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e-mIdg»inheadtoayktireida*v-leteiel-Dresden By-Pass Job To Start This SpringK.ne.3e1tsyI17Map locates Ohio 66 by-pass of Dresden (soM horizontal line), construction of which will start this spring- The dots and small circles mark proposed routes which were abandoned. The solid double vcrticle line in center is presentOhio 66. The section on which work will start this spring extends from a point fnst south of Dresden to Ohio If. No date has been set for work on Stage 2. North on the map is at the rightThe Dresden by-pass, a road construction job costing Siy2 million, moved a step closer to reality last week when bids were sought by the Omo Highway Department.Plans call for opening of bids on Tuesday, Feb. *25. at Columbus with the work likely to get under way about a month later. The tentative completion d2te is July 1, 1970.Paul Baran of Newark, Ohio highway engineer in charge of this district, said construction would start on the Zanesvilleside of Dresden, cut across the southwest comer of the town and extend northward to Ohio 16 a mile and a half west of the present interaction.Eliminated w3! be a number of railroad crossings, including the one at Trinwav where a number of fatalities have occurred.The by-pass will be three miles in length. A two-lane highway, 24 feet wide, will be constructed on s. right-of-way wide enough for two additional lanes if, and when, needed.Two bridges wiH be constructed. One, 20$ feet in length, will carry ihte road over Wakatomika Creek and the other, a l€S-foot structure, win span the Penn Central Railroad tracks.The highway department also plans to relocate Ofhio 60 from the Dresden by-pass south to a point just north of the Creamery Road (formerly OMo 156).However, no date has been set for work on this section due to lack of funds.•.t,:
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Zanesville Times Recorder
Zanesville, Ohio, US
Sun, Feb 09, 1969
Page 36
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