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Rapp’k. Road Project Included In Plans
Bids on six primary highway projects, 19 secondary road jobs and 46,625 tons of heavy bituminous resurfacing material for restoring road surfaces were opened today by the State Highway Department.Charlton
E. Crider’s low bid of $43,367 awarded him Rappahannock County’s road project on Route 729 - 2.1 miles of stabilized base, hard surfaced, south of US’ 211.
Topping the 25 roa.d jobs was a, $393,895 bid for 3.06 miles of parallel road to extend the fourlane dividing of US 29-211 northeast of Warrenton in Fauquier County. The second largest was a $344,051 bid for paving 8.17 miles of the Boones Mill-Rocky Mount relocation of US Route 220 in Franklin County.
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