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Show .., . .. , .. . 2 F The Salt Lake Tribune, Thursday, March . ' .. 3- - 30, J07H Federal Action Needed to Save Americas Deteriorating Roads? Howard lionedict Press Writer By Hundreds of truckers earlier this month staged Associated WASHINGTON going to pot highway trade organisation estimates there now are Hi million potholes around the country. Put them all together, it says, and you have a crater mile in 1 one-quart- and Thats cracked feet 50 in addition to and fractured worn out pavement, shoulders, washboard higher resulting consumer costs 70 In potholes Administration protesting that broke Pennsyl-vania- , long-lastin- g rural roads and tens of thousands of defective bridges Deteriorating roads have caused accidents and deaths and raised hob with autos Farmers complain it's costing them more to transport their goods to market, with on Interstate springs and flattened tires. Prompts Strike In West Virginia, bad roods last year prompted a wildcat strike by coal miners. In New York City, union leaders complain that many bridges are in such terrible shape that repair crews are In danger. As a result, highway users and builders are pressing for a huge, federal program to rehabilitate and maintain the nation's streets and highways. The Carter administration appears willing to go far in that direction. Tlie limb'd States has invested more than $270 billion in its road system But much of the 3 K million mile network has existed more than till Frequent freezes and thaws of last winter made them worse, and a diameter deep slowdown a -- Many of America' streets and highways are More than half of Is 2 million miles it not paved. years. The Federal Highway esti- mates that roads and streets are wearing out 50 percent faster than they are being replaced and that 900,0fX) miles of roads urgently need re- pairing or upgrading. A total of 105,500 bridges almost one In every five are classified as rickety, too narrow for safety or otherwise deficient. Ev-x- . the Interstate highway system, the pride of the nation, is In trouble. Begins In 1957 When work began In 1957, the entire 42,500-mil- e Interstate system was to have been completed in 1972 at a pro- jected cost of $37.5 So far, $3.7 billion has been spent, and Tran- sportation Secretary Brock Adams estimates the price for the full network will be $104 3 billion, or about $800 for every licensed driver In the United States. The cost has ballooned because of Improved standards, Inflation and numerous delays. Some Interstate seg ments are now two decades old and are begingome ning to crumble because of shoddy construction, some because they have surpassed the life of a average paved road, and others because of punishment dealt by traffic. that 5.000 miles are badly in need of resurfacing. r heavier-than-anticipat- An industry Stretches Worst Some of the worst near Pittsburgh - group, estimates in- terstate stretches are Protect Americas Roads, Washington, D C., and Detroit, and in Iowa and eastern Pennsyh arua The federal government is committed to financing 90 percent of interstate highway construction costs The states are to pick up the remainder and maintain the highways miles of interstate do not meet current highway standards, especially safety standards, and 28.000 D V I ; T 6 e M But the states sny tlu-- . can't afford the repair task One reason is that they have lost $2 3 billion revenues m gasoline-tasince 1974 because of the 55 mph speed limit and the slackening of auto x travel after the Arab oil embargo. 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