NEWS RELEASE
An Anchorage firm5'Tryck %man and
Associates^ in a joint venture with Porter,,
08Brian/and Armstrong cf California, has
beei}- selected to make an engineering study
of the Turnagaxn Arm crossing project .r:
south cf Anchorage©
Alaska Highways Gommibsiorer, Dc Aa
McKinnon* said the cost of the study is -f.
being financed from an appropriation:treo«
ommendad by Governor William A* Egan to
the . last session :of the State Legislature ©
The crossing is expected to b • a major
engineering feat .involving extreme t£hal
conditions of the- narrow inlet—including
existing bore tic.es—ahd e i ocean floor • :
of unknown materials c.
• ^inal j^itaiHa;i;of a ca ntra#tc; between
the. depart^|it io^, highway:, andthe, .-con- .1
.^sultipg; hirms were being worked .out. •.
i|Wpt3mb®;24$.: 1962 in -Anchorage, with : «^r:
represernta^ves pf both parti e0 , . i f .
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McKinnon said the study is to be per«
foruied in,several stages including the . . -r
analysis pi all existing- data to select rriy
a mossing site which in. turn will receive
intensive study of soils and other ,en * h-*:,
gineering factors* economic and. engineering
feasibility and preliminary design, of the;1:
projecto
,, rTwenty ~two. proposals from thirty-three
consulting-' engineering ifirms were submitted
■The -department of Highways made the sele-a*.
tida after ■!careful study and rconsidefa« 1.7
tion^i he saido
DIE FM&LY fiBEUHNS • n.l . t;
.Mr© & Mrso Wm0 Dye returned home from
the if ^Summer' vacation in'Manchester., Tessa©'J
ThSy both look 'very' wonderful; and relaxed"-'
after their long trip'from the South© •
AREA PROGREyS, . i::-i : \.oO
The. Central. Alaskan. Missions, Inc., ;
has made excellent, progress. this- summer
with their ditching, and draining the land
u ) he him the Headquarters station here in
G .enrialleno A road is being built on this*
«pper level which will service the Nurses
■•■welling, and'the .esiporary trailer home
>f the Jim Johnson family* The new log
laim for the Johnsons and the new frame 1 *•'
lome for- the Conley Holcombs are- nearly
complete outside and soon to be finished
inside o On the opposite side of the road!t*
a new GAM shop is -planned and a new home *
for the Re Vo Ted Qewen family, for which
tne land is already cleared and ready for^<
tne fenhdations-c *®her-4*adio - station -site
is cleared and- will be" s e rviced by the s a me
rcado Mary folks have been asking about
the new wi-hg -to be! built on Faith Hospital-}
cons ’ructibpr'durdrg the: summer of 1963 is
plant 3did W'-: • --I'-i •. 1
OQPFE
VALLES- SCHOOL-1 HEWS
• •' ’ SoJ » arrived at
Cldpt&r Galley SeK6'6l ; on Saturday October 6*
Father Baud is the replacement for Father
Mueller who is now at Mt0 tillage„
Andre# Haley also arrived"at CVS on
October Vli Mrli:fiai^y will be teach
ing in the high school A •
•' • Revo• VJohn Re BaChahan, • S«J• -founder ; "•
jf Copper Valley School was here on Satur
day from Fairbanks-& He left on Sunday for
Anchorage y. it hup- -v i
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jORBfKSSL IS OCT
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