===============+==========+==========+===========+==========+=========== | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | Totals ---------------+----------+----------+-----------+----------+----------- Regrade and | ... |$35,330.82| $16,444.10| ... | $51,774.92 Macadam | | | | | Hard Surface |$80,944.11| 4,111.79| 200,047.81| 41,393.37| 326,497.08 Shoulders | ... | 5,081.80| ... | ... | 5,031.80 Drainage | ... | ... | 5,022.19| ... | 5,022.19 Bridges | ... | 28,591.39| 14,203.21| ... | 42,794.60 Right of Way | ... | ... | 2,538.06| ... | 2,538.06 and Miscel- | | | | | laneous | | | | | Engineering, | 3,500.00| 3,400.00| 16,667.87| 2,000.00| 25,567.87 Superinten- | | | | | dence and | | | | | Overhead | | | | | +----------+----------+-----------+----------+----------- Total |$84,444.11|$76,465.80|$254,933.24|$43,393.37|$459,226.52 ---------------+----------+----------+-----------+----------+----------- SUMMARY Pavement $326,497.08 Bridges 42,794.60 Grading 64,366.97 Engineering and Overhead 25,567.87 ----------- Grand Total $459,226.52 POLK COUNTY The work of the State Highway Department in Polk County during 1917 and 1918 has been confined chiefly to the design and the supervision of construction of bridges. In addition to the design and supervision of the Salem Bridge which is partly within Polk County, and which is described in detail in an article in the chapter devoted to Marion County, the Department has handled, at the request of the Polk County Court, the following bridge work, all of which has been paid for by the County. Between Monmouth and Dallas a 37 foot reinforced concrete bridge was built over a slough on the Mulkey Cut-off. This bridge complete cost $1,898.17. The Hollingshead Bridge over the Little Luckiamute River south of Dallas is a 72 foot covered wooden span on concrete piers. This bridge was built at a cost of $3,615.00. A 160 foot suspension foot-bridge was built over the Big Luckiamute River at a cost of $500.00, to accommodate school children attending the Montgomery School. The LaCreole Creek Bridge in Dallas is a reinforced concrete arch structure seventy feet long. This bridge was not designed by the Highway Department, but the Department supervised its construction. It is a very pretty structure with sidewalks and lighting fixtures. It was built at a cost of $10,755.68. SHERMAN COUNTY