Show ewa 1 M woo ic f bmw sip TB WE phi ak W lav I 1 al M 1 7 41 1 j sas a y A 0 4 V 10 4 2 W aw by ELMO SCOTT WATSON N some pleasant morning this be loading up the tahe old family automobile slid and when you and mother and your orr spring start oft off for sonic distant part of 0 the united styles states youre goin ing to lind find that it will 4 be much easier to g get to where here youre going than 7 ever before that Is to say eay its going to be easier to get there so eo tir fir as taking a elliett route lend and inot cot having haing to inquire constantly am 1 I on the right mad are concerned and you can thank your uncle samuel for that for the federal bureau of public roads has announced that the united states system of highways will soon be complete and that miles of marked highways criss crossing the country in a gigantic checkerboard pattern find and linking very every section into a simple compre ln it i 0 pian will awalt await the motorist who sets out on a cross cros country tour this task has been completed after two years of intensive work by state and federal roads officials who have and harmonized harmonized all the various highway systems into one great national system with uniform and easily remembered markings hereafter the tourist will not have to remember road names color bands or any other confusing COP fusing deRig designations nations the main transcontinental lines eus east t and west are numbered evenly from 10 to 00 in multiples multiple of 10 with one ex cepoli ei that Is no to los ios angeles interspersed between these transcontinental trunk lines are other routes carrying such buch num bei bees s as 2 4 6 and 8 all of if which carry wit out the idea that roads bearing even ven numbers are east and west roads north and south roads benr bear odd numbers 5 the main routes being num bared from 1 to in multiples of 10 they also have supplementary route mites running north and south bearing odd numbers such us its the 45 end and 7 h in the die connecting and crossover cross over roads which give easy access to leading cities on oil the main routes art ari numbered la in such a way as to indicate Lid leate their relation to the trunk lines this Is done by prefixing a third digit to the trunk line number for instance route 11 Is a trunk line ittie from rouses point N Y to new kew orleans which runs through the lie valley to in virginia route I 1 Is a trunk line y u S bouw 1 the new routes the main crown country routes of the unite stater staten system no na adopted for uniform by the amerlean american Ammo clation of state Illa hway brei CAST AST AND NIEST 10 20 de detroit roll to seattle SO 20 annton to east entrance of xione national park SO AtIn atlantic nile city N J to astoria artoria ore 40 city to san fran claro CO 50 md did to sacrament Sa cramen to calif BO calgo to lor lon abelew an ral elew 70 beufort Re N C to holbrook ll ar araz z 60 80 go gil to san dleo diego calif ito 90 jacksonville fla to von horn texas NORTH AND I 1 ller ll fart nr kent me file to pin 11 hanefi n amen point N y to new orleans Orl cann 21 cleveland ohl ohio to jackson iller lile fla fin 31 straits tn to a mabelc blie aln ain 41 ragle knelt river fit halloh to no fla 45 to mobile aln ain 51 alj anke superior at hurley li urley wiro VB o to new orient 01 crand portage Port to new net orleans Orlen nM 71 ante on fall pallas kann to unton ton rouge offe la alft vincent meent alon to calveston texas 81 N U 6 to laredo ei 91 great falls most mont to duckett calif 90 alne wash wah to 0 o cl 11 centro calif tot port angeles An erlei wash brouch astoria ore along alone the 1141 Pac illee coast to the mexican line at tin joann from fort kent maine blaine to il bli larul alI FI I 1 a route la is a crossover cross ocer from roanoke va on route 11 II to aberdeen N C on route 1 another example i route 40 Is one of 0 the principal I 1 highways running from atlantic city N J to sao san francisco calif it follows closely the fortieth parallel of latitude and Is already being referred to as aa the national llala street since so BO many important cities are located on it suppose a congressman from call K su z fortela wishes to motor home from the national capital ile he takes route the crossover cross over to route 40 from wash agton D C which joins route 40 at frederick md bid and from frederick he be follows route 40 all the way home following the new routes la Is an easy matter because of the simplicity of the markers used As shown by the oe sketch which accompanies this article the route marker Is a white united states shield 13 ISA inches by 15 inches carrying the name of the state and the route number in black in addition to these route markers markees the federal system has an approved series of danger caution direction and miscellaneous information giving signs these use but three colors black white and yellow and are in five distinct shapes caution signs are of two types designating varying forms of danger it if it Is a sharp curve or a narrow bridge or other dangers inherent in the construction of tle road itself this Is indicated by a diamond shaped sign 24 by 24 inches approaches pro aches to crose cros roads or to school sites are shown on a square plaque 24 inches by 24 inches on each plaque Is told the danger to be looked for the stop sign Is octagonal with the word stop tn in the center the tha railroad rall road crossing sign Is the familiar circular plate 24 inches in diameter with the letters IM RR in the center one bar on the sign means a single track and two bars mean more than a single track the yellow color la Is used on the railroad crossing crossl ni sign one value of the new system and its signs la Is that it will ill eventually do away with a large number of paper highways and highway associations throughout the country which have been organized for the profit of the sponsors the multiplicity of these with all their various signs and markers and the confusing con information about then them will be su superseded persed by the one uniform federal system following the sit us of this hits sy system st Q will be an easy matter aud and the tourist will no longer be troubled by his inability to reconcile the names of towns with the information which he receives before he startle on his trip or which 6 hieb lie he picks up as 03 he goes alons along the new route marker has already been erected as the standard route marker in 22 states slates and 20 others will h live them in place by the time lime the 1017 touring season lnla ends |