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Show RURAL ROADS AND BRIDGES Increase in Annual Expenditures of More Than 250 Per Cent In Past Twelve Years. During the past 12 years the nnnnal expenditures on the rural roads and bridges In the United States have Increased In-creased from about $SO,000,000 to about $282,000,000, or an Increase of more than 250 per cent. During this same period the annual expenditures from state funds for road und bridge construction and maintenance have Increased In-creased from $2,550,000 to $53,42,000, or almost 2,000 per cent. |