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J 2 MAIL TRIBUNJ, KUJforJ, Or. SumJty, Jm 10. I960 Mfifljor IFirW(5iv Wok Sdhedliiolled TTho Year X pv2J&5m VALLEY FREEWAY Shown above is the graded section of Highway 99 freeway between Seven Oaks and Table Rock rd. north of Medford. Contracts for two structures along the section will be let during 1960, the state highway depart ment said, at a total cost of about $500,000. (Knackstedt Photo) Coast Guard Increases Procurement Program Eugene-The Coast Guard recruiting station here has an nounced that the Coast Guard has increased its procurement program for the first half of 1960. Information about enlist ments may be obtained by writing the Coast Guard, Room 13, U.S. post office, Eugene. 2100 Q D O - Our Beautiful New MORTUARY Now Open! '"l JOE HOSICK Funeral Director MORTUARY CREMATORY MAUSOLEUM GROUND INTERMENT CONVENIENTLY LOCATED All Within Siskiyou Memorial Park INVESTIGATE AND SAVE DSKDY0U FUNERAL SERVICE PHONE YSP 2-5488 I I Structures, Paving Among Contracts in Highway 99 Project SISKIYOU MEMORIAL PARK Contracts totaling about SS million are expected to be awarded for work on the Highway 99 freeway between Grants Pass and Medford this year, the state highway de partment announced recently. In its year-end summary of activities, the department also noted projects for which bid were called late in 1959 or will be called this year. Among them are two struc tures on the freeway route between Seven Oaks and Table Rock rd. north of Med ford. The structures are esti mated to cost about $500,000. Other major work on the freeway will include grading between Evans creek and Homestead on the Rogue near Gold Hill, and paving and structures on the section be tween Grants Pass and Home stead on the Rogue. The work is expected to cost about $4, 500,000, the department re ported. One of Several Projecit Construction of a 15 - mile section of the four-lane inter state highway between north Grants Pass and a point along the existing Pacific highway near Gold Hill was one of sev eral major highway improve ment projects in the state last year, the department said. The section lies on the north side of Rogue river, the opposite side from the present traveled route, for most of the distance, passing through Rogue River and crossing the Rogue river at Homestead on the Rogue. The first work on the sec tion started Jan. 14, 1959, with grading on the Josephine county line-Evans creek unit. By the end of the year, twin bridges over the Rogue river at Homestead on the Rogue, grading from Grants Pass to Rogue River and several sep aration structures were under contract. Remaining Work The remaining work on the section is planned for con tracting during 1960 and 1961, the department said. Another major project in southwestern Oregon last year was work on the Brookings- Burnt Hill section of Highway 101. The 15-mile section of modern two-lane highway is being financed by bond funds totaling 812,600,000 author ized by the state legislature in 1957. The first contract for the section, totaling $1,350,000 was awarded Jan. 17, 1958, and all grading work was put under contract during 1958. The section was divided Into four units and four sep arate contracts awarded, the department said. Last year, work progressed on all grad ing work with three of the contracts having been com pleted. Expenditure last year amounted to about $4,250,000. Major Structures Planned The' department said that among major structures to be contracted is a large bridge over Thomas creek, eight miles north of Brookings, which is expected to be let during March. Contract for paving the 15 miles will be let this summer, and completion of the project is planned for the fall of 1961. The state highway depart ment said a total of $37,300, 000 worth of contracts were let in 1959 throughout the state. The total was about half the $64V2 million con tracted in 1953. Construction work contract ed last year involved 125 sep arate contracts varying in amount from $4,000 to $2, 490,000, averaging $283,000. It consisted of 125 miles of grading, 188 miles of rock base construction, 159 miles of oiled wearing surface, 102 miles of pavement and 90 bridge and grade separation structures. Excavations Made Excavations to be made un der these contracts total 11, 500,000 cubic yards. Materials to be furnished and used in clude 3,600,000 tons of gravel and crushed rock, 88.000 cu bic yards of concrete in struc tures,. 21,100,000 pounds of steel, 519,300 tons of asphaltic concrete and 17,500 tons of road oils. Of the $59,000,000 expend ed on construction work, $4 900,000 was bond money, $37,500,000 was federal aid, $15,800,000 was. state funds used in the matching of "fed eral aid and on state projects not in the federal aid pro gram, and $800,000 was coun ty funds used in the matching of federal aid on county roads. Among the larger and more noteworthy of the highway improvement projects on which work has been done in 1959 were the following: Harbor Drive-Tigard Junction Construction of the final link on the Portland-Salem Freeway is now well ad vanced. The link extends from the northerly end of the com pleted portion of the freeway near Tigard, north six miles to the point a short distance north of the Ross Island bridge where it will join Port land's Harbor Drive. Work on the first contract was started May 25, 1957, and as