Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1929-07-28
COMMISSION TO
LET CONTRACTS
Highway Group Will Make
Awards For 247 Miles
Of Road Work

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construction Of 247 miles Of high
way and four highway bridges are
scheduled for award at the two
month session of the highway COM
mission on July 31-August / here.
Twenty-Five counties also are ap-
slying for future construction or
designation of new highways. Three
extensive projects are to be submit
ted, designation Of final links in the
Waco-Beaumont highway; hard
surfacing the old military trail
over which Robert E. Lee travelled
before the Civil war, between Aus
tin and Mason, and taking over
for state operation of the San An
tonic road, from near Nacogdoches
to Laredo, made a state highway
by legislative act.
Bids have been called for 61.9
miles of concrete paving; 1876
miles of grading and structures;
52.5 miles Of asphalt and bitum-
inous surfacing, and 1913 miles Of
reshouldering, enlarging structures
and removing dips, and for four
bridges.
Hearing OF applications SO far
submitted include:
Travis, Williamson, Burnet, Llano
and Mason counties: Robert E. Lee
Highway association request that
highway be aSphalted; Houston,
Leon and McLennan, designation of
remainder of Waco Beaumont
highway; Madison, Leon, Brazos
and Robertson counties, survey and
maintenance of old San Antonio
road; Llano county, construction OF
north-south highway through
county: Lamar and Collin county,
new road from Mckinney to Paris,
new roads from Lavon to Royse
City, and from ~Farmersville to Nc
Kinney; Pamela, surfacing Is miles,
Sabine river to state line; Lamp
county, financing highway work;
NacogdocheS county, new road from
Sacul to Summarized; Hunt and
Fannin: New highway from La
donna to Commerce; Jim Hogg
county, new highway from Jour
danton to Rio Grande City; Chill
dres Scounty, relocation Of high
ways 4 and 5 through county;
Shelby county, offers aid to sudface
Timpson-Caledonia road; Robert
son county, asks new designation
GraySon crossing, on Navasota
river, to Bremond.
Construction Schedule
Following is a schedule Of con-
struction work on which bids will
be opened and contracts exceeding
100000 awarded:
Concrete paving: Carson county.
10.7 miles, Lark Siding to near
Conway; Baylor county, 200 miles,
Seymour to Archer county line;
Harris, 5 miles, Houston to Hous-
ton Airport; 7-8 miles, to Liberty
county line; Limestone, Sc miles,
Elm Creek to Mexia; Tarrant, CT
miles, 12-foot strip, Fl. Worth to
Arlington; Fort Bend county, %
miles, Rosenberg east.
BltumlnouS and asphalt surfac-
png: Trinity county, 23.5 miles.
Groveton to NecheS river; Reeves
county, Is miles, through CITY of
Noyah; Tarrant county, / mile with
brick pavement, Katy railroad tn
Fort Worth; Brazoria county. Ga
miles, connecting with concrete
road; Cass county, 1.8 miles. At
1anta north; Rusk county. 10 miles
henderson county; Hudspeth coun-
ty, 1873 miles, Lasca to McNary
bridge.
Grading and drainage structures.
jeff Davis county, 1-2 mile. Wild
Rose pass; San Patricio county, 10
1-2 miles, ANGELA to Odem to Sin
ton; Hudspeth, ST. miles. Carrie
divide; Austin county. 8.8 miles,
East MIL creek to Industry, Tex;
Fayette county, 9.8 miles, Schulen-
berg south; Somervell and johnson
counties. &c miles, between Glen
Rose and Cleburne: Anderson. 4
miles, Frankston to Neches river:
Gray county, IA miles, Carson
county line to Pampa; PaIo Pinto
IL mile, on relocation of highway
la; Tarrant, 8 miles, ,Johnson
county line north to KATY railroad.
Kinney county, 4 IL miles. Brack,
ettvllle west; Grayson county. II
miles, Whitesboro east. Wharton
county, 1874 miles, Matagorda line
to FL Campo; Henderson County 56
0oNO " kaufman county
me; Burnett county, 1913 miles
6Ianco county line to Suddeth
Switch.
Remove concrete dips, replace
culvertS. approaches to bridoes.
BeXar county, .155 miles. Atascosa
line to San Antonio; Eastland, 1870
miles. Eastland to Palo Pinto
county line; Harris county. "a
feet. approaches to San ,Jacinro
bridge. OV'
Bridges and approaches: Mont
gomery county, timber bridge oue.
spring creek; Karnes, bridge over
Ecleto and Elm creeks: Ellis and
Dallas, Grove creek bridge 11pda.
pass under Texas Electric Pad
CaA creek bridge, and Bear creek |