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<br />DESIGN ArTn CnliSTRUCTION PROBlEMS
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<br />Accossibility
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<br />All oquip!:l',nt r,lcd construction n"torials could bc: shiprod to
<br />Janiso, Nobrr,ska, 1.5 nilos oc,st of the dr.losito. This is 0. boet dunp
<br />spur off tho Union i'acific Rc,ilror.d (Ihioh l"Cms throuSh Lynr.n,
<br />lIobrc.sl-:c.. An ac.st c.nd "."JOft ro:"..d t:Jropgh J["llisc pC.sses ':'.bout r. q"J.r.:.rtcr
<br />of c, nilo to tho north of t h', d'J.1si to. This road is gravoled c.nd
<br />nc.int",h'od by thc county. Thcro aro 110 bridg:os, r,nJ thc, grr,do ror.cllcs
<br />a ;:\D.xinun of 5 ?erCci~t for ['. distmlco of rc100ut 600 foct. Tlw rOrl",indcr
<br />of tho roc,d h"s Ii ttlo or no ::;rr.do. No o.dditional drain"go would bo
<br />r.ecdcd on tho roc,d, but Clddo.tion!\l grave:!. to sto.bij~,zo tho subgrr,do
<br />nould bo nocessary. This roc.d has a "l"y subgrado '.L,th a liGht cor.t
<br />of Gro.vcl" U~'ldcr :1ornc.l fC'.rn tc nnrkct trn:'fic it b,::coj](:s rutted in
<br />v;'Ct r18nthor.
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<br />A half ni Ie of accoss road fron tho county roo.d to tho dar.,sito
<br />r.'ould h"vc to bo cul1structod. ThiB road could bo oasily built sinco
<br />the terra.in is rollinb \"1i th no rocl': Hor!-::. Grc~."cl for sl_l.rf;,.cin~ '"lould
<br />h".'TO to bo 'mulod fro];! tho IIorth Platto Ei vcr. T;,is would bo tho only
<br />nC"j rand construction ncccssc.rYQ
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<br />T;,oro is no neod for a ror.dnry to cross tho daD to COllliCCt nith
<br />r.ny county, stato, or Feder:,l l1ighllay system.
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<br />The county ro"d fron Henry, Nobraska, to tho daJ'1sito has "n
<br />avo raGa nidth of 26 foet. The I:l"xinutJ cr"de docs "ot excood 2 p"rcont,
<br />r.nd thon but for vory short dist"nccs. Tho 66-foot ri6ht-of-nay
<br />follows tho soction linos, rosulting in sheerp curves o.t t,'roo points.
<br />These threo l!oints he.vo ['. curv::.t'...l.rc in o~:ccs.s of 60 dCGroos. Thore is
<br />no s uiX-r-clovutiO:1 0:1 the curves. The: rond hr.s :'"'. br:".vGl surfGcc nnd
<br />c,;>In aI's to havc a coad base d. nco it st!\nds up nolI ,1l,dcr co:tsidore,blo
<br />hoavy trr.ffic SUC:, as the haulint; of sUGar boots, fuel c,nd fc.rm
<br />f,lOochincry. Tho Vici!1ity TI~u:!J ~xhibit 5, SllO...-J3 the rcco1:lr.1cndcd r.cc~ss
<br />routo r,Old otter foc.turos.
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<br />Tho allori.o.blc lQadings for bridgos 00.1 the .~ccess ro"d from
<br />Hc:lry, Hobl':lslcr,. "1'0 estimatod c.s follor!s: bridge c,cross the North
<br />Platto Riv',r, ;;-20, roinforced cOEcreto, \'Jidth IG fe.:,t; t!10 rCl'laindor
<br />of the bridGos '.1'0 tir,bor, 16 fcot '.Iido ,.Ii th r.n .~{_15 10c,dir.g.
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<br />Locnl truckers ':Jore con-tC'.ctcd in 'Trjrr~LnS-tont Wyoming, C\nd
<br />Scottsbluff, Nobrc,slw, c.nd th.c c.vor"-so truck rr.to quotod rms twol va
<br />cents a ~on nile.
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<br />The noed for n construction ~!'.np is not ['.ntici~x'.tod bcc['.uso of
<br />tho proxini ty of Torrin:;ton C-Ilt\ Mi teholl whoro sovor:ll cubin canps,
<br />trailor O:l;"PS, r.:1d seno l'c:sidentir.1 I':ousing could be ~)rocurod, No
<br />or',':::.:-::.l!lcni:; h01~:'3.1ll6 \"1.)_:1 be rcquirad ~:'.t the dr'.nsitc, [jinco opcr~'.tion of
<br />tho rcs.....rv0.'1.1" "10,.:!..:!: be ix'.rt of th~ duties of 0. ditch-ridor.
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