The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1934-05-19
HIGHWAY BOARD
REVEALS STATE
ROAD DETOURS
Increase in Construction
Throughout Indiana
Is Disclosed.

The number Of new detours estab-
hshed in the state last week re-
fleets the increase in highway con-
struction. Many former detours
have been eliminated by completion
OF construction and surface treat
ment.
Many new detours are in corpora
ton limits of cities and towns
where federal-aid highway routes
are being improved by the state
highway commission.
Detours due to construction are as
follows:
Road l-Detour through Button. sc-
T tior street repair and bridge oonstruc-
Road 2-One and one-half mile detour
N "a snaWaka. account Of removing car
Road 3-Detour from 7 mile south Of
vernon a. junction Of Roads and 3 70
s s5g ,5.- Is by BY "ag Of Road to Madison
Road 6-Detour IN Gary. account Of
construction work is - miles.
n inn Of Wolcottville Detour from Hunt
lngIon to one mile north Of Road ia
account q paving is ter. miles over good
gravel Detour from Sheibyville 70 Green
heid, account Of paving is Twenty-Five
miles. fifteen miles pavement and seven
Road l2-Detour vest Of Michigan CITY
account construction, IS 27 miles over
Repairs Near Wabash
Road 13-surface treatment Junction
Roads u ana 81 north 70 Wabash county
line. Detour completed May IS Detour
south OF wabash. account Of patching
NoIS Is seven miles over good gravel
road Detour from NoblesviUe north. ac-
count Of paving is eighteen miles over
elghl miles concrete and ten miles fair
Road iADetour from Silver Lake west
account Of bridge construction. is FIVE
miles over one mile OF pavement and
GOOD gravel. tDetour open to local
u. S. Road 2O-Detour Just west Of
T,;aleeS'erlon, account overhead construc-
ign n,ii Is - mules for West5ound traffic;
Road 2l-Short detour in Muncis over
Is 2lz miles over fair gravel
,Road 25-Detour from II miles west
OF ohadeland to 2 miles east. account
OF paving. Is bi2 miles over good gravel.
Detour at wHliamsport
,,, Road 28.-Detour from wllliamsport to
Illinois state line. account of paving.
Road 29.-Detour at four miles north
Of shelbyviue, account Of moving bridge.
Is tour miles over bituminous surface
Road 3l.-short detour in KoEomo, ac-
count OF construction. is over citv streets
one mile detour from Franklin south
account Of bridge Constructions is over
Road Sic Short detour in Jefferson
viile account construction. over city
Road 37-Fourteen mile detour marked
between Lebanon and Hamilton Boone
county line. account Of surface treatment
Road 34-Detour Just west Of Craw-
1orosvlNe, account of building bridge ap-
pproach. is twelve miles over gravel and
MorEantOwn Street Work
Road 35.-Detour from Morgantown to
Bean Blossom, IS ten and one-half miles.
Ialr gravel narrow. Short detour in
MorgantoWn, account construction of city
Road 40-Detour between Greenfield
and Cumberland. account construction
East bound through traffic detour from In
dianapolis to Greenfield over routes So
and g. North detoUr marked for west
Greenfield TO Cumberland Trucks over
hve tons detour over 50 and 2.
Hoad 45.-Detour tor southbound traffic
from one mile south of Greencastle to
Road 40. is five miles over narrow gravel
and stone. road with one weak bridge.
Northbound traffic detour east from unc-
ton 40 and 49, thence into Greencastle.
Part OF detour narrow and not suitable
Road TS hree-ton la load I imif on bridge
one-haf mile east of HelmSburg. De-
tour in Bloomington. account construc-
llOll, is twenty -lOQr DOCKS over pavement
and stone streets. Surface treatment in
progress between junction Roads So and
Road 58-Detour in Bedford. account
street construction. is over good city
street. Four ton load limit on bridge
two and one-half miles west of Helton-
Road 59-Surface treatment, Linton to
Jssonyille. Detour marked. Complete
Paving at Salem
Road 60.-Detour at Salem account
paving. is twelve miles over fsir gravel.
Detour from Mitchell to Salem, account
surface treatment. is by way Of Paoh and
Palmyra. open about Nav 25
count bridge out. is four and one-haf
miles over fair gravel and pavement.
Road 64-Detour from New Albany to
New Salisbury. account paving in George
town is over Roads 50 and IS.
Road 10l.-DetOur from Roseburg to
BrOOkville. account grading. IS twenty
seven miles. twenty-five miles paved. FIVE
miles good gravel. Open for local traffic
from BrOokville to Fairfield.
Road l24-Detour at SIX miles west Of
Button, account bridge construction. is
four miles over good gravel and bituml-
Jus pavement.
Road 1876 Detour from Road AZ. east
account construction. is six miles over
good gravel
Road 527.-Detour from Decatur to Ohio
line account grading and paving. is over
Roads % and l24 through Monroe. Road
open 10 local traffic from Decatur to
Pleasant Mills.