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Show i Eastern 36-Foot Road Cost $100,000 a Mile An instance of the excessive cost of paved highways is a road in Conical Con-ical fifty miles long connecting with a famous New York route. The t link in il was completed recently. It is thirty-six feet wide and cost $100,000 a mile. The average cost of the best type of highway in Ohio half that width bout $40,000 a mile. A gravel road upon a natural bed, eighteen feet wide, costs between $2,000 and $5,000 a mile. The differential is according to whether wheth-er the gravel has to be hauled far or near. In some sections there are gravel beds within easy haul of roads lo he built; while in others both rail and wagon haulage are to be figured. |