U UA S ROUTE NO 0 50 ALMOST F M j ol 01 OF CURVES CROSSINGS r mile MileTi stretch of road almost completed in state the rhe utah elate state road commission is completing a highley high ay miles long which hag has in that distance ices less than one half the degree of var a ture lure of the railroad which the road parallels according to H S kerr chief engineer for tie the commission thi s is united baates route 50 a transcontinental highway and ue tie mile section is between the june jurie tion with U 8 acute 81 91 in the mouth of spanish fork canyon L d the utah colorado line k mile stretch of this road between price ani an the state line is especially straight and free from bad erues crues and the road is the most nearly ideal possible route through this territory aar fr kerr explained the reason for building an entirely new road through this district instead of re p dring the old road vae was to meet the ii ads eds of the ever increasing speed of travel on the new route ht ba eaid said the problems of location are in the main in purely of an engineering character they are entirely so from Grein Grecu nver river eastward to the state line a distance of 85 miles the original route included 23 railroad grade crossings rum erous right angle turns steep gradients stad tharp ounce curies in the relocation ury it aas vai possible to obtain results eminently mAtis satisfactory factory from on in standpoint there being only a few restrictions applying that prevented an ideal location mr kerr said nl the new road raf id effects a arg of if 14 miles flod and the major portion of the road li is tillier completed or under construction all double track cross ings hae lillie been eliminated by the construction under program he be laid said A few single track and relatively unimportant crowing crossings mill be temp continued alio also the plains call tor or the ultimate elimination of these alio the total cot cost of the roid raja indue ing this yeara years construction conet ruction will bo be approximately with an co dimate for additional to complete the cot cost of the road ii Is 1 ft er mile bat loat the cost of construction though the desert ie is considerably lower while that in the mountain region is much higher some project i costing ai 08 high as per n ile il