Henderson daily dispatch., 1940-09-03
Daily Dispatch Dureau,
In the Sir Waller Hotel.
By HENRY AVERILL

Raleigh, Sept. 3 -Detour bulletins
of the North Carolina Highway and
Public Works Commission are be-
coming obsolete faster than the sort
Of military equipment used in pre-
blitzkrieg days.
On September l the commission
put out lis regular Semi-monthly bull
letin with Il special section for list
ing the roads closed or badly DAM
aged by floods. This bureau sent
that along in the form Of Il story I'M
der September dateline. Comes
now the Commission with Il new bull
letin, just one day later with this
annotation: The special notice in
bulletin issued September l listing
several important highways in North
Carolina damaged by recent floods
became obsolete after the bulletin
had been placed in the mails. That
is due to the fact that the bulletin
was edited before the recent heavy
rains in the extreme western coun-
ties"
Thereafter were listed the follow
ing to replace the liStiugs of the ORR
ginal September bulletin:
NC l7-Bridge out of Crumpler
between jefferson and the Virginia
line; road closed but Will be open
on or about September l5 Traffic
should follow NC 22l and US SO via
Independence, Va.
US 17-BetWeen Williamson and
Windsor-approach ill to Roanoke
river bridge washed out: road closed
indefinitely. Temporary US II mark
erS have been erected via Plymouth
and the AlbemarIe Sound bridge
Traffic should follow this route
which is double marked with NC
81, NC 80, US g. and US 264. No
additional mileage is involved in this
alternate route.
US 19-W-BetWeen Tennessee line
and the junction US l9--rough one
way traffic at several points. Traf-
fic should follow NC SO and Tcnncs-
see 81 via Sans Gap.
US 23-BetWeen DilIsbOro and
Franklin-bridge out at Tuckaseigee
river; road closed but is expected to
be reopened in several days by use
of temporary bridge.
US 64-BetWeen Cashiers and
Franklin-several short Washouts but
traffic is going through on short local
detours.
NC 88-BetWeen Laurel Springs
and junction NC l6--WashoutS: road
closed but will be reopened on or
about October |. Traffic should fol-
low NC l8, US 22l and NC 16 via
Sparta Eight ton load limit at tenn
porary bridge across New River.
US 90-BetWeen Taylorsville and
Lenior-vehicles over two tons gross
not allowed.
US 90-BetWeen Lcnior and juno
ton US 22l-Washouts; road closed
but will be reopened on or about
October !. Traffic should follow US
221 and US 32l via Blowing Rock.
NC 1O6-Between Highlands and
billiard. Ga.-several slides and
washouts but traffic is going thro-
ugh. One-Way travel at points.
NC 1O7-BetWeen CulloWhee and
Cashiers bridges out; road
closed until. temporary bridges can
be erected.
US 158-BetWeen Winston-Salem
and Observation-Disclosures out at Yad-
kin River Road closed. Traffic
should follow US 50 via Lexington
or US 421 via Yadkinville. Traffic
will be maintained over temporary
bridge beginning on or about Sep
TENDER IS.
NC l94-Between Villas and Hea-
ton-bridge out; road closed indeG-
initely. Traffic maintained over local
detours.
US 22l-Between WoodlaWn and
Linville FallS--WaShoutS and slides;
very rough. Slow traffic maintained.
US 268-BetWeen North Wilkes
boro and Patterson-Washouts; road
closed but will be reopened on or
about November l. Traffic should
follow NC 18 and US 32l via Lenlor.
NC 284, US 276-BetWeen Waynes-
vile and Brevard-bridges out; road
closed. but will be reopened as soon
as temporary bridge can be erected.
US 321-BetWecn Lenior and
Boone-Washouts and slides; very
rough. Traffic is maintained but sew
eral sections require one-Way tra1-
fic.
US 421-Between North Wilkes
boro and Boone-heavy slides; road
closed but will be reopened on or
about November |. Traffic should
follow NC 18 and US 32l via Lenlor;;
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