Show MODERN ROAD 4 c r Consul Walter 1 The following illustrates the e- in England to meet road making the conditions motor and trolley car A new and direct roadway is proposed between West Hartlepool and near in the county of a direct line of seven and three-quarter In designing the roadway the engineer in charge has given attention to the possible development in both and vehicular and motor each of which demands separate and possibly different methods of road-surface treat-t The plan accordingly provides for a center footpath 9 feet in on the east side of the footpath a road for motor and fast 24 feet and on the west side of the footpath a road for 22 feet in This gives a width for highway purposes of 55 The plan further shows on the westernmost side of the footpath a width of 14 feet reserved for light railway or trolley making a total width of land to be acquired of 69 A scheme similar to this will doubtless control future road making in and existing roads may be reconstructed on a corresponding One of the chief advantages in separating the several kinds of traffic would be in permitting different methods of surfacing the roads to be and those best adapted to the trail fic Another ad vantage would be the lessening of the chances of A third advantage would be the greater speed permissible to fast I |