The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-09-24
STATE WlLLPAVE
: AS MILESIN 1882
Practically all Of Highway No.
3 Will Be Completed
Next Year
WILL COMPLETE LINKS
Every Section of State Will
Have Additional Hard
Surface Roads

program of 42S miles of concrete
( highway to be built in Minnesota
next year was announced today by
C. M. Babcock, state highway COM
missioner, in connection with the
opening of bids for cement forSthe
proposed construction work. asla
The announcement includes the
major part of the 1882 highway pro-
gram drawn up when the recent
bond issue bill was advocated. This
increase was made possible by lower
prices on contracts and materials
and lower interest on bonds.
Other projects may be added
later if favorable prices are receiv-
ed on construction. Babcock said.
Approximately 1,729,O00 barrels of
cement will be purchased by the
state. Bids were asked at this time
to aid employment, as the cement
mills can operate during the winter
if they have definite orders to fill.
The list of projects follows:
Trunk highway No. 2, Lansford
to Carlton, Al miles, to complete a
hard surface route between Aitkin
and Duluth.
Trunk highway No. 3, Lake City
to Wabasha, 1873 miles; west of
Red Wing, 76 miles; Alexandria to
Brandon, 1875 miles; Fergus Falls
to Dalton road. 6.5 miles. The paw
ing will complete all but one gap
between Brandon and Elbow Lake
of the continuous paved highway
from Lacrosse to Breckenridge.
Trunk highway No. 4, from Benz
idji north, 4.8 miles.
Trunk highway No. 5, Amboy to
end of old pavement near Mankato,
1875 miles.
Trunk highway No. 6. Inverne
Iowa line, 1913 miles.
Trunk highway No. z, Eyota to
the Arches, 21.4 miles; Sleepy Eye
to Springfield, 1877 miles: This paw
ing will make a continuous surface
from the Arches, near Winona, to
Waseca, and from Springfield to
New Ulm.
Trunk highway No. 8, Bemidji to
Wilton, 4.S miles; Grand Rapids to
Deer River, IT'S miles. From juno
ton with No. 80 to Clearwater
county line, 41.2 miles. These adj
ditions will complete continuous
paved route from Bemidji to East
Grand Forks.
Trunk highway No. 9, from Fair.
mont to Fairbaut county line, 1O.J
miles.
Trunk highway No. II, from
Monteviedo through Dawson to
junction with No. 6, 1879 miles.
Trunk highway No. IA. from Red
wood Falls to end of pavement east
of Marshall, 25.2 miles. This will
make continuous pavement on this
route from Gaylord to point five
miles west of Marshall.
Trunk highway No. Is, from Fair
mont to junction No. 16 near Ma
della, 22.7 miles. This will make a
continuous pavement with one
short gap from the Twin Cities to
the South Dakota line. The gap
will be between Adrian and In
verne.
Trunk highway No. Is, thinner.
man to Milaca, 209 miles. This will
complete the pavement between Ella
River and Onamia.
Trunk highway No. 20, Pine Is
land to Rochester, 1874 miles; Chat
field to Fountain, 8.4 miles; Pres
ton to Iowa line at Prosper, 1.99
miles. This will complete the paw
ing of this route it's entire length
and will furnish a new all paved
route from Minnesota to Chicago
via DEBORAH and Dubuque, shorter
than either of the present paved
routes.
Trunk highway No. 30, Fergus
Falls to junction No. "a, IS miles:
.Ogema to Mahnomen, III miles;
Bejou to junction No. 8, 1873 milec
The latter two projects are inks in
what will eventually be continuous
pavement from Detroit Lakes to
Crookston.
Trunk highway No. Ga, from
junction No. 80, near Fergus Falls
to Baker, 31.4 miles. This will make
continuous pavement from Moor
head to Fergus Falls.
All of the contracts contain a
provision that If the market prices
of cement go lower, the state will
get the benefit of the prevailing
prices at the time Of shipment.
Bids on the construction of the
pavements will be opened later in
the fall and winter, so that work
can start as soon as weather per-
mits in the spring. The contractors
furnish labor and all material ex-
cept cement.