The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-04-07
Bids Asked On ia
Miles of Pavement
Grading IS Miles Also On State
Highway Program-Letting Set
for April Fifth

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for April Fifth
Bids on 1879 miles of concrete
paving and $40 miles of trunk high
way grading will be received by
the Minnesota Highway department
April 5, according to announce
ment by Commissioner G. M. Bah
cock. This will make it possible
to start paving on these PROJECTS as
soon as weather permits, usually
about May /. Work on the grad
ing projects will start shortly after
the contracts are let.
All except one of the paving OBJ
jects were among the list OF jobs
on which bids were taken and re-
jected in December. With contracts
previously let, this will make 322
miles definitely undertaken for 1882.
The tentative program contem-
plates letting about, 100 miles more
at some future date. for completion
in 1882.
The list of grading projects in
cludes the first work on the pro-
posed relocation Of trunk highway
No. 8 between Duluth and Flood
wood. The relocation contemplates
an entirely new route about hve
miles south of the temporary trunk
highway. The old road was thru
a swampy terrain which would not
furnish a solid foundation for paw
ing. The new route will be on
more solid ground, following close
to the st. Louis river from Brooks
ton to Floodwood. Bids are called
for on construction from Mirbat to
Brookston and Brookston to Sagi-
nav. The sections from Mirbat to
Floodwood and Saginaw to the
Junction with No. II near Duluth
will be let later. 49,
T. H. No. 3 will be all graded
from Elbow Lake to the Douglas
county line. The new road will be
built on a direct line east from
Elbow Lake, shortening the dis
lance Ia miles and eliminating 3
sharp turns. This project will
complete the grading of this route
from Lacrosse to Breckenridge.
No. will be paved at the end OF
this year except the section from
Elbow Lake to Brandon and Lake
City to Wabasha.
T. H. No. will be graded from
New London to Paynesville. The
permanent route will be on the
south side of the railroad all the
way. The relocation will shorten
the distance 2.3 miles and removed
2 railroad grade crossings and 10
sharp turns.
T. H. No. rs will be graded from
Watertown to the junction of state
aid road No. four miles north of
Norwood. The permanent route
will follow a diagonal close to the
Crow river from WATERFOWL to May
er, and follow the present route
south from Mayer. The relocation
will cut the distance 1.3 miles, and
remove sharp turns.
The list Of projects with detailed
information follows:
Paving 49,.
T. H. No. 3-Alexandria to Bran
don, 1875 miles, 1850 square yards
concrete.
Fergus Falls to junction Dalton
road, 6.5 miles, 76,700 square yards
concrete. =, = go
T. H. No. 6-Luverne, to south
state line, 1913 miles. 126, 400 square
yards concrete and 174,000 cubic
yards excavation. u g.. m
T. H. No. 3-Bemidji to Wilton,
and T. H. No. 4, Bemidji to Birch
! mont, 90 miles, III, 400 square yards
concrete.
From Mcintosh to sixteen mile
corner, 200 miles, $4,000 square
yards concrete and $4,000 cubic
yard excavation.
From Mcintosh to miles West
of Bagley. 21.1 miles, 247,546 square
yards concrete and 100000 cubic
yards excavation.
T. H. No. 14-From 2 miles east
of west Redwood county line to
21a miles east Of junction T. H. No.
81, 1875 miles, 156,690 square yards
| concrete.
From Redwood Falls to 2B miles
east Of junction T. H. No. 81. 11.6
miles, 1860 square yards con-
crete. d.. -
T. H. No. 15-Fairmont to 3 miles
of Truman, 90 miles, los, 667 square
yards concrete and 1920 cubic
yards excavation.
Three miles south of Truman to
miles south of Madelia. 14.3 miles,
1871, 436 square yards of concrete and
1900 cubic yards excavation and
sub-grade excavation.
T. H. No. 20-Chatfield to Foun-
tain, 81 miles, 102,310 square yards
concrete.
Preston to south state line, 1913
miles, 232, $40 square yards concrete.
T. H. No. 30-Bejou to junction
T. H. No. 8, ISL miles, ~. 500
square yards concrete. 1875 cubic
yards excavation. ~.
Grading ,~<Ei
T. H. No. 3Elbow Lake to east
county line, lis miles, 705,922 cubic
yards excavation. y 80.
T. H. No. New London to east
county line, Ill miles, 1853, 444 cubic
yards excavation.
Paynesville to west county line,
90 miles, 1884 cubic yards exca-
walton.
T. H. No. S-Between Mirbat and
Brookston, 11.6 miles, 456,099 cubic
yards excavation. 80,
Between Brookston and Saginaw.
7.3 miles, 379,724 cubic yards excava-
ton.
T. H. No. 25-From Watertown to
4 miles north of Norwood, 10.5