The coastland times. [volume] (Mnateo [i.e. Manteo], N.C.) 1947-1959, 1957-02-08

NC 345, US 81 and 264 via Mantec
to the junction of NC 345 with US
Ga and 264 was also graded. Total
length of both sections was 5.5
miles.
Another contract job involved
construction of seven composite
type bridges at different locations
on US 264 from the Hyde-Dare
County line north to Manns Har-
Dor. The bridges varied in length
and either had a &c or 28-foot wide
clear roadway.
State forces placed a drag seal
on 18-foot wide US 264 from
Stumpy Point for 1876 miles to the
Hyde County line. US 1853 was i'm
proved by 1.5 miles of drag seal
on US 1853 at the Currituck Sound
Bridge. The highway is % feet
wide in this section.
Two Dare County roads, and
their lengths, were improved by a
drag seal: from Stumpy Point to
junction US 264, 2.5 miles; from
junction US 1853 via Kitty Hawk to
School, two miles. Both roads are
Is feet wide. State forces stab
ilized 4.6 miles of unpaved roads
with local road materials.
In Gates County, by contract,
NC 81 was modernized by the con-
struction of two composite type
bridges, four reinforced concrete
box culverts of variable sizes and
four pipe lines of variable sizes.
One of the new bridges is 66-feet
long and the other is 1875 feet long.
Each has a 26-foot clear roadway
width. The work was completed on
NC 81 from US Is, near the Vir-
ginia line, south via Gainesville to
the Gates howan County line.
State forces completed a sand
asphalt wearing surface for SO
miles on 22-foot wide US 13 from
Virginia State line to the junction
of US 1853.
Hyde County Roads
In Hyde County, by contract, US
264 between Leechville and Swan
Quarter was renovated by con-
structing three composite-type
bridges and grading and paving a
0.9 mile long relocation at Scran-
ton. One of the new bridges is ITS
feet long, another is 300 feet long,
and the third is 100 feet long. All
three have a 26-foot wide clear
roadway.
Another contract job in Hyde in
volved building six composite-type
bridges, varying in lengths, with a
clear roadway width of &c or %
feet on US 264 between Swan
Quarter and Hyde-Dare County
line.
State forces placed drag seal
for IL miles on 18-foot wide US
264 from Engelhard to the Dare
County line. Another State force
project was completing drag seal
on NC "a from the junction of US
264 to the Tyrrell County line. So
miles ofothe highway was surfaced
Is feet wide, the other 6.8 miles
was surfaced 20 feet wide.
County road improvements in
Hyde included placing a drag seal
on the following 16-18-foot wide
roads, and their lengths, from june
ton NC "a east to Canal Bridge,
AZ miles; from junction US 264
via Pioneer northwest, As miles.
Sand asphalt, mixed in place, was
finished on the following roads, by
State forces: from Hodges Ford
north to paved road, 3.5 miles;
from Swan Quarter to Oyster
Creek Road, two miles. Both roads
are 10 feet wide. Countrywide
total of Ia miles of unpaved roads
were stabilized by using local road
In Pasquotank, US II from Eliz-
abeth City north to Morgans Cor
ner was renovated by constructing
six reinforced concrete box culverts
of variable sizes and three pipe
lines of variable sizes. The work
was done by contract.
Another contract job in Pasquo-
tank involved grading and widen
ing from 10 to % feet with sand
asphalt NC ITO from, the u. S.
Naval Repair Station Road north
to Elizabeth City, a distance of
GOA miles. The work included POT
miles of relocation composed of
grading and sand asphalt pave
ment, % feet wide.
State forces widened NC ITO
from Old Weeksville to New
Weeksville, by 1.5 feet on each
side. A leveling course was placed
on the highway and it was paved
with sand asphalt wearing sur
face, 10 feet wide, for 81 miles.
In the vicinity of Old Weeks
vile, NC ITO was paved, 20 feet
wide, with sand asphalt for IL
miles by State forces.
The following 16-1S-foot wide
secondary roads in Pasquotank
were resurfaced with a sand as