The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1929-05-24
ROADS WILL Be
FIT FOR MAY 80
RACE TOURISTS
Highways Are In Good
Shape for thrush OF
Visitors to Speedway.

placed in good shape for the thou
sands of cars that will journey to
the indianapolis Motor Speedway
for the Memorial day race, John
G. Brown. highway director, de-
clared today.
The weekly report on road con-
ditions was prefaced by statement
from Brown that. where possible,
repair work on roads will be sus-
pended Memorial day to facilitate
traffic movement.
Portions of some roads inundated
by high water early this week are
in most cases again normal, or will
be. before Memorial day traffic be-
gins. unless the state is visited by
deluge of rain, the road chief
said
Detours. bridge n-arounds,
length and surface condition Of de-
tours on all state roads for the
week of May 1851, are set forth IN
the bulletin as follows:
Road 1-Batesville to Metamora Is mar
row and has many sharp turns Motor
Brookville and Connersville account Of oil
treatment.
Road bridge run-around at one-haH
mile east of state line.
Road 3-Detour from Hartford City to
six miles north, account construction, is
eight miles. Detour from Fiat, north OF
Petroleum. is eight miles.
Road 7-Detour from three and one-half
to
filling in approaches, is seven miles fair
and narrow.
Road lO-Detour from one and one-half
miles west of Bass Lake to east END OF
Bass lake account of construction Road %
is seven miles.
Bridge Is Out
Road 15-Detour at La Fontaine, &C
count of bridge out, is one mile Detour
from La Fontaine to three miles south OF
wabash. account of construction is ten
miles. Detour from Wabash north, &C
count of construction, is three miles
Road 18-Detour from one-fourth mile
west of junction OF Road 10 and to two
miles south of Marion, account OF bridge
construction, is two miles Detour from
BaIbee to one mile north of Pennvllle.
account of grade construction, is three
miles.
U. S. Road 34-Pavement from Montlcel-
10 for fourteen miles east, then detour one
half miles north to old route to Logans-
port Detour just east of Huntington I'M
til city completes paving to meet state
road is one-half mile.
Road 25-Bridge run-around at three
and one-half miles north Of Fulton.
Road 26-Detour from one-hah mile
east of Monitor east, account OF bridge
construction. is three miles, good. Run
around at two miles west Of Rossville,
account of bridge construction.
u S. Road 27-Deour from one-half
mile north of Richmond to Chester. &C
count construction. is four and one-half
miles. Detour from Winchester to eight
miles north. account construction, is eleven
miles. Detour from one mile south OF
Allen-Adams county line to seven miles
southeast of Fl. Wayne, account con-
structon. is eight miles.
Road 28-Deour from junction with
Road 50 to four miles west of Frankfort
account of paving is seven miles. Detour
from five and one-haH miles west of Tip
ton at junction of Roads 81 and 38 to
one mile west of Tipton-Clinton county
line. account paving and bridge construc-
ton. is eleven and one-half miles.
Grading Gangs at Work
Road 29-Watch for grading gangs JUST
east of Greensburg. Detour from Green's
burg to Shelbyville, account Of construc-
ton. is twenty-nine miles; most of de
tour is fair Detour from one mile north
of Boyleston to one mile south of Michi-
canton, account of construction, is three
and one-half miles, subject to change
Run-around mar Mddlefork account of
bridge construction. Bridge run-around
at five miles south of Kirklin, account Of
bridge construction; drive carefully De-
tour from south end of Bass Lake to three
miles south of Knox, account consruc-
ton. is six miles; two miles Of this de-
tour being over Road 10 around east side
of Bass Lake. Drive carefully past work
men between Winamac and Knox. Detour
from one mile north of La Porte to Michi-
gan City, account Of construction, is eight
miles.
u S. Road 30-Run- around at Erie rail-
road crossing at two miles cast of Scherer-
vile. where viaduct is being constructed.
o. S Road 31-One-way traffic Just
south of Kokomo. account OF pavement re-
pair. Drive carefully past workmen be
tween Peru and Mexico.
Road 34-Detour from Charlottesville to
New Ross account of paving is about six
teen miles. six of which is pavement. De-
tour from Pittsboro to Brownsburg, account
paving of gap at west edge of Brownsburg
is seven miles. COpen May III
DetOur Is Fair
Road 35-Detour from three miles south
of Salem to one mile south Of Salem, &C
count bridge construction, is three miles.
Narrow road. fair condition.
Road 36-Detour in Rockville, account
sewer construction. Five-ton load limit on
temporary bridge.
Road 38-Detour. account bridge con-
struction, at five and one-haf miles west
of Richmond is four miles, over narrow
road.
Road 39-Detour at Mechanicsburg, &C
count retreatment. is good: changeable. De
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