The Tennessean du lieu suivant : Nashville, Tennessee • Page 102

THE NASHVILLE TtNNESSEAN. Sunday, Isnusry 8, 1967 1 1 i MEMPHIS V1RC1NIA KiNTtir K1NCSP0RT jr-, NASHli 2 'V ffLMsi INTERSTATE HIGHWAYS SjpKl VV TOTAL MILES ALLOCATED 1,050 KT'jkts 1 cSaTANOOCA i opem to traffic Ty I I C0NSTRUCTI0H UNDERWAY Mississippi. Zm -ur or advertised for bids yCw CHATTANOOGA NTV RIGHT OF WAY BEINQ ACQUIRED ilJmr ceotclA ry j-aiim State's Interstate System Now Past Halfway Mark signed to open up Tennes work when completed, carry By LARRY DAUGHTRY was changed to run east of Clarksville, rather than west see's mountainous areas to modern commerce, is barely started. Only 6.1 miles of the 334 miles alloted to Tennessee is open, and 10.8 miles is under construction. Design work is being completed on 101 miles of the system.

grow. Most or these visitors now enter the northern end of the park in Kentucky, where access is made easy by a four-lane highway. A group of local officials In the counties around the Tennessee end of the park have started a drive to build a modern highway along the Tennessee entrance. Work on the Appalachian highway system, which is de- hump in terms of total cost, with $714 million of the $1.2 billion cost obligated and $527 million remaining for completion of the system. Still Some Gaps Current status of the uncompleted mileage includes 96 miles being surveyed, 144 miles with plans being developed, 103 miles with right-of-way being acquired, 178 miles under contract for grading, drainage and structures, and 62 miles under contract for paving.

Despite progress of the Interstate program, Tennessee still has some gaps which must be filled to give the state a truly modern highway system. Because the route of 1-24 from Nashville to St. Louis toward Dover and Murray, Tennessee has no easy access to the new Between-the-Lakes Park. Easy From Kenucky The park, located in Tennessee and Kentucky, is drawing thousands of visitors each year and the total is expected to in Tennessee during calendar year 1966 include: Primary roads, $13 million urban roads, $9 million) secondary roads, $12 million; local interstate connections, $4 million; landscaping, $1 million! rural roads, $8 million; and state construction, $25 million. Total construction, maintan-ance and marking costs for the state during 1966, including the interstate system, came to $179,903,116.

Funds Spent A decade after the start of the federal interstate highway program, Tennessee has passed the halfway mark In Interstate mileage open to traffic. Aa of the end of the year, 527 miles of the 1,050 Tennessee system were open, according to the state highway department. The United States Department of Commerce reports that more than 22,000 miles of the nation's 41,000 mile Interstate system Is open to traffic. Construction Is underway on another 6,382 miles. Key Network The interstate system will be the nation's key highway net- Combined federal-state funds spent for highway purposes ing over 20 per cent of all traffic.

Congress has required that projects be planned to accommodate adequately the traffic anticipated 20 years beyond their design period. Federal funds provide 00 per cent of the cost, the states the remainder. During 1966, Tennessee opened 116 new miles of interstate highway, and for the first time two major cities Nashville and Memphis were connected by the interstate. The state plans to open an additional 79.9 miles of the system during 1967. One of 16 States Construction and maintain-ance obligations for the interstate system in Tennessee during 1966 totaled $75.4 million.

The state highway department points with pride to figures that show Tennessee is one of 16 states which has some work underway on all its alloted mileage. In administering the program, Tennessee has generally moved slowly ahead on the total program, rather than concentrating available funds on a few major roads. This has sometimes caused the state to lag behind in mileage completed, but state engineers insist the system will be finished on time in 1972. Tennessee is also over the For Quick, Sure Starts REPLACE WITH AUTO-UTE War Delayed Wolf Creek Work Wolf Creek Dam was completed in 1952. Work was started in May 1941 and was suspended from Aug.

31, 1943 to Sept. 6, 1946 because of World War II. The concrete portion of the dam is 1,796 feet long and 258 feet high; the earthern portion of the dam is 3.940 feet Ion and 1,100 feet wide at the base. New Office? Remodeling Your Present Office? NOW YOU CAN lest We Forget Lest We vulnerable to flooding, community growth is guided away. But just back in 1963, the Little Pigeon river swept out of the mountains and did this to Sevierville.

Now the TVA is carrying out a channel improvement project there that will forestall another flood. Soon, with the help of TVA and the Army Engs. Corps, Tennessee should be virtually flood free. For most Tennessee and Cumberland Valley residents, a flooded town or city is a sight almost forgotten, since for the most part floods in the valleys are controlled year round now. More than 100 communities have used engineering help from the Army Engineering Corps in meeting flood problems, and where studies disclose areas still OFFICE FURNISHINGS excellent quality without a large cash outlay! The finest battery money can buy Original equipment on many of America's finest automobiles AUTOMOBILE ELECTRIC SERVICE CO.

4 Cents Gallon Needed To Construct Interstotes Phone 255-7515 168 Ninth North tually changes hands 90 per The states must pay the recent of the cost for an inter- mainder and the entire cost of state system highway and 50 malntalnlng the road after it's per cent for other federally aided roads. built. It? til awS jySZn ATTACHE' ffl I BE I (9 iJ.n! LIT. 1 I i trust fund must at least break even by the end of each fiscal year. $380 Million For the current fiscal year, the bureau of public roads expects a surplus In the fund of $380 million, including a carryover surplus of $243 million from the last fiscal year.

It will spend $3.9 billion. Next June's expected surplus is almost twice what the experts anticipated last spring. It stems from higher than expected income, anticipated spending slightly less than earlier expected, a larger carry-over and the slowdown in the program. Since no other money is pumped into the trust fund, the requirement of solvency has traditionally limited the dispensing of federal highway aid. The slowdown haa no direct relation to actual spending of highway money this fiscal year but officials expect some indirect response.

Tell States What the Johnson administration did to slacken the road building program was tell states they can award contracts worth only $3.3 billion in federal aid during the year ending next June 30. instead of the $4 billion originally planned. The federal money to pay for these contracts won't be spent until work is completed. Consequently, spending can lag behind the actual award of a contract by months and even years. When work on a contract is completed, a state presents its bill to the bureau for reimbursement and the money ac WASHINGTON AP) It takes 4 cents a gallon, that is to provide the bulk of money used by the federal government to build the interstate highway system, now more than half completed.

Despite the anti-inflationary slowdown in road building, the money to pay for it will continue to roll into the federal treasury faster than ever. During the fiscal year ending June 30, the government expects to take in a record $4.04 billion in gasoline and other highway user taxes. Only To Build This money can be spent only to build highways because it's against the law to divert money from the highway trust fund for any other purpose, no matter how laudable. Even the highway safety program passed by Congress this year is not eligible to use trust fund money. About 75 per cent of the trust fund's income results from the 4 cents per gallon federal tax on gasoline and diesel fuel.

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