Show GOOD COMPLETE MILITARY HIGHWAY road from alexandria to cam camp humphreys Is longest road outside of cantonments Canton ments prepared by tho the united states department or agriculture Aerl culture nine miles of concrete road between alexandria va and camp humphreys va soon will be ready for use nia marking r king the completion ot of planning anil and supervisory work done by engineers ot of the bureau of public roads of tile lie united states department of 0 agriculture for tile military authora authorities the road from alexandria to camp humphreys is the longest military highway outside of cantonments canton cantori ments that has been planned and supervised A 9 1 1 f en waw building a better road by y engineers of the bureau although the total construction planned and supervised per by those these engineers aggregates several hundred miles and