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<br />to Parker dam site the river road had been graded but not sur-
<br />faced by the City of Los Angeles in 1931 and 1932. The only other
<br />roads were trails made by prospectors, the 115 miles of light-graded
<br />roads built during the survey period by the City of Los Angeles
<br />along the south slopes of the Little San Bernardino Mountains, and
<br />additional "scratch" roads made by the District.
<br />The District road system is shown in Figure 11. It was planned
<br />to provide, in conjunction with state highways, easy access to aque-
<br />duct schedules for both District forces and contractors. The system
<br />consists of paved trunk roads connecting with state highways, and
<br />paved branch roads to the division camps and the aqueduct intake,
<br />requiring only the additional construction of short stub roads to
<br />complete the service to the individual contractors' camps.
<br />The building of the first section of trunk road, 35.9 miles in
<br />length, along the north side of the Coachella Valley between Garnet
<br />and Indio was started January 21, 1933 and completed July 26,
<br />1933. The second section, from Desert Center to Earp, a distance
<br />of 84 miles, was constructed between February 20, 1933 and Aug-
<br />ust 4, 1933. The final section of the system was completed through
<br />to Parker dam site, Division No. 1 camp, and Intake between
<br />October 29, 1933 and January 22, 1934 by widening and surfacing
<br />to District standards the previously graded 16-mile river road and
<br />constructing extensions to the above points. In addition, the Dis-
<br />trict contributed $20,000 toward the cost of a new state highway,
<br />extending from a point on the District road Ileal' India to Shaver's
<br />Summit via Mecca Pass. This road was opened to traffic in 1935.
<br />Stub roads connecting all the Division 4, or Coachella, camps
<br />with the trunk road from Garnet to Indio were built, either by
<br />contract or by District forces driving the Coachella tunnels, for
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