GRADING

The grading work of the Highway Department is confined to the building of those sections of State roads which are so located that the counties in which they occur are not directly interested in their construction or which are so expensive that county funds are inadequate for their construction. The total number of miles graded during the last two-year period was 134.5 miles, most of which was on the Pacific and Columbia River highways.

While the grading work was greatly curtailed during 1918 on account of war conditions, work was continued in those localities where resident labor was available and where the work interfered in no way with more essential war industries.

A complete tabulation of the grading jobs is given elsewhere in this report, and a detailed outline of each is given under the respective county headings. A few of the more important grading jobs are as follows:

Miles
Grading between Cascade Locks and Hood River in Hood River County14.2
Elimination of Roberts Mountain grades in Douglas County12.8
Grading of Rice Hill section between Oakland and Yoncalla10.4
Elimination of Wolf Creek-Grave Creek grades in Josephine County4.9
Reduction of Cummins Hill grade in Wheeler County3.5
Grading between Oregon City and New Era in Clackamas county4.5