The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-04-19
APRIL -, 1929
GRADING WORK
IS STARTED ON
STATE ROADS
Paving Operations Also in
Swing; High Water Is
ReCeding.

Grading and paving operations
are getting under way on several
state roads the weekly buT IN Of
the state highway departn an
nOUnceS.
Director John J. Brown the
department assures motork . that
every effort is to be made to main
tain adequate detours, so that there
will be no inconvenience to the pub
lie
Last year more than eight hun
dred miles Of such detours we're
maiptained by the department
Attention is called in the bulletin
10 the high water conditions Of early
IN the week, but prediction is made
that the water will have receded
everywhere by the weekend.
General road conditions:
Road Bridge run-sround oae-hah
mile east Of state line.
Road watch for men working on
berms north OF Hartford City. Bridge run
around one-half mile north Of Petroleum.
Road 7-Detour from three and one-haf
miles north Of Writ to Ou Pont Is seven
miles. Detour fair. but marrow.
DetOur for Mile
Road l5-Detour at La FoUntaine is one
mile. Bridge run-around five miles south
Of Wabash. Run-around three-fourth
miles north of New Paris.
Road Is-Detour from onc-fourth mile
vest of junction Of roads 10 and 9 to two
miles south OF Marion IS two miles.
o. S. Road 24-Pavement from
Monticello fourteen miles east. then detour
one-helf mile north to old route to Logan
sport. Detour Just east of Huntington
until city completes paving to meet
state road. is one-haf mile
Road Bridge run-around three and
one-half miles north Of Fulton.
Road 26-Run-around two miles west Of
Rossvile. Detour around bridge construc-
ton nine miles west of Rossyille is three
miles.
T. S. Road 27-Detour from Winchester
IN eight miles north is ten miles. Detour
from one mile southeast OF Allen-Adams
county line to seven miles southeast of
1t. Wayne is eight miles.
Road 28-Detour from one-haH mile
east OF Upton Clinton county line Is two
and one-hsn miles.
Long Detour Listed
Road 29-Detour from Greensburg to
Shelbyville is twenty mine miles; most of
detour in fair condition. Bridge run
around five miles south of Kirklin; drive
carefully. Drive carefully past workmen
between Winamac and Knox.
U S, Road 30-Run-around at Erie rail-
road crossing two miles east OF Scherer-
Vile
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
condition
Road 36-Detour in Rockville account
city sewer construction. Five-ton load
limit on temporary bridge.
Road 37--Detour from Paoli TO three
miles north is four and one-half miles
and in fair shape.
Road 80 Detour five and one-half miles
west of Richmond IS four miles over mar
row and poorly surfaced road.
other Detours Necessary
Road 39-Detour north of Rossville is
three and one-half miles.
U. S. Road-4l-Detour at city limits of
Evansville for one mile
Road -Run-around two and one-half
miles north OF Jasper.
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.
U. s. Road 5o-Detour from three and
nineteenth miles east of North Vernon to