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CELEBRATIONS TO'MARK GOOD ROADS/PROGRESS IN STATEd 1 ACOMPLETION OF TRUNK HIGH- \ WAY PROJECTS TO BE MADE a OCCASION FOR EVENTSReporlt have been received at the headquarters of the state highway department of celebiations to be held in different parts of the state in September and October to mark the completion of impoitant highway improvemens that In one way or another measure Minnesota’s■bprogress in the development of its good roads program, and are rn that account, according to Commissioner Babcock, of more than local Interest,Deter, have been set ho far, a highway bulletin state*-, for onlytwo of the proposed celebrations. Cbl ers are contingent a* yet upon t»e time at which certain improvement projects will be completed.U. S. Highway No. 56 Association, wrhich embraces towns and citiesalong what was known In the eaily history of the state as the Dubuque trail, have set Sunday, September SSth, for an interstate celebration at the Mtnnosota-Iowa line a milefouth of Prosper. A granite marker placed by the association at the line between the two states will be accepted by the highway authorities of the two states and oth.,r program features followed to commemoratecompletion of paving on U. S. highway No. 65 (Minnesota trunk highway No. 20) on the route between the twin cities and Chicago.A celebration to make the com-/pletion of the Improvement made possible by tl « $20,000,000 bond is-tme, authorized by the last legislature, Is scheduled at Rochester forOctober 6t-h. Plans under way provide for making this a statewide•vent ami it is expected that delegations from all parts of the state *WiTl participate, according to re-rts by the Rochester Chamber ofomswerce.Formal opening of the pavement cm trunk highway No. 2, which runs lt;Nreetrwe*d from Duluth, throughAitkin, Brainerd, Wadem and Detroit Lakes to Moorhead, is to be observed by a celebration at Aitkin early in October. Pavement on this route will be continuous from Carlton to Aitkin when the trork now under way is completed.Mttaca la laying plans for a celebration to honor completion of pavement laying on trunk highway JCo 18 which will provide continuous concrete from Elk River to Mille Lacs Lake. All points along the foute are being invited to join in.Redwood Falls has announcedthat the completion of 40 miles of paving weetward from that city, a^»d which continuous pavement will be available for travelers between Marshall and Gaylord on tnmk highway No. 14, will be made fhe occasion of a “growing good toads” event.
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Brainerd Daily Dispatch
Brainerd, Minnesota, US
Fri, Sep 09, 1932
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