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Show I BETTER ROADS BUILDING MORE GOOD ROADS ;ompleted Federal-Ald Highways Now I Total 18,299 Miles Many Now Projects Started. (Prepared br t i 5 United Statt'a Department of Agriculture.) Nearly 6.0 miien nearer the goal of a completed system of highways for the United States is the latest report of the bureau of public roads of the United States Department of Agriculture. Agricul-ture. The final goal, the construction of a system of approximately 180,000 miles of federal-aid highway consisting consist-ing of a network of trunk line and secondary sec-ondary roads reaching into practically every county Is still a long way oft, but we are 5,392 miles nearer than at the beginning of the year, according to the bureau. Completed federal-aid roads now total 18,299 miles with 14,912 miles under un-der construction, and approximately 60 per cent complete. Including projects not yet under construction federal-aid roads in all stages now total 40,333 miles. There Is no indication of any slackening slack-ening of the greatly lncrensed rate of progrtss which began with the season of 1921 as the states continue to pour in plans for new projects and place them under construction as rapidly ns possible. Nearly twelve and one-half it t- The Photograph Shows the Great Need of Concrete Sidewalks Along State Highways Children on Way to School Are Always In Danger From Passing Vehicles. million dollars wis obligated to new projects In June nnd July, and In the week ending August 5 reports were received re-ceived of the letting of ti.S new projects and announcements of l7 to be let. At the present time the force of the bureau is taxed to the limit with the examination of new pluns aud projects, proj-ects, Inspection of roads under construction con-struction and the planning of the federal-aid highwny system which Is being be-ing gotten Into final shape. |