The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-17
MANY INDIANA
HIGHWAYS HARD
HIT BY FLOODS
24-Hour Service Is Being
Maintained to Keep
Traffic Moving.

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Flood conditions prevail on
numerous state roads. according to
the weekly traffic bulletin issued
today by the state highway depart
ment.
Department Director John j.
Brown announced that a twenty
four service is being maintained at
various points TO keep the traffic
moving.
General road conditions are listed
in the bulletin as follows:
Road Maintenance has started from
Patesvills 70 Metamors. This section IS
narrow and has many sharp turns. Trsf-
nc is asked to drive carefully between
Brookvfle and Connsrsvtlle. on account Of
oil treatment.
Road bridge run-sround oue-hah mile
east OF state line.
Road 3-Detour from Hartford City %
six miles north Is eight miles. Detour
from Pat north Of Petroleum is eight
miles.
Road 7-Detour from three and one-half
miles north Of Writ to Dupont is seven
miles. Detour fair. but narrow.
Detour at Bass Lake
Road io-Detour from one and one-half
miles vest OF Bass Lake to east END Of
Bass Lake Is seven miles.
Road l5-Detour at La Fontaine IS one
mile. Detour from La Fountaine to three
miles south Of Wabash is ten miles. De-
tour from Wabash north IS three miles.
Road is-Detour from one-fourth mile
vest Of junction Of Roads ID and to
two miles south OF Marion is two miles.
Detour from Balbec to one mile north
OF Pennvile is three miles.
u s. Road 24-Pavement from Month
cello for fourteen miles east. then detour
one-half mile north 10 old route to
Logansport. Detour lust east OF Hunting
ton until city completes paving to meet
state road is one-half mile.
Road rs Bridge run-around three and
one-half miles north Of Fulton.
Road 26-Detour from one-half mile east
OF Monitor east is three miles. good con-
tion. Run-around two miles west Of Ross
vfle.
U. 6. Road 27-Detour from oue-han
mile north OF Richmond to Chester IS
four and one-half miles. Detour from
winchester to eight miles north is eleven
miles Detour from one mile southeast OF
AneL-Adams county line 70 seven miles
southeast OF IT. Wayne is eight miles.
Another Detour Listed
Road 2s-Detour from junction vith
Road 50 30 four miles west Of Frankfort
is seven miles. Detour tVo miles east of
Upton Clinton county line is four and
one-nalf miles.
Road 2s-Watch for grading gangs Just
east Of Greensburg. Detour from Green's
burg 70 ShelbyviIle is tWenty-nine miles;
most OF detour in fair condition. Bridge
run-around three miles south of KiTklin
drive carefully. Detour from south end OF
Bass Lake to three miles south of Knox is
six miles: two miles Of this detour being
over Road 10 around east side Of Bass
Lake. Drive carefully past workmen be
TWEEN winamac and Knox. Detour from
one mile north of La Porte TO Michigan
City is eight miles.
U. S. Road 30 Run-around at Erie rsu-
road crossing two miles east Of Scherer-
vile.
U. S. Road 31-One-way traffic Just
south OF Bokomo. Drive carefully past
Rorkmen between Peru and Mexico.
Road S4-Detour from Charlottesville 10
New Ross is about sixteen miles. eight Of
which is pavement. Dstour from Pittsborro
to Brownsburg is seven miles.
Road Narrow. Fair.
Road s5-Det9ur from three miles south
Of Salem to one mile south OF Salem is
three miles. narrow road. but in fair con-
dition so
Road s6-Detour In Rockville account
city sever construction. Five-ton load
limit on temporary bridge.
Road st Detour five ard one-haf miles
west OF Richmond is four miles over mar
row road
Road 3s-Detour from Rossvile to six
and one-half miles north is seven and
one-hah miles Good condition.
U. S. Road 40-One-way traffic around
patching gang between Cumberland and
Greenfield.
q. S. Road 4I-Three-fourths mile de-
tour in Evansville. Detour from four
miles north Of Rockville to i've and one
half miles north is three miles.
Road -Run-around two miles north
Of Frencisville.
Road 45-Detour Just north OF Jasper
over narrow, stone road is one and one
naH mics. RuI-1Epu4uS Two anu one
half miles north OF Jasper. one mile and
one-hah mile south OF Haysville Detour
from Bloomfield TO Bloomington is thirty
miles over narrow route.
Road 46-Many sharp turns and narrow
bridges between Columbus and Green's
burg Watch for grading gang Just east
of Bloomington and between Columbus
snd Greensburg.
Road 4e-Detour from three miles north
Of Valparaiso to Chesterton IS eight miles
Bridges Are Narrow
u 8. Road 50-Detour from four miles
east OF Mount Vernon 10 Holton is four
teen and one-half miles. surface fair. but
narrow. and many narrow bridges. Watch
for grading gangs between Holton and
Versailles. C1ncinnat-LOuisville traffic
should go by way OF Road Sc through
Vevav. Madison, and ScottSburg-
Z. S. Road 52-Detour from Brookville
10 FIVE and one-half miles vest of Meta
mora is eighteen and one-hah miles.
Road 53-Detour from Remington to one
mile south Of Rensselaer, is twenty-one
miles and only fair condition Five and
one-hslf miles Of THIS detour is over
state Road -.
Road 54-Detour from Bloomfield TO
Bloomington over Road IS is thirty miles.
narrow and crooked.
Road Ss-Detour from Princeton to