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Show 55,000 Miles New Road This Year -Chicago An increase of nearly two and one-half billion dollars in the val- j uc of rural lands alone is expected to accrue from construction of 55,000 ' miles of new highway systems to be begun this year, declared Charles M. L'pham, managing director of the American Road Builders' association on the eve of the organization's tweii-ty-forth annual convention which opens here. "These 55,000 miles of highways ranging from twcnly to more than 200 feet in width, will enhance, en-hance, the value of farm lands alone more than $2,400,000,000, and in addition ad-dition will save the country millions of dollars by reducing congestion," said Mr. Upham. |