This work extends from the Calapooya River Bridge at Oakland to a point
two miles south of Yoncalla, a total distance of 10.4 miles. A contract
for clearing, grading and culverts was awarded the Warren Construction
Company, September 5, 1917, being the last of three contracts signed
jointly by the County Court and State Highway Commission.
This work was completed July 25, 1918, and is an excellent piece of
standard construction 24 feet in width. It eliminates the old excessive
grade over Rice Hill, and some bad sections just north of Oakland--there
being now no grades over 5 per cent.
On the completion of the grading the State Highway Commission requested
permission Of the Capital Issues Committee to sell bonds, part of which
were to cover the rocking of this unit to make it passable for winter.
This request was refused on the ground that it was not a necessary war
measure. The road will therefore not be passable this winter, but it is
expected that the section will be macadamized during the 1919 season.
Mr. Robert A. Pratt was resident engineer in charge of the construction.