The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-02-19

worth of work IS 1nvOlVed, the iettinS being almost twice the size of the years first unemployment relief let ting on January 5, for which the de- partment received the largest num- Der of bids in it's history. Sealed bids on all the projects will
 be received from contractors on
 Monday. March 2, at the depart ment's Hartford headquarters. The bids will be opened at ? p. m. on that day at the state capitol in the presence of contractors and interest
 ed persons.
 Work on all of the jobs will be-
 gin immediately after the award of
 contracts to the successful bidders. Of the road building projects, the
 largest calls for about five and one
 half miles of reinforced concrete paving on Route No 101. the high way leading from Putnam to the Rhode Island state line and thence | to Providence. The next longest job | will be the grading and drainage op- | erations on five and one quarter miles of Route No 16S between Bol- | ton Notch and Columbia. Among the more important high 1 way undertakings will be slightly | more than five miles of reinforced concrete on Route No 120 in Beth any and Woodbridge. This highway | is known as the Paynes' Corner l Naugatuck road and is one of the main arteries of traffic between New | Haven and Waterbury. About four | and one quarter mides of reinforced ' concrete will be built on U. s. Route 1 No 6 between Danbury and BreWs-
 ters, N. Y., the main highway leading | from Connecticut to the famous Bear | Mountain bridge route. Upwards of | four miles of reinforced concrete will | be constructed on Route No be- tween Torrington and Winsted, while | the Norwalk-New Canaan road. | Route No 1S4, will be paved with
 about two and one half miles of con- | crete. The four bridge prof ects include | a concrete encased I-beam span and
 macadam approaches to replace the r Spencer bridge over the Pennington
 river on Route No 8 in the town of Colebrook; similar bridge with concrete approaches over the Hocka-
 mum river on Route No 108 in Man.
 chester; 24-foot span, concrete
 girder bridge and graded approaches
 over Oyster river on Route No 1 in
 Old Saybrook; and 135 foot span, concrete encased I-beam bridge with concrete approaches over the Natchaug river on U. s. Route No
 in Windham.
 On all projects contra ctors will be required as far as possible to employ labor from the sections of the state
 where the work is being done.
 Details of the 15 new projects are as follows:
 Town of Andover-About 27,5O0 feet of grading and drainage on the Bolton Notch Columbia road.
 Towns of Bethany and Woodbridge About 25,814 feet of reinforced concrete pavement on Route 120, the Paynes' Corner Naugatuck road.
 Towns of Chester and Haddam- About 11,850 feet of re inforced con- crete pavement on Route 10, the ] Middletown-Sa -Saybrook road.
 Town of Colbrook-A concrete en- cased I-beam bridge and about 1885 feet of bituminous macadam ap- breaches on Route 8, known as Spencer bridge over the Pennington river.
 Town of Danbury-About 22,40O feet of reinforced concrete pavement on U. s. Route 6, the Danbury- Brewster road.
 Town of Groton-About 2493 feet of bituminous macadam on trap rock base on Elm street and the ap- praches to the eliminated grade crossing at Noank
 Town of Guilford-An Sx10 foot concrete box culvert and about 1245 feet of trap rock waterbound macadam on the approaches at Lake on Route 112.
 Town of Haddam-About 610O feet of trap rock waterbound mac adam on the Rock Landing road.
 Town of Manchester-A concrete encased 1-beam bridge and rein forced concrete pavement on the approaches over the Hockanum river on Route 108.
 Towns of Marlboro and East Hampton-About 1O,650 feet of gra- ding and drainage on Route III, the East Hampton road.
 Towns of New Canaan and Nor walk-About 12,235 feet of erinforc- ed concrete pavement on Route 1884, the Norwalk- New Canaan road.
 Town of Old Saybrook-A 24-foot span concrete girder bridge and about 500 feet of grading on the approaches over Oyster river on U. S. Route 1.
 Town of Putnam-About 28,999 feet of reiforced concrete pavement On Route 101, the Putnam Rhode Island road.
 Towns of Winchester and Torring- ton-About 21,820 feet of reinforced concrete pavement on Route 8, the Torrington-Winsted road.
 Town of Windham-A 136 foot span concrete encased I-beam bridge and about 2035 feet of reinforced placement on the approach es, over the Natchaug river on U. s. Route G.