The Indianapolis times., 1930-05-16
DERBY CROWDS
TO BENEFIT BY
ROAD OPENING
Two DetourS Removed to
Accommodate Traffic
Bound for Race.

Chairman Albert j. Wedeking Of
the state highway commission is
credited in the state highway de-
partment's weekly traffic bulletin
with eliminating two difficult de-
tours in southern Indiana to accom-
modate Derby traffic to Churchill
Downs Saturday.
Instead of sending traffic around
a detour and over a steep hill on
u. S. $50. at West Baden, the bulle-
tin sets out. the contractor has con-
sented to use of a new fill and
bridge.
State highway department main
tenance forces will spread material
on the new grade and one-way
traffic will be allowed over it.
The department will furnish
watchmen day and night to direct
the race traffic.
DetOur Effective Again
The same road will be kept open
in the vicinity of Palmyra, but the
detour of some twenty miles will be
effective again Monday. Director
John j. Brown of the state highway
department stated.
General road conditions are listed
in the bulletin as follows:
ResurfacinE Road 81 south OF Kokomo
is under way. will not exceed four miles.
Open May 30.
Traffic on Road 40 west Of Indianapolis
IS using county line road near Bridge
port.
Surface conditions. length and loca-
tion OF detours for the week Of May
1913 are:
Road 3-Loose stone three miles north
OF Greensburg. Detour around bridge
construction four miles north of Green's
burg is five miles. Detour from Rover
ton to two miles north. account construc-
tion Of Road 20 intersection is four miles.
Bridge run-arcund one-hah mile north
Of Rei1sburg. Detour five miles north Of
Bluffton account construction, is seven
miles.
Road 7-Closed between Writ and North
Vernon. paving Through traffic detour
over state roads. Indianapolis-Madis
traffic 90 via Road %.
Graders at Work
Road e-Grading gangs between Green
field and Pendleton. Detour north edge
OF Greenfield is two miles. Detour south
of Columbia City is fve and one-half
miles. Light traffic use bridge run
around. Detour from junction Of Roads
to 6 north of Albion to Rome City ac-
count construction. is fve miles.
Road 11-Run-around three and one
half miles east OF Richmond.
Road 28-Detour just west Of Upton
is one and one-half miles. Detour six
miles east of Madison-Delaware county
line. account construction. is five miles.
Road 2e-Bridge run-arounds one-half
and one mile north of Bryantsburg.
Bridge run-arounds one-half mile south
and one mile north of Michigantown.
Traffic drive carefully over two tempor-
ary bridges at eleven and fourteen miles
south of LoRansport. Detour from wina-
mac to eight miles north is thirteen miles
Run-ArOunds Listed
U. 8. Road 3i-Two bridge run-arounds
Just north OF Carmel. one over railroad
tracks should be driven carefully. Detour
south Of Kokomo is four miles and
changes as work progresses.
Road S6-Detour from junction of Roads
36 and 63 to Dana is ten miles.
Road 3T-Unfnished shoulders between
Needmore and Bloomington and between
Sulphur and Paoli. necessitates careful
driving.
Road 3s-Detour three miles south Of
Delphi is four miles. Detour north Of
Frankfort changes as work progresses
U. S. Road 40-Dustless detour from
one-four mile west of Bridgeport to paved
Road 3S into Indianapolis is two and one
half miles.
Road 46-Bridge run-aroundS three and
one-haR miles east of Columbus and Just
east Of Petersville. Detour nine miles west
OF Greensburg is four and one-half miles
Detour Is Long
U. S. Road 52-Detour from eight miles
west OF Metamora to Brookville, account
paving. is eighteen and one-half miles.
part over Road 1. Cincinnati-Indianapol
traffic use Road l from Brookvile to U. S.
Road 40. thence on Road 40 to Indian
spolis. Bridge run-around near Julietta.
Road 67-Detour from three miles north
of Lyons to junction of 81 and 81. is six
miles. Short detour at north edge of
Albany. Short detour in Red Key
U. S. Road $50. Traffic driver care
fully over one-quarter mile new grade
Just west Of the six-mile detour of Pros
pect.