of the end of 1959, 17 con tracts have been let and of these seven have been com pleted. Between Tigard Junction and 11th avenue, the paving work commenced April 20, 1959, and this unit will be opened to traffic in the early summer of 1960. Opening of the remaining portion, 11th ave. to Harbor Drive, is sched uled for the fall of 1961. The construction will pro vide for six lanes of traffic with a median strip 8.4 feet in width. It is to be fully ac cess controlled and entirely free of any crossings at grade. Costs are expected to total about $10,500,000 exclusive of right of way. Salem By-Pass Section Construction of the third and fourth lanes of the Salem By-Pass section of the High way 99 freeway was started Aug. 22, 1957. The section is 8.5 miles long and involves construction of nine grr.de separation structures, two bridges and adding . extra width of roadbed and pave ment. The median strip be tween the northbound and southbound roadways is 20 feet. The additional two lanes were opened to traffic Aug. 28, 1959. Construction cost of the new work was $1,700,000. North Jefferson Junction Albany On this 10-mile section of the Highway 99 freeway the existing two -lane highway was brought to interstate highway standards by the pro vision of two additional lanes of concrete pavement and by the elimination of grade cross ings. Eight miles of the sec tion was opened to traffic last year. Work on new bridges at the crossings of the Santiam river and Murder creek was completed and the remaining two miles was opened to traf fic early in 1959. The width of median be tween northbound and south bound roadways is 76 feet. The cost of the project was $4,200,000. Albany-Eugene Section On this section, 42 miles in length, a completely new access-controlled four-lane high way, with wide median strip, is being constructed. Work on the first contract was started Sept. 3, 1957, 15 contracts were let during 1958, and nine were let during 1959. Remaining to be contracted and scheduled for early 1960 is paving from the McKenzie river bridge to Eugene, 11 grade separation structures and later the signing, illumin ation and landscaping work. Grading work on the unit is nearly completed and pave ment construction contracts have been let as far south as the McKenzie river. Among major structures contracted was the large bridge at the crossing of the Willamette river near Eugene. A seven-mile section of this new freeway was opened to traffic late in November. This seven - mile section extends from the North Albany junc tion south to Lebanon road where the traffic is then di rected to the west over the Lebanon county road for about 2I2 miles back to High way 99, about 12 miles north of Halsey. In alignment, the project varies only slightly from a straight line. It effects a sav ing in distance of 7Vfe miles. The construction cost is esti mated at $25,500,000. Comple tion of the project from Al bany to what is known as Judkins Point in Eugene is planned for the fall of 1961. This 19-mile section of Highway 30 freeway is being widened to four lanes ' and 1 BROOKINCS-GOLD BEACH HIGHWAY The 15-mile section of the Brookings-Gold Beach section of Highway 101 relocation project is shown above with grading near ing the completion stage at the end of 1959. The picture above looks south toward Whalehead creek. Expenditure on the two-!ane h:; hway last year amounted to about $4,250,000, the state highway department said. (Highway Department Photo) ROGUE RIVER SECTION Above Is a se tiort of the Highway 99 freeway between Grants Pass and Homestead on the Rogue near Gold Hill. An estimated $4,500,000 will be let in contracts on the section this year, the state highway department said. Grading is expected to be completed, and paving and structure contracts are expected to be let. The project was one of several major projects on state highways in 1959. otherwise improved to con form with interstate highway standards. Work on the first contract commenced Nov. 18, 1957. The eight-mile unit from Sun dial to Rooster Rock was opened to four-lane traffic during the summer of 1959. The grading work is practical ly completed and the last pav ing contract was awarded in December last year. Remaining c o n s t r u ction work yet to be let and sched uled for early 1960 are the Corbett Interchange structure and some signing and illumi nation projects. With favorable weather con ditions, the project should be completed by late fall. The cost is estimated at $6,200,000. Hood River-The Dalles Section Considerable progress has been made in the building to interstate standards of this 19 mile section of the Highway 30 freeway. First to be com pleted was the 1.5 mile sec tion entering The Dalles from Chenoweth creek, opened to traffic July 12, 1957. The next fsection open to four-lane traf fic was the 3.2-mile west unit, Shogren-Rowena section com pleted Jan. 19, 1959. The east unit, Shogren-Rowena section was opened to traffic during the late summer of 1959 and the 5.6 miles be tween Rowena and Cheno weth creek will be opened to four-lane traffic in December this year. Grading of the six miles be tween Hood River and Sho gren was started and complet ed last year. The paving of this unit, scheduled for con tracting early in the spring of 1960, will complete the whole of the distance from Hood River to The Dalles to four lane interstate standards. ' With favorable conditions, the project should be complet ed by late fall 1960. The cost is estimated at $5,200,000. Emigrant Hill-La Grande Section - The Emigrant Hill - La Grande section of Highway 30 freeway the length of which is 32.7 miles, is being con structed in four units. The 3.1 mile unit between Emigrant hill and Deadmans pass was completed late in 1958. Oh the 9.4 mile unit between Deadmans pass and Meacham grading was commenced late in 1958 and is now 50 per cent complete. Paving and struc ture contracts will be let this spring. Estimated completion date for this unit is 1961. The 10.2-mile unit from Meacham to Glover was com pleted and opened to four-lane traffic July 30, 1959. On the 10-mile unit from Glover to La Grande all ma jor construction work has been contracted and is in progress. Estimated comple tion date for this unit is late fall of 1960. . The cost of the whole of the Emigrant Hill-La Grande sec tion for construction work is estimated to be $15,500,000. Ontario-Idaho State Line Section This project includes 3.8 miles of four-lane grading and paving, the construction of twin bridges over the Snake river at ,the Oregon-Idaho State line, and the construc tion of five smaller bridges and grade separation struc tures. Contract for construction of the Snake river bridges was awarded May 9, 1958. Con tract for the grading was awarded Aug. 22, 1958. Contract for the five small er bridges was let April 16, 1959, and the paving contract was let May 14, 1959. The bridges at the Snake river crossing will cost $1,070,000, with half of tins cost to be borne by the state of Idaho. The grading and paving work and small bridge construction will cost $1,970,000. Comple tion of the project is expected late in summer of 1960. Wauna-Westport Section The Wauna-Westport pro ject on Highway 30 is an ex tension of improvement com pleted between Bradley Park and Wauna. Its length is 2.6 miles and its cost is $551,000. Work was completed Sept. 11, 1959. Goble-Tide Creek Section The Goble-Tide Creek sec tion of Highway 30 has a length of 5.2 miles and has been under construction since October, 1957. The final con tract, covering work at the Goble end, commenced April 7, 1959. Completion of the 3.8 miles west unit was Nov. 10, 1959, and the 1.4 miles Goble end is planned for the early 1960. The completed cost will be in the neighborhood of $1,- 200,000. Newport-Toledo Highway The Pioneer Mountain sec tion is 2.7 miles in length and extends easterly from a point 2.5 miles east of Toledo. Grad ing was started in February, 1958, and is now near comple tion. The paving contract is to be let in March, 1960, and should be completed about October, 1960. (The complete cost of grading and paving is estimated at $ 1 .000,000. Coos Bay-Roseburg Highway The North Fork Coquille . River-Myrtle Point section. 4 miles in length, consists, in the main, of the construc tion of a deep fill across bot tom lands of the North Fork : of the Coquille river, imme diately north of Myrtle Point. The work is being done to al leviate flooding of the highway. The cost of the project is estimated at $720,000. It was ; opened to traffic early in De cember; however, there still remains some work to be done beforethe entire project will be complete. Coos Bay-Bandon Section Construction is under way on a cut-ofr route for High way 101 beginning at a point six miles south of Coos Bay and rejoining the present Highway 101 at Bandon. The length of this cut-off section is 17.4 miles. It effects a saving in distance of 12 miles. All of the grading work, structural work and a small part of the paving work at the Davis-Slough end is under contract. The 1.8-mile unit from Bullards bridge to Ban don was completed during Oc tober, 1959. uraamg 011 uic 11 nmra uc tween the Davis-Slough unit and Bullards bridge was com pleted during September, 1959, and the paving of this unit is scheduled to be con tracted -this month. Comple tion of the whole of the proj ect is tentatively planed for the fall of 1960. The cost is estimated at $5,100,000. A Tribute To Our i Benevolent Societies! From all over the world come persons associated by ties of brotherhood. To the members of our Benevolent Lodges and Clubs we extend cordial greetings. A society of men, devoted and dedi cated to mutual aid and benefit. Encouragement graciously offered when sorrow overtakes us all! A common bond, equal footing, friendly always, uniting them in brotherly union. Is ther any more wonderful ideal, more devoutly to be achieved the world over, than Liberty, Equality, Fraternity? Medford Pharmacy 101 North Central, Corner 6th Ph. SP 2-6253 Open Week Days: 8:30 A.M. to 10:30 P.M. Sundays and Holidays 10 A.M. to 9:30 P.M. We Salute Our Town! O PRESIDENT SHOULD IHVITE DEMOCRATS TO SUMMIT: KST "Unless foreign policy is kept out of and above partisan politics" in the; coming U. S. presidential race, America's allies will have reason to be nervous. This is the view of former President Harry S. Truman. Mr. Truman believes it is up to the President to prevent "misuse of foreign policy for narrow partisan advantage.": 'it' And he argues that it would be good sense for the President to take along Democratic as well as Republican congressional leaders-to the Paris summit meeting. He explains his reasons for these views in a thought-provoking article which appears exclusively in the ... Medford Tribune
