The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-26

| ment announced In the weekly
traffic bulletin today.
Contracts have been awarded for
about 100 miles Of bituminous pave
ment. Additional lettings are
scheduled for concrete and the de-
partment expects to build at least
$50 miles this year, Brown says.
More than 100 bridges, some of
major size, are scheduled for con-
struction.
General road conditions are listed
in the bulletin as follows:
Road 2-Bridge run-around one-half
mile east Of state line.
Road Swatch for men working on
berms north Of Hartford city. Detour
IA Eve miles. Detour from Fiatt north TO
Petroleum is FIVE miles.
Detour TO Dupont
Road 7-Detour from, three and one
half miles north Of Writ to Dupont is
seven miles. Detour fair but narrow.
Road 15-Detour at La Fontaine is one
mile. Bridge run-around FIVE miles south
Of Wabash Run around three-fourths
mile north Of New Paris.
Road le-Detour from one-iousth mile
vest OF junction OF Roads 10 and to
two miles south OF Marion Is two miles
De.our from one mile north Of Pennvllie
70 Balbec is three miles.
o. S. Road 24-Pavement from Monti-
cello Tor fourteen miles east, then de-
tour one-han mile north TO old route to
Loganspo7t. Detour Just east Of Hunt
ington until city completes paving to
meet state road. is one-half mile.
Road 25-Bridge run-around three and
one-half miles north Of Fulton
Road 26-Run around two miles vest
Of RossViIle. Detour nine miles vest OF
Rossville ia three miles.
u S. Road 27-Detour from winchester
to eight miles north is ten miles. Detour
from one mile southeast OF Allen-AdamS
county line to sewn miles southeast Of
TT. Wayne is eight miles.
Another Detour Listed
Road 2s-Detour two miles east of TIP
half miles.
tNlcQ -5-DtbDAL from 0lCeL5DALE 10
ShelbyviIe is twenty-nine miles, most Of
detour IN fair condition. Bridge run
around FIVE miles south Of Kir,,l!n. Detour
from Bass Lake to three miles south OF
Knox IS 1--WE miles. Drive carefully past
worknen between Winamac and Knox.
U. 8. Road 30-Run- around at Erie rail-
road crossing two miles east of scherer-
Vile.
Q. s Road 3I-one-way traffic Just
south Of Kokomo.
Road 34-Detour from Charlottesville to
New Ross is about sixteen miles, eight Of
which is pavement.
Road 35-Detour from three miles south
Of Salem to one mile south Of Salem is
three miles, narrow road but in fair con-
dition.
Road ss-Detour in Rockville F1ye-ton
load limit on temporary bridge.
Road 38-Detour five and one-half miles
west Of Richmond is four miles over mar
row and poorly surfaced road.
Traffic Only One way
Road 39-Detour north OF Rossvills is
three and one-half miles.
U. S. Road 40-One-way traffic between
Cumberland and Greenfield.
Road 45-Detour Just north Of Jasper is
one and one-haIf miles. Run-around
two and one-half miles north of Jasper.
Detour from Bloomfield to Bloomington
is thirty miles over narrow route.
Road 46-Many sharp turns and narrow
bridges Watch for grading gangs Just
east of Bloomington.
Road 49-Detour from three miles north
of Valparaiso to Chesterton is eight miles.
L. S. Road 5O-Detour from four miles
east of North Vernon to Holton is four
teen and one-half miles. surface fair. but
narrow, and many narrow bridges. Watch
for grading gangs between Holton and
versailles. C1ncinnati-Louisville traffic
should go by way Of Road IS through
Vevay, Madison and ScottstGrg.
Road 53-Detour from ore mile east Of
Remington to four miles rorth is five miles
and only fair condition. Detour from
three miles south of I,enssealer to one
mile south.
Dstour Is Narrow
Road s4-Detour from Bloomfield 70
BLOOMINGTON over Road IS is thirty miles;
narrow and crooked.
Road 55-Run around two miles east Of
Salem. Earth surfaces between Salem and
scottsburg is impossible most of time.
Bridge run-around two miles west of
Madison. Detour two miles west OF We
way is two and one-haH miles; fair.
Road 5s-Surface very marrow in places;
several one-way bridges.
Road 59-Detour two and one-haf
miles north OF Linton nor:N is four and
one-half miles over narrow gravel road.
Run.Arounds on Route
Road s2-Oue-hsh 1aiie detour In Mt.
vernon. Run-arounds three miles west
and Two miles east Of Sulphur.
Road 64-Driye SLOW at vest edge Of
Troy.
Road 6s-Impsssable between Newburg
and Hatfield with no detour. Through
traffic avoid Road e6 and route via Roads
As and 50 until further notice.
Road 6T-Dstour from i've miles north
east Of Muncie to two and one-half miles
west OF Albany IS three miles. Detour
from Albany to Portland rs twenty-one
ard one-hah miles. Detour one and one
half miles east Of Bryant is three miles
and only fair.
Roads not mentioned and parts of
roads mentioned. but not specified. and
all detours not otherwise described. are in
good condition.