The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-11-15
LIFT S. MILES
IN DETOURS ON
STATE HIGHWAY
Only Shoulder Work Yet
Unfinished, Bulletin
Sets Forth.

Sixty-f1ve miles of detour were
eliminated on state roads this week,
the bulletin of the state highway
department stated today.
On all roads, the shoulder work
remains to be completed, according
to Director John ]. Brown.
Major projects completed include
eight miles on state road 65, from
north of Mount Vernon and near
New Harmony; six miles on No. As,
between Huntingburg and Jasper.
with a short detour remaining south
of Jasper to be lifted in two weeks:
seven miles on No. so between
Princeton and Francisco; five miles
on No. IA east of Athens; ten miles
on No. % from west of Upton to
the county line; five miles on No.
% near Boyleston, and five miles on
No. 81 south Of Kokomo.
General road conditions follow:
Road 29-Detour from Decatur. Ripley
county line to junction of IS and % ac-
count paving Is nine and one-haf miles.
Detour from Greensburg to one mile
north Of Waldron is twenty three miles.
Detour from one-half mile south OF
Michigantown to Middlefork is nine and
one-half miles. Detour from Winsmac
to Pulaski-Starke county line Is fourteen
miles.
United States Road S1-Trafic drive
slow over temporary bridge one mile north
of Peru.
Road 3T-Detour near Harrodsburg 10
three miles. Detour from Needmore Is
one and one-half miles-narrow and
many sharp turns. Drive slowly. Trafnc
between Bloomington and Bedford drive
slowly on account grading gangs at work
on shoulders. Detour from Martinsville
north is six miles, three miles pavement.
Gravel section is narrow. sharp turns,
one-way bridges.
Road 38-One mile detour from Haserx-
town east is over old road and dustless.
Detour four and one-half miles west OF
Richmond is four miles.
United States Road 52-Detour from
eight miles west Of Metamora to Brook
vile is eighteen and one-half miles. Part
of detour over /. Through traffic from
Cincinnati follow ! to Connersvlle then
A to Rushville.
Road 5s-Detour four miles north OF
Rensselaer, is four miles
Road 54-Detour from Bloomfield TO
Bloomington over IS is thirty miles; mar
row and crooked.
Road 56-Detour from Francisco TO
Oakland City is seven miles. Detour from
Jasper north is one and one-half miles
and poor, heavy trafic avoid. Detour
three and one-half miles east of Salem
is one and one-half miles. Detour from
Aberdeen to Rising Sun is eleven and
one-half miles.
Road 57-Bridge run-around two miles
north of Elnora.
Road 5S--Surface very narrow in places:
several one-way bridges. Traffic from
Patriot to Rising Sun follow detour from
Patriot to Sc.
Road 59-Detour south Of TOWNSVILLE IS
three and one-half miles. Drive carefully
between Brazil and Carbon.
Road 61-Detour eight miles south OF
Monroe City is three miles.
Road 62-Three-fourths miles detour in
Evansville. Three miles west and two
east of Sulphur, for one-way traffic only.
Road 66-Detour between Newburg and
Brisco is eight miles and in fair condi-
ton.
Road 67-Detour from Albany to Port
land is twenty-one and one-half miles.
United States road 150-six-mile detour
three miles west OF Prospect is via West
Baden and Sc and narrow. Bridge run
around three and one-haf miles west OF
Prospect.