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$62.8 Million Awarded in Oregon Highway Contracts in 1960
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NEW BRIDGE Part or the Highway 99 freeway work in Jackson county land.. Other structures also were built, and grading done on more than
last year included construction of two bridges over the Rogue river 20 miles of the freeway route. Contracts were awarded, or bids opened,
between Gold Hill and Rogue River by Pacific Concrete company, Port- on more than $8 million worth of freeway work in southern Oregon.
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MORE CAMPERS Overnight camping in Oregon's parks is a small area of Humbug Mountain State park in Curry
drew 13 per cent more campers in 19b0 than in 1959. A county beside Highway 101. The numerous camping trail
total of more than 595,000 camper nights were spent in ers and tents attest to the popularity of outdoor recreation
the 41 Oregon state parks with overnight facilities. Above of this type. (State Highway Dept. Photo)
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'MOONSCAPES' Fantastic
"moonscapes" are among the
features of the breath-taking
scenery In Oregon's newest
park-Smith Rock State park.
Located on the Crooked river
northeast of Redmond, the
park was added to the stale
park system In I960. Picknick
ing and basic day-lite facilities
wore constructed during the
year by the state parks divi
sion. Oregon's slalc parks
served 11 million visitors dur
ing If (10
(State Highway Depl. Photo)
The Oregon state highway
department in 1960 let 248
separate contracts totaling
$62,800,000 varying in
amounts from $6,000 to $3,
518,000. Work contracted by the de
partment consisted of 241
miles of grading, 279 miles
of rock base construction, 172
miles of oiled wearing sur
face, 320 miles of pavement,
and 136 bridge and grade sep
aration structures.
Of the $48,800,000 expend
ed on construction work, $2,
300,000 was bond money, $29,
000,000 was federal aid, $16,-
Yau.uuo was slate funds used
in the matching of federal aid
and on state projects not in
the federal aid program, and
$750,000 was. county funds
used in the matching of fed
eral aid on county roads.
A majority of the work was
along the highway 99 free
way and southern Oregon was
not without its share. Con
tracts were awarded or bids
opened on an estimated $8,
163,000 worth of highway
construction between Grants
Pass and Jackson St., Med-
ford.
Work in southern Oregon
included the Grants Pass
Evans Creek section, which is
15 per cent complete, estimat
ed to cost $2,691,000 the
Evans Creek-Rock Point sec
tion, which is 75 per cent
complete, estimated to cost.
$1,955, 00U; and the Seven
Oaks-Jackson st. section, on
which work started in Novem
ber, estimated to cost $3.-
517,000.
In addition, $989,900 was
expended for work on the
Lake of the Woods highway in
Jackson county, and another
$937,000 was contracted on
grading and rock surfacing on
riignway 62 in the highway's
reolignmcnt program.
lo accommodate a steadilv
increasing state park usage,
the department added 614
acres to the park system In
the creation of one new nark
and the addition to the areas
of four others last year.
Overnight camping proved
increasingly popular with
park visitors. Vacationists and
week end nature lovers spent
more than 595,000 camper
nights in state parks, an In
crease of 13 per cent over
1959.
Improvements were contin
ued in 41 camping areas, the
parks division added 137 new
camp sites and numerous
bathhouses, utility buildings
and other support facilities.
To meet future needs, the
department plans construc
tion of some 300 new camp
sites during the coming year.
Picnicking facilities will be
expanded by construction of
340 new tables to handle the
anticipated ll'i million visi
tors expected this year.
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RENOWNED FOR BEAUTY Oregon's parks are renowned I
for their beauty and facilities. An example of park use is
this boat launching ramp at Wallowa Lake State Park in
the northeast corner of the state. (State Highway Dept. Photo)
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DIVIDED FREEWAY-Oregori
now has almost 100 miles of!
continuous four-lane, divided'
freeway in the Willamette!
valley section of Interstate
No. 5 stretching from the
T i g a r d interchange out ot
Portland to the Ferry Street
Bridge interchange at Eugene.
When a six-mile section of
two-lane is completed north
of Eugene next summer the'
total will be 101 miles. Above!
is the Corvallis-Lebanon Road'
Interchange crossing the con-'.
crete ribbons of Interstate No.
5, south of Albany.
(State Highway Dept. Photo)
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