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Wallis and Marilyn Kimble Northwest History Database
  • Original index title: Highways
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    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-08-07


    • Coulee dam highways deadly

    • 1936

    • Coulee dam highways deadly. - Classed by insurance companies as "extra hazardous employment," work in Grand Coulee dam's construction danger zones is no more dangerous than driving on the highways, recently prepared records reveal.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-08-07
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1938-03-09


    • Filling of reservoir will necessitate changes.

    • 1938

    • Filling of reservoir will necessitate changes. - Rebuilding of at least three state highways in the vicinity of Grand Coulee dam and Grand Coulee irrigation storage reservoir became a major project this week with Lacey V. Murrow, director of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1938-03-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-10-02


    • Roads to dam site in good condition

    • 1934

    • Roads to dam site in good condition. - All roads leading to the Grand Coulee dam from the Sunset highway have been put into the best of condition since President Roosevelt allocated the funds for the project more than a year ago. Working under the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-10-02
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-08-04


    • Rain aided all Coulee roads

    • 1934

    • Rain aided all Coulee roads. - Inland automobile association scout car toured highways Friday. - No dust on routes. - Gathers data on mileage and conditions on each highway. - A scout car of the Inland Automobile association, occupied by Frank W....
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-08-04
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-02-10


    • Work 1000 men on damsite road

    • 1934

    • Work 1000 men on damsite road. - The state highway department will put 1000 men to work at once on highways leading to the Grand Coulee dam site, it was learned from authoritative sources here yesterday.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-02-10
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-03-23


    • Highway span plans are laid

    • 1935

    • Highway span plans are laid. - Pier builders make progress: Pomeroy company getting ready for construction. - The first of the two piers for the state highways cantilever bridge being constructed by Western Construction company was finished...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-03-23
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-12-31


    • Work starting on Coulee and Chelan road repair jobs

    • 1935

    • Work starting on Coulee and Chelan road repair jobs. - 600 foot tunnel on Chelan highways will be large and straight--Excavation begins for $100,000 highway building. - Five freight carloads of machinery have been shipped to Winesap where it is...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-12-31
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-04-14


    • Coulee roads urged.

    • 1935

    • Coulee roads urged. - The federal public works administration should be urged to allocate sufficient money for construction of adequate highways to the Grand Coulee project. The program of the Inland Empire Waterways association for improvement of...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-04-14
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-08-09


    • Improve roads to Coulee dam

    • 1934

    • Improve roads to Coulee dam. - Highway up gorge now virtually dustless--Wilbur route will be oiled. - New town site forms. - Lot stakes replace stands where Roosevelt spoke--Rock rolls with workmen. - Roads to this area are rapidly being converted...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-08-09
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-02-10. p. 2.


    • Plan road army at Coulee dam

    • 1934

    • Plan road army at Coulee dam. - Murrow promises 1000 men in 90 days--Pleads ignorance of emergency clause. - School problem acute. - Teacher quota full as pupils are turned away--Store and paper expand. - Joesph B. Meehan, Columbia basin commission...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-02-10. p. 2.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-08-24


    • Reach dam site by three roads

    • 1933

    • Reach dam site by three roads. - State to spend estimated $400,000 on Coulee, Almira and Wilbur routes. - Three oiled highways will be built to the Grand Coulee dam site, the district highway engineer announced here today. It was casually estimated...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-08-24
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-16


    • Road in Coulee is on way

    • 1934

    • Road in Coulee is on way. - Lacey Murrow says work to start when Governor signs bill. - Men will go to work on the Grand Coulee dam highway the day Governor Martin signs the authorization bill, Lacey Murrow, director of highways, has informed...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-01-16
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-07-23


    • Washington disgraced by state-sponsored highway

    • 1936

    • Washington disgraced by state-sponsored highway. - Although frequently reported as about ready to be reopened, Washington's much-vaunted "Scenic Highway" traversing the lower Grand Coulee and furnishing an important connection between two...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1936-07-23
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-05-10


    • Highway to dam being improved

    • 1935

    • Highway to dam being improved. - Grading a portion of the new dam site highway from the intersection of the Almira-Wilbur and Coulee highways to the dam site was started under the direction of the Standard Asphalt company yesterday.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-05-10
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-07-20


    • Oil all roads into dam site

    • 1934

    • Oil all roads into dam site. - President Roosevelt will travel all the way from Soap Lake to the Grand Coulee dam site over oiled roads, Lacey Murrow, state director of highways, said here today.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-07-20
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-07-04


    • Dam site roads in better shape

    • 1935

    • Dam site roads in better shape. - The new dam site highway has been surfaced from the intersection of the Coulee-Almira-Wilbur highways to the switchback bridge of the U. S. Construction railway in the engineers' model town.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1935-07-04
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-02-10. p. 1.


    • Plan road army at Coulee dam

    • 1934

    • Plan road army at Coulee dam. - Murrow promises 1000 men in 90 days--Pleads ignorance of emergency clause. - School problem acute. - Teacher quota full as pupils are turned away--Store and paper expand. - Joesph B. Meehan, Columbia basin commission...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1934-02-10. p. 1.
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-12-22


    • Give first road to Coulee city

    • 1933

    • Give first road to Coulee City. - Coulee city is to get the first improved road into the Grand Coulee damsite under a plan tentatively agreed upon Wednesday in Olympia by members of the state Columbia basin commission, Governor Martin and Lacey V....
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-12-22
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-09-03


    • Martin tours Coulee today

    • 1933

    • Martin tours Coulee today. - Governor and highway director will inspect proposed new roads. - Governor Clarence D. Martin and Lacey Murrow, state director of highways, spent last night at the Davenport hotel and will depart this morning for the...
    • State history. Grand Coulee dam. Highways. 1933-09-03

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