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VOLUME XLILSI. JOHNSTwo Miles of Road Aeross Zuni Land Is GradedFINISH SURVEYS.High Route Along Top Mesa is ChosenWork has been started on the Zuni-Arizona state line road linking Gallup with St. Johns, Ariz., on Highway 666, U. A. Trotter, superintendent of Zuni reservation, revealed today.More than two, miles of the 12.2 miles of the highway across the Zuni reservation to the state line havebeen graded and bridge work has been started inseveral places.The highway is to be constructed with Indian bureau funds. From Gallup to Zuni the road la to bo improved this fall and next fprlng with $5,000 state money in addition to county maintcnanco under an agreement reached by Trotter with state officials.State Completes SurveyState Engineers working three weeks, have completed their survey of the road line across the reserve* tlon, Trottr said. All available reservation funds will be put on this road to’push it lo,oompIction.The Zuni reservation road connects with the St. Johns, Ariz., road at the state lino and will give residents of the rich St. Johns area a direct connection with the railroad . tfcr^Galiup, .,zxwi« lO^milesshorter than any other route.The line surveyed is on the mesa above the Zuni river, nearly paralleling its course, and avoiding the soft sand and gumbo of the river bottom.All Weather RoadEngineers described the new route selected after a second survey, as an all-weather highway. It is 2 miles shorter than the cut-off driven last summer by Gov. W. H. P. Hunt of Arizona, on a road inspection tour,By the new (route, it will be 83 miles to St. Johns from Gallup as compared to more than 200 miles now on round-about highways.The route was designated on Highway 666 last spring by the Highway 666 association, and it is planned will eventually be extended from Cortez, Colo., to Globe and Phoenix, Ariz., thru Gallup.i
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Gallup Independent and Evening Herald
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Sat, Oct 31, 1931
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