Show EW FEDERAL HIGHWAY MAPS SHOW improvement IN EACH STATE always the question uppermost in the motorists mind before starting on a long or short trip Is what kind of roads will I 1 find he may now know what kind he will find on the united states system of highways says the bureau of public roads of the united states department of agriculture it has prepared maps that will show him he may now know just where he will have to travel over gravel roads sand clay bituminous macadam water bound macadam bituminous concrete concrete or brick roads the first series of uniform scale maps ever madd showing the status of improvement of the federal aid system of highways Is completed with the exception of california and texas and Is ready for distribution maps of these two states will be finished within a short time these maps show the status of improvement of the federal aid system in each state regardless of whether the construction st has been done with the aid of the federal government by the states by the counties or by the townships A system of symbols indicates the type of improvement of all the roads and whether the work was done with or without the assistance of the federal government sheets are of uniform size some states requiring lyro and are so bound that they may be punched and placed in a loose leaf atlas the maps are called progress maps and the series will be published periodically to register any charge in improvement pro of the highways |