The grading work of the Highway Department is confined to the building
of those sections of State roads which are so located that the counties
in which they occur are not directly interested in their construction or
which are so expensive that county funds are inadequate for their
construction. The total number of miles graded during the last two-year
period was 134.5 miles, most of which was on the Pacific and Columbia
River highways.
While the grading work was greatly curtailed during 1918 on account of
war conditions, work was continued in those localities where resident
labor was available and where the work interfered in no way with more
essential war industries.
A complete tabulation of the grading jobs is given elsewhere in this
report, and a detailed outline of each is given under the respective
county headings. A few of the more important grading jobs are as
follows:
Miles
Grading between Cascade Locks and Hood River in Hood River County 14.2
Elimination of Roberts Mountain grades in Douglas County 12.8
Grading of Rice Hill section between Oakland and Yoncalla 10.4
Elimination of Wolf Creek-Grave Creek grades in Josephine County 4.9
Reduction of Cummins Hill grade in Wheeler County 3.5
Grading between Oregon City and New Era in Clackamas county 4.5