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Show NEW BULLETIN ON RURAL HIGHWAYS (Prepared by !h United Siatoa TJepartment of AKClcuHur.) There were j.'.M 1 miles of rural putiHi.1 romls In the United States on .January 1, V.YSJ., ureonllnj? to u bulletin bul-letin Issued iy the United .States Iie-jpartinent Iie-jpartinent of Ajji-lriiltiire entitled "Rural Highway .Mileage, Income, anil i:xcnditurcs, 1lr'l ami 11)22." (Jf the total road mileage, .'l.ST.THO miles had heen Ii ii pro v'l with mime form of surfacing sur-facing such as sand-clay, (,'ravel, macadam, ma-cadam, or lavement when the year 1U2'2 lieKan. The total road mileage Is milliclent to encircle the earth at the equator 1S times, while the surfaced mileage was mifliclent to frridlrun the United citates with 7."i east and west routes extending from ocean to ocean, and an equal number of nor I li and south routes extending from border to border. bor-der. Since 11121 surfaced mileage has been built at a rate of between thirty and forty thousand miles per year, of which an undetermined portion has been In the nature of resurfacing of roads previously surfaced. The bulletin Is the result of an Investigation In-vestigation by the bureau of public roads, and contains the only complete report covering the entire road work of the country for any recent year, and will be valuable not only In studying study-ing the present highway situation, but for the future as a record of highway Improvement progress. Complete data are given for all rural highways by states with reference to types of roads existing In 1921, mileage mile-age constructed In the years reported on, sources of highway funds and hrw expended, and motor vehicle registration registra-tion statistics. The statistics on highway high-way income and expenditure show state funds and those of local units separately. The publication, known as Department Depart-ment Bulletin 1279, may be obtained upon request as long ns the free supply sup-ply lasts. |