Hungry Horse news. [volume] (Columbia Falls, Mont.) 1948-current, 1955-10-28
Plan Further US. No. ? REBUILDING

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eering that will lead to reconstruct
ion of 10 additional miles of u. S.
highway No. q.
Mike Evans is the Bureau Of Public
Roads resident engineer, in charge
of a survey party of five. headquar-
tering at Essex. Section to be re-
constructed is from just west Of the
continental divide to Java underpass.
In Missoula, M. M. Flint, district
engineer for the BPR, commented
that tentative schedule calls for this
new section of u. S. No. 2 construct
ion in 1858 or 1859, but not before.
BIG CONTRACT HALF DONE
Meanwhile reconstruction OF SIS
miles of u. S. No. 2 from Nyack
east is at the halfway mark, and
ahead of schedule.
Flint added that the Marrazzo Con-
struction Co. 81, 1873, 284 contract was
the largest single road contract
ever handled in the Montana office.
This contract relocates u. S. high
way No. away from the twisting,
climbing narrow section on the
mountain side down at water grade
near the Flathead's Middle Fork.
The spectacular contract includes
three changes in the channel of
the Middle Fork, slightly altering
the south boundary of Glacier Nat
ional Park, and two overpasses. One
is 1863 feet long and the other 200
feet carrying the highway over the
Great Northern mainline. Hanson
| Parr Co., Spokane, overpass subcon-
tractors, has nearly completed the
crossing near Nyack.
| Features of the relocated u. S.
No. 2 include a Alb foot long 81z
foot diameter culvert at Crystal
creek. The road fill is to be lbs feet
deep over the culvert, and will elm
mate the snake turn u. S. No. 2
now makes at Crystal creek.
PAVING CONTRACT AHEAD
The Marrazzo contract to be COM
pleted next year does not include
asphalt surfacing. Scheduled for
1857 is contract to asphalt pave
this new section.
Last summer saw group of Bur-
eau of Public Roads, State Highway
department, Fish and Game and
e Forest Service officials 60 over the
! route of the proposed new 10 miles
! of U. S. highway No. reconstruct
ion from Java to Summit. They stud
e led the route for such features as
# avalanche danger, channel changes
/ that would affect fish habitat and
n construction problems. The new route
/ tentatively scheduled for building
1858 or 1859 would follow Bear creek
a as it does now in about the Same
n location.
81 NEW U. S. NO. Z SURVEY
5. The six weeks field survey by the
). BPR now underway has Mike Evans
resident engineer in charge, will
4, engineering. aides, J. D. Priestley
ia j. P. Rice, B. j. Mason and "A. A
,n Jones. This winter the engineerin,
IS data now collected will be used il
ID the Missoula offices to work out ex
30 cavating and fill data and othe
necessary preparation for the even
,e tual call for bids.
St A problem preceding actual ca
7e for bids is that this section of high
I'd way is essentially on forest land.
ut and as a result qualities for Fores
ed Highways federal funds. The Who'll
ek state of Montana has been receivin
about $1,8O0,O 900 a year for all Fol
ad est highways construction.
as| Designation Of particular project
We to be built with these funds is d.
re termined by conferences betwee
on the Bureau of Public Roads, U.
Forest Service and State Highwa
is department representatives
Id u. S. highway No. modern in
pc provements started in 1947 and 194
al with the Union Construction C,
$739, 941 contract to rebuild six mile
as from West Glacier toward Nyacl
Dr. S. Birch and Sons, Great Falls, ha
at the $128,570 contract in 1949 to plat
plant mix on the six miles. ~.
In In 1850, Painter and Dougla
Q Missoula, had a $166, 1856 contract
nd rebuild four miles across Nyat
flats. This section is to see a plal
y mix asphalt paving contract in Il
Q next years. It has road mix surfa
ing now.
9 There was also state contra
from this side of the continent
8 divide across the Summit towal
East Glacier Park three years ago.