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Laguna Cutoff Done1 This Year; Santa Rosa AlsoA $50 COO bridge be built across Rio Pueico between Su war.ee nnd Albuquerque this year by the state highway department as the first step in opening of the Laguna at;d Santa Rosa cut-oils.This \vlt;»rd was brought here today by Edgar Knight. traffic manager of the U. S. GO-Boulder Dam-Grand Canyon Highway association. The Luqiuia cutoff saves 20 miles in the distance between Gallup and Albuquerque.Another project is to be built on tin- Santa Rusa end of the road, near Ibditia, this ye,iv, and the whole will Im* kept 0:1 permanent maintenance after ibise jnojecis are 'completed under the federal bureau of toads approval of the cutoffs given early this week.Immediate effects of the const ruction will be to assure use of the road next year, Mr. Knight explained, it will bring thou son da move ears to 66 that now go over the southern route.Completion of Ihe project,” he raid, “will provide a straight cast mil west road across the state and will constitute a saving of 101 miles .s a gainst the present routing of U S. Mi from the Texas fine to the Aii.Tum line thru Gallup. ;‘The road lias always been reeog-nirnd ns tho key to the problem of :« oping continuity of travel on 60 icjo'-s Ibis state and will place 06 in i commanding position as the shortest and best transcontinental highway joining together the great cert-’ors of population of the east with f those of the Pacific coast. i The Laguna cutoif furmerjy was m did stage toad on dtho probable ’oration of the trail used by. Coro-„ nado's men in 1513 when the first v crossing cf ihe Hiu Grandc was c undo by white men at what is now Qarelas bridge.“Santa Rosa rut off was used forn. i « «
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Gallup Independent and Evening Herald
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Thu, Aug 25, 1932
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