Show U LON cau W a 0 0 1 4 4 F 4 UA aa W 0 max 0 C P a W 3 gj an IX V FT N 0 i V 1 U M zvy 2 K A oy by ELMO SCOTT WATSON N SO pleasant morning this summer ho bo loading up the old family automobile anti when you and mother anti and your offspring start off for soine distant part of tile the united states youre going to flud chrit it will be much easier to get to where youre going than ever before that Is in to kny its going to be easier anster to get there so 60 fur ns taking a direct route and not having to inquire constantly am ain I 1 on the right roadel road are concer concerned ned and you yon can thank your tour uncle samuel tor for that for the federal bureau of public roads liaa has announced that tile united states system or of highways will soon he be complete and that miles les of uniformly marked highways criss crossing tile the country in a gigantic checkerboard pattern and linking every section into a simple compre hent tre platt plan will awatt await tile tho motorist who sets bets out on a cross croaa country tour this task has been completed after two dearr of intensive work by state and federal roads who have synchronized find harmonized nil all tile the various highway sy oystein stein into ono one great creat national system with uniform arid and easily remembered markings hereafter tile lip tourist will not have to remember ro road ad names color bandi baeth or any other confusing designs eions tile the main transcontinental line 3 east anti and west ivest are arc numbered evenly from 10 to do 00 tn ill multiples of 10 with ono olin exception that la Is no CAI d to tos ioa angeles interspersed between those these transcontinental trunk lines lined tire other rouan carrying such numbers na as 2 4 0 and 8 nil all of 0 which curry carry out ont the idea that rowls be learing learl atrin ng g even numbers are arc east and west ivest rondi north tind south kouth roads road benr bear odd numbers the main routes being nun hered from I 1 to in fit multiples of 10 they also lieve supplementary mutes running north and south bearing odd numbers such audi as tile tho 4 45 5 and ta allowa ahola in ili tile hie accompanying list connecting and crossover cross over roads which gi rive v e easy access to leaden leading cities on the main routes i are neui bared tn in such it 11 way as to indicate their relation to tho the trunk lines this Is doyie done by prefixing a third digit to the he trunk line bumler num ler for instance polite 11 iq 19 a trunk line from house point N Y to new orleans which runs th roligh tile tho shenandoah valley tn in virginia VirgIn la stoute kobito I 1 is a 11 trunk una title U S 07 V the new routes the maln prom croon country routen of the united 1101 in adail ted for uniform mc irkIng by the of state Off lelain irei HAST 13 STAND WEST 10 detroit to Se genille nille 25 20 lobon to east hot of national park 80 city N J to all A torin ore 40 city to son flan aran elra mo BO ddn I 1 to amen to CB to Ans Anz fler elex 70 neim fort N C to 11 albrook arts 80 on oa to ban daffo cht calif 00 pla pin to van horn 1 texa noa AM SOUTH NOMA 1 kent me to miami rin pit lt point y ra VM Y to new orl eart 21 ohio oboe to jacksonville pin FIA ai 31 straits aleh to 0 o mobile ala aid 11 ll 41 r anble axle li satch to naple kaple pari via pin it to drobile aln ain 51 anke superior no n 11 aurtry ira wl to new nely Or orleana leann 01 I oltaire abich to new Orlea orleana Or leni nl tt til anum ainu ti unton llou xe tn ln 75 st vincent minn to gal c ton texas 81 N D to laredo Ia redo devrix I 1 1011 great lealla ialyn moat ment to inc daw sett 00 09 wei wash to el conar centro 4 alif bort Ang angelea elex ward larouch astoria orr be I 1 tic illee V ont to an una line nt at tta tin juana froin coin fort kent malue to t miami vla I 1 la louto I 1 itt ti crossover crosE oer from Ilo non inoke noke va on 11 to aberdeen N C on route 1 adother example route 40 lg Is one of the prin ilal transcontinental highways run ning front from atlantic city N X 1 J to slin sail francisco calaf it follows lowly closely the lie fortieth parallel of nid la Is already helne being referred to ns as til the e nn na dional ainan street once so miny important cities are located on it suppose tt a congressman from call arf a 7 ft fomin wishes to motor home from tho the national capital espital ed pital lie ile takes route the drosis over to route 40 from wash agton D 0 which jolna joins route 40 nt at frederick md aid and from frederick he follows follow ii route 40 all the way home following the new routes la Is nn an easy matter because of tho the simplicity of the markers used As shown by via the sketch which accompanies this article tile the route marker ta is a white united states shield 13 inches by 15 inches carrying the name of the state anif th the e route number in black in addition to these route marker markees the federal system has tin an approved series of danger caution direction and miscellaneous information giving signs these use but three colors black white and yellow and are in five distinct shapes caution signs are of two tyra tynes designating varying forms forma of danger if it Is a sharp curve or a narrow bridge or other dangers inherent in the construction of the rond rad itself this Is ill indicated by a diamond shaped sign 24 by 24 inches A approaches P proa pro chea aches to cross roads or to school sites are shown on a square plaque 24 inches by 24 inches on each plaque Is iii told the danger to he be looked for tile the stop sign la Is octagonal octagon til with the word stop in ili the center tho the rull railroad road crossing sign Is the familiar circular plate 24 inches in dini diameter neter tho the letters RR KR in tile the center one bar on the sign means ri a iii truck and two more than a single track the yellow color la 18 used on the railroad cr crossing ossini sign one ne value ot of the new system and its i signs la Is that it will eventually do 10 awny with a large number of purer highways find highway associations throughout the country havo have been organized for the profit of the he sponsors tile the of these with nil their various and markers annl tile the confuting ang information them will be supersede d by tai the 0 1 one uniform system follow in ing the sigus signs of this system will he be un nil easy and the tourist will no longer be troubled by his einab inability clity to rec reconcile onelle the names of towny towns with the information which lie receives hero before re he starts on ills hla trip or which h lip picks up tip lis an he goei goe along tile the route marker biris baa already been erected its as tile the standard route marker in 22 states and 1 20 10 others will have them in place by the time the 1027 1927 touring season kason tid tiido 1 |