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Show FACTORS IN PLANNING ROAD Location, Construction and Maintenance Mainte-nance Must Be Taken Into Serious Consideration. The three principal divisions of actual ac-tual road making ar location, construction con-struction and maintenance. In planning plan-ning a road it is necessary that w take Into consideration all thret of these steps, since proper location affect af-fect the cost of construction and may materially reduee cost of maintenance. Some of the things to b considered In locating a road are easy grade, good drainage, exposure to sunshine, elimination of culverts and bridges by avoiding unnecessary creek crossings, directness and the number of farms to be serred for- a glTen length of road. -Whenever possible to avoid It, a good location should not be rejected merely because a certain roadway has been In use for some time. |