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has been established on the west or right abutment to supply concrete for lining diversion tunnels. Large aggregate separation and concrete plants will be constructed to supply almost 5,000,000 cubic yards of concrete to be placed in Glen Canyon Dam. Concrete placement will begin in November 1959 according to present plans. Except for a temporary 9-mile link from the Utah-Arizona State line to the dam site, the access highways to the dam site are completed and in use. The Glen Canyon highway bridge at dam site will connect these access highways to form a new and alternate route for U. S. Highway 89 between Bitter Springs and Kanab. The steel arch was "pinned" on August 6 for this highest and second longest steel-arch bridge in the United States. It is expected that the bridge will be completed before the contract com- pletion date in February 1959. The new town of Page, Arizona, on Manson Mesa just two miles from the Glen Canyon Dam site, is taking shape. Streets and utilities at Page near completion; 100 permanent houses are essentially completed, and work is well advanced on the second group of 100. The prime con- tractor has established a large trailer camp, has built a number of per- manent dwellings, and has established temporary stores and shopping facilities for the people living at Page. Temporary school buildings have been built, and the permanent school is under construction. At the present time, more than 1,500 workers are employed by contractors at the dam site and about 4,,000 people live at Page. With the completion of Government housing at Page, the Bureau of Reclamation office for the Glen Canyon Unit was moved from Kanab, Utah, to Page on November 25, 1958. In all, 19 construction contracts have been awarded on the Glen Canyon Storage Unit; 12 have been completed and 7 are presently in force-- including the large prime contract. The total amount of contracts awarded is almost $125 million, of which $108 million is the prime contract. Work under the prime contract is set for completion in March 1964. Following award of prime construction contract for Flaming Gorge Dam and power plant to Arch Dam Constructors in June, work was started on diversion tunnel and access roads into the deep canyon at the dam site. The present schedule set up by the prime contractor calls for completion of the diversion tunnel, spillway tunnel, and control cable tunnel by next summer, with closure of the coffer dam and diversion of the Green River in September 1959. In May 1958, the Bureau of Reclamation office was moved into temporary space at Dutch John, Utah, the construction town 2 miles from - 18 -