The following clipping was found in the Watertown Daily Times, November 27, 1926 edition.

Reprinted with Permission
of the
Watertown Daily Times

CLAYTON ROAD TO BE OPEN MONDAY
NEW HIGHWAY NOW READY FOR TRAFFIC
SIX MILES OF CONCRETE

Three Large Concrete Spans Replace Old
Steel Bridges Over Perch River--New Concrete Culverts Placed.

 

The Watertown-Clayton highway will be opened to traffic Monday, Roy F. Hall, division engineer of division No. seven, state highway department, announced today.

The road has been under construction for the past several months, the contract for the project having been awarded last spring. The last stretch of concrete was laid about three weeks ago and is now ready for traffic.

The new concrete highway is about six miles long. It extends from the Pamelia-Brownville town line six miles north, running about two and a half miles past Gunns Corners, toward Clayton. The remainder of the road is of macadam construction.

This concrete highway is one of the best and most modern in the county. Three old steel bridges over Perch river at what is known as Seven Bridges have been replaced by three large 45 foot concrete spans. The bridges are 30 feet wide and the road is 18 feet wide. Three concrete culverts were also constructed at Seven Bridges to replace numerous old stone culverts.

A number of years ago before the state highway era there were seven wooden bridges over Perch River at this point. From this fact the place derived the name of Seven Bridges. In addition to the construction of the concrete bridges the valley has been filled and the level of the road raised higher than that of the former road. This was done to eliminate the possibility of the road being flooded during wet seasons of the year.

Curves have been straightened out and hills have been graded. In many places cuts have been filled in to make the road as level as possible. It offers the shortest route from this city to the Thousand Islands.

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