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Show Mileage of Paved Roads in the United States The mileage of surfaced roads in the United States is nearing the 500.-(100 500.-(100 mark, according to the bureau of puhlrc roads of the Department of Agriculture. Ag-riculture. Some time ago the state renorts indicated that there were 128,-347 128,-347 miles of surfaced road on the state systems at the end of 1024, and subsequent reports indicated that mileage of surfaced cocnty roads was B30,ri5S, making a total of 467,905 miles. While it is probable that the estimate of county roads is not so accurate ac-curate as that of the state roads, the above figure is probably rot too large. Since 31,541 miles of rc-ad was surfaced sur-faced 'n 1924 by the state-5 and counties coun-ties -ancl it Is known that progress has been equally as good in 1925, it is prolsrable that the construction season now drawing to a close will increase the surfaced mileage to more than 495,000. |