detour from Fraucisyille to
three miles north Is four miles.
"a Road 45-petour just north OF Jasper
over narrow. stone road is one and one
half miles. Puo-around two and one
half miles north OF Jasper. Dctour from
Bloomfield TO Bloomington is thirty miles
over narrow route.
= Road f6-Mauy sharp turns and narrow
bridges. Watch fey grading gangs just
.east OF Bloomington
~ Road t9-Detour from three miles north
OF Valparaiso 10 Chesterton is eight miles.
u, s. Road So Detour from four miles
east Of Moth Vernon TO Holton is four
teen and ore-haf usIles. surface fair. but /
Barrow. and many narrow bridges Watch
Tor grading gangs Between Holton and Yer
Satiles. Ciuoiuuatt-IouisvjlIs traffic should
SO by way OF Road Sc through Vcvay.
Madison and Scottsbarc
= Road in Fair shape
Road 55-Oe,our from Remington to one
mile south o. Rensselaer, is twenty -one
smiles and oniy fair condition Five and
'one-Aalf miles OF this dctour Is over state
Road Is.
!. Road 54-Dctour from Bloomfield to
BLOOMINGTON over Road IS IS thirty miles;
narrow and crooked.
: Road 56-Run-arourd THO miles east Of
Salem. Earth surfaces between Salem and
Seottsburg impossible most OF time. Bridge
ruu-around two miles vest ot Madison.
Detour around earth slide two miles west
u Vevay is two and one-haf miles; fair.
Road 5s-Surface very narrow IN places;
Several one-way bridges.
- Road 5s-Dstour two and one-haN miles
north Of Linton north is four and one
half miles over narrow gravel road.
Run-Arcund Listed
: R6sd 52-Three and one-half-mile de-
tour Fl ON Mt. Vernon east Run-arounds
three mle> west and two miles east OF
Sulphur for one-Vay traffic only.
= Road 81 Drive slowly al west edge Of
Troy. One way traric.
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