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Show Bridging Major Streams Helped by Federal Aid One of the most helpful results of federal aid to road construction has been the bridging of major streams which it has encouraged and made possible, pos-sible, according to the annual report of the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. Such streams are, In many cases, the boundaries of counties or states, and the necessity of securing joint'ac-tion joint'ac-tion of the authorities of the two political po-litical divisions, coupled with the inadequacy in-adequacy of funds available, has made the construction of modern structures over wide rivers an almost hopeless problem. Yet It Is evident that no continuous road system is possible without bridging these barriers. bar-riers. Federal aid and the co-ordinating influence in-fluence of the federal government have been the means of securing practical prac-tical action in a great many cases of this sort. The careful study of the principal lines of travel leading to the designation of the federal-aid highway system has developed clearly the need of bridges of this character over certain cer-tain streams and has brought about agreenieut as to the locations in which the bridges should be built. This benefit has beer)-experienced by the majority of the states, especially those of the- South and the Mississippi Missis-sippi valley. |