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Show Our Gigantic Highway Program America's road building program this year Involves an expenditure of $11 for every man, woman and child In the country It is expected u, reach the tremendous total of $1 .DC). 02'. 771 Widening of old roads is an Important feature, practieiilarly the addition of (.boulders on paved highvavs. According to the American Automobile Auto-mobile Association, tills means that, at, the, end of W.'.V, we will have more than 000.000 miles of sul fa' cd highways. The federal aid .'.v. I'm. con-ailing of IB.1,000 miles of impoitant. Interstate trunk linci, will be about t.yo-l birds completed complet-ed Our highways are the arteries that. lvc life to tlm nation. 'I'lify tnko more money thnn alino:;t nny ollu-r item In thr: biulifct, nnd they pny It, buck more: rapidly in social and Industrial proKi'i-:.; |