Show FEDERAL ROADS ROAD RATED RAn IMPROVED But Increased d Care Is Needed for Heavy Tr Traffic Traffic f- f fic fie Bureau Chief Says I WAs WASHINGTON n G Dec c. c 16 AP AP- AP J Almost three quartets of ot th the great federal aid highway system improved but but the work of d Improvement Improvement Im Im- Improvement Im- Im I provement Is not three quarters completed since increasing traffic trill III l make it necessary to Improve I to a higher degree a considerable j I mileage of ot low type trpe roads This was the conclusion today of Thomas H. H MacDonald chief of I the bureau of pubic roads who reported that the federal and state governments had spent on the system of or federal aid highways the federal governments government's contribution having been Improvement of several transcontinental transcontinental routes h he said Is nearing completion A route extending from Washington to S San n Diego Ca Cal through St. St Louis Texarkana and andEl andEl El EI Paso Tex Is 97 per cent im Im- im- im proved Another Another- from A Atlantic lantic to Astoria Ore Is seven- seven eighths Improved while a n. third from Boston to Seattle through the northern tier 0 of states is 73 per percent percent percent cent Improved and 69 per cent sur sur- faced I Federal aid road projects comI completed completed com com- last year contributed a net addition of ot miles to the system system I tem making the the aggregate aggregate of ot Improved improved Im Im- im- im proved roads miles There was also In process of ot Improvement improvement Improve Improve- ment miles while while- projects for 2469 miles had been sanctioned The system now has an aggregate o of miles selected by the state and federal highway officials officials' as essential links of a network adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate for the accommodation of or Interstate in interstate In- In interstate traffic |