The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-02-08
STATE ROADS
REPORTED IN
BETTER SHAPE
Floods ReCede, Ice and
Snow Cleared, Damage
Is Repaired.

State road traffic, Inconvenience
Tor the last ten days by alternate
sleet, snow and flood waters, again
is proceeding under normal condi-
lions, according to the weekly bull
letin of the state highway depart
ment.
Southern Indiana roads, subjected
in places to overflow, are free Of
water, and inundation damage has
been repaired. Ice and snow have
disappeared from most northern
roads, made hazardous at times by
these weather conditions.
General road conditions were
listed as follows:
Road bridge run-arounds one-half
and one mile east of state line.
Road Swatch for men working on
berms north Of Hartford City. Bridge run
around one-half mile north Of Petroleum.
Road 7-One-way traffic bridge ten
miles north Of Madison.
Road Bridge run-around two and one
half miles south Of La Fontaine. Detour
at La Fontaine is one mile.
Detours of Half Mile
.. s. Road 24-Pavement from Month
cello for fourteen miles east, then detour
one-half mile north to old route to Logans-
port. Detour Just east OF Huntington
while city is paving to meet state road is
one-half mile.
Road 25-Bridge run-around three and
one-haf miles north of Fulton.
U. S. Road 27-Detour two miles south
of Richmond is five and one-half miles.
Detour from Winchester to nine miles
north Of Winchester is eleven miles.
Road 2s-BridEs cun-around one and
one-han miles west Of Romney.
Road 29-Detour five miles south of
Road 80 is two miles. Detour from Kirk
lin north is three and one-haf miles.
Drive carefully past workmen between
Winamac and Knox.
U. S. Road 30-Run-around at Erie rail-
road crossing two miles east of Seherer-
VILE.
Other Detours Listed
Road s4-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 and in fair
condition.
Road 39-Detour north of RoSsville is
three and one-haf miles.
Road 4e-Surface somewhat rough; many
sharp turns and narrow bridges.
U. s. Road Swatch for slides between
Harrison and Brookville. Much worse in
rainy or thawing weather.
Road 54-Two miles north OF Linton is
one-wey traffic for about 100 feet. (Traf-
fic drive sIowly.)
Road 5S-Earth surfaces between Salem
and Scottsburg is impossible most of
time. Bridga run-around two miles west
of Madison. Detour around earth slide
at bridge two miles west of Vevay is two
and one-half miles; fair.
Road Is Narrow
Road 5S-Surface is narrow in places;
many one-way bridges.
Road 59-Run-around four miles north
OF Linton is 500 feet long and surface
somewhat rough.
Road 62-Run-around three miles west
of Sulphur for one-wsy traffic only.
Road 66-Impassable between Newburg
and Hatfield with no detour. Through
tragic avoid Road 66 and route via Roads
IS and 81 until further notice.
Road 67-D-ive slowly three miles south
Of Centerton. Detour from five miles
northeast Of Muncie to two and one-half
miles west Of Albany is three miles. De-
tour from Albany to Portland is twenty
one and one-hah miles. Detour one and
one-half miles east of Bryant is three
miles. Only fair.