Show I. I I BETTER I HIGHWAYS 11 1 I 1 LINCOLN HIGHWAY IS WONDER ONDER Ocean Ocean to Ocean to-Ocean Ocean Road Is fa No Longer an Unrealized Dream Dream Specifications Specifications Not Decided Seven years ago the idea of a transcontinental trans continental highway connecting New NewYork NewYork York with San Son Francisco Improved throughout its length and forming a n backbone for tor a great national system of or arterial roads was only a dream l in inthe in inthe the minds of a few Today the accomplishment of this great memorial route stretching from fram ocean to ocean is as as- The Lincoln highway breathes the twentieth century In years to come It will be adorned as were the Roman noman roads with statuary landmarks homes hotels hotels hotels-a a panorama of or the achievements of ot man It will be the path of advancement a golden chain linking the Atlantic to the Pacific The motor truck is in its Infancy and highway freight transportation asan as as' asan asan an adjunct to the railroad is only just beginning But Dut the Lincoln Highway association feels that it is well within its province to act as a clearing house for the best thought in the United States concerning the probable requirements require require- requirements ments of main arterial American hIghways highways highways high hIgh- ways in the next 20 years What will be the specifications for this wonder road That has not yet been decided The association realIzes realizes real real- izes that it Is undertaking a difficult problem but It believes that it will have In solving it it not only the Interest Interest Inter inter- interest est and support of the American public pub pub- lie lic but the co operation co-operation of the engineers engineers engi engl and highway commissioners and also the best technical experts the country affords Some of the finest concrete roads of the country are to be found In in Michi Michi- gan These have a standard thickness at the sides of sir six and a half halt inches Abo About t the best stretch of highway we have at present is the Lincoln highway highway high high- way from New York to Philadelphia It is 06 90 miles mUes long and every everyday day there passes over it an average of 2000 2004 tons This road Is eight Inches deep at its ifs center This Is the thickest surfacing In the United States today Whether the show road of the world will be of this thickness or deeper Is under consideration There Is some ome Ib t Sy r I b bw n w 1 Stretch of Concrete Road In Michigan thought of making it ten and a half Inches at the sides and 12 Inches at atthe atthe the middle for It must be permanent If the added advantage of or this thIckness thickness thick thIck- ness overbalances the additional cost of construction then the plans will call for this depth It may be made even thicker than this No one knows until the engineers have expressed their plans The width must also be carefully thought out I The associations association's plans do not stop with the construction of the road it it- it self It has long been apparent that ultimately ultimately ultimately ulti ulti- there must develop along Americas America's main routes of heavy passenger pas and freight transportation a anew anew anew new and distinctive type of ot accommodations accommodations catering particularly to such traffic and situated perhaps In the open country Such accommodations removed from the traffic and noise I and necessarily higher prices of or the I congested centers would provide forthe forthe for the tired and dusty tourists or the drivers of freight transport freight transport vehicles convenient night stops where every effort would be made to cater to this particular type of patronage In conjunction with such accommodations accommodations arrangements would be provided pro pro- vided for tor those tourists or travelers desiring to camp out Free camp sites are even now being provided By By Fred Gilman GUman Jopp In Popular Science I Monthly |