Show LETS BEGIN TO MAKE OUR i lons lo ns WIDER AIDER 1 MIRE HIRE than miles of highways will vill be paved this year after which the mileage of 0 hard resurfaced roads roada in the united states will ha be tn in excess of this is twice the improved road milage of 0 ten years ago says the new york commercial cial standards of living cannot be raised nor industrial progress made mad in the mad but we are rapid rapidly y approaching pro aching the time when the linear measurement of 0 our roads will not be as important as width weah and load carrying capacity it every st state ate in the union was honeycombed with paved pared highways it would be a au numa her ber 0 years before we would acutely feel eel the need for or increased road width but all states are not nor is there abero any immediate prospect of their reaching that point this results in forcing the constantly increasing motor traffic on to the existing stretches ot of pavement with congestion delay accidents and rapid highway depreciation as a re 1 suit lets begin to make our roads wider and heavier |