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Superintendent Robert R. Jacobsen says the roadway, completed in 1939, is simply showing its age. “We expect this year’s work to be the first of several to bring the road back up to standard,” he said.
The contract for this year’s construction work was awarded to M.A. Layman and Sons, Inc. of Harrisonburg, Va., for $3,616,342.50. The Layman company was the low bidder among seven firms, f unds for the rehabilitation were authorized by the Highway Improvement Act of 1982 from the Highway Trust
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