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EEPOET OF THE 



No. 3 



SAULT STE. MARIE AND SUDBUEY TEUNK EOAD. 



Work was commenced on the Sanlt Ste. Marie and Sudbury trunk road in 

 February, 1917, at Blind Eiver, where a bridge 3T5 ft. long was constructed across 

 the west branch about 2 miles west of the Town of Blind Eiver on the trunk road, 

 to replace an old wooden bridge, which was unsafe for traffic. Part of the old 

 bridge was built on piles and part on piers, all of which were in a dilapidated con- 

 dition. The new bridge is constructed through its entire length, 375 ft. from 

 shore to shore, of rock taken from the east bank of the river. About the centre of 

 the stream a 30 ft. opening was left, sufficient to allow the volume of the stream to 

 pass. On either side of this opening there is a crib built of white pine and filled 

 with rock. The balance of the bridge is comprised of a rock fill, varying in depth 



A section of the Sault to Sudbury Trunk Road, through the Garden River Indian Reserve. 



Water bound macadam. 



from 8 to 20 ft. as the bed of the stream in places was composed of a soft muskeg 

 bottom. It was floored with heavy round timber 40 ft. in length on to which the 

 rock fill was built, or dumped. The approaches to the bridge were well graded with 

 broken rock; 4,200 cu. yds. of rock was used in this bridge. 



About 4 miles west of the Blind Eiver bridge 2,236 cu. yds. of gravel was 

 hauled from a pit south of the Mississauga Eiver. and placed on about 4 miles of 

 the trunk road, which had for some time been badly in need of repair. There is 

 still about 1% miles of this road which requires gravelling, which could not be 

 finished last winter before the ice broke up in the river over which the gravel had 

 to be drawn. 



During the months of June and July repairs were made to the trunk road 

 between Sault Ste. Marie and Echo Bay, a distance of 15 miles. About a mile of 

 this road was covered with rocmac and the balance macadamized three years ago. 



