The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-17

geSttong in the following brief sur vey of road conditions throughout this section as issued by the Socony Touring service. More detailed re- ports on current construction will appear at later dates.
 This information on highway pro- jects Is based on official data and is supplemented by personal obser- vations on the part of road men.
 Vermont recently celebrated the completion of 31 miles of new con- crete on us. 5 from Wells River through St Johnsbury to Lyndon vile, one of the huge undertakings in the way of road building that are helping to open up the scenic at- fractions of the Green Mountains to the tourist who demands hard-sur faced highways.
 The most extensive undertaking in this line during 1891 is the concret- ing of IT miles of US. north out of Rutland. The work Is well under way and while a detour around Lake Dunmore is provided at the upper end of the project, through traffic will do well to use other state routes for some time to come.
 Another concrete job now under way is just south of Barre on Route l4s WHcTc ucdIly VI AOeb0 is being rebuilt. Through traffic uses other parellel routes. The Barre Wells river GUS. p is under goining surface treatment for six miles just west of Wells river. Traf- fic passes through the work without serious inconvenience.
 In Maine the work of improving U. s. Route 1 is continuing at top speed. South of Portland an eight mile section between Ogunquit and Wells has been ripped up, while short distance north of Portland section about ten miles in length between Yarmouth and Brunswick is being rebuilt.
 As the first mentioned project cannot easily be avoided, for the time being traffic between Ports mouth, N. H., and Portland probably will make the best time by going through the work. Later on, when the actual work of laying the new concrete surface begins and delays are necessary, it may prove advisable to detour over other state highways,
 With concrete construction now going on from Yarmouth to Bruns- wick and also over a section five miles in length between Woolwich and wiscasset, motorists driving be- tween Portland and Bangor are likely to find that the fastest time can be made over the inside route which takes in Auburn. Lew iston, Augusta, Waterville and Pitts field.
 Work is under way at number of other points on important routes through Maine but none or thls should cause any serious neon venience. Included are three mics of concrete construction on U. s. at Warren. where a good paralleI route is provided; several miles or resurfacing with gravel on U. S. l at Perry near the Canadian border; two miles of bituminous macadam construction on U. S. 201, the main route into Quebec, at Bingham: TOUT miles of new concrete. practically all over a new right of way, on U. 5. between Gilead and Bethel, Just east of the New Hampshire line' ana approximately thre miles of concrete construction on U. s. west or han- gor of the town of Carmel, where good detour is provided.
 Conditions in the White Mountains during early summer should be found generally satisfactory except nerhaps on the east side or Mt Washington, where Route 16 IS pe- ing re-surfaced at several poinlS north of Pinkham Notch. Condltlohs here probably will be only fair until mid summer when the work Is com pleted.
 Detours are in force around con struction on route Is south or con way and on route "A soutn VI West Ply..outh. Trafnc IS oeins maintained over a short section or
 IIS inst south of Fran conia Notch.
 Tn the southern part of the state the only work likely to cause any serious inconvenience in the near future is on route 28 between Man chester and the Massachusetts hne. Traffic is permitted over the worK, hut alternate routes should De useo when possible.
 Traffic between Keene ana Con cord this season will make use oi inc direct route through Hillsporo. A nortion of this route at South Stoddard which has been practicai- Iv impassable for several years was rehuilt last summer and is now Tn use. This opens up good through route from Central New York ana Western Massachusetts to the Maine coast. Motorists coming east over the Mohawk Trail may turn north at Greenfield and run throush Keene and Concord to Portsmouth or Biddleford. Me, and thus Keep out of the congested areas in some of tha Eastern Massachusetts mill towns.
 Motorists crossing the Berkshires will do we'll to avoid the Jacobs Ladder route GUS. 2O for the next few months. To the west of west Recket. the point where us. 2o ioins route 8, road work is near ing completion and the route should bs in excellent condition in three weeks or less. To the east, now ever. around Bonny Rigg four Corner conditions are bad ana are likely to become worse. u
 At present the Mohawk Iraii (Route 9 is the preferred route across Western Massachusetts. The Berkshire Trail (Route 109 is sec cond choice on account Of three miles of construction at Windsor. This offers no serious delay and should be cleared up in about SIX weeks. The work on U. S. at Ashley Falls, Mass. just north or the Connecticut line also is nearing completion and Is causing very little trouble.
 IT. s. 20 Is torn up at several noints between Springfield and Bos- ton, namely. at Wilbraham. at Pal mer, between Northboro and Mart horo to the east of Worcester, also n,st west of Waltham. While trar- f,c Is maintained throughout, 1t IS generally considered that between Worcester and Boston the best time can he made by running to North Grafton over Route 122 then follow ing Route 11b to Boston.
 On Route 2. the main highway from Boston to Cape Cod. there is extensive reconstruction from Penn broke south to Kingston. a distance of about eight miles, which VIII continue throughout the summer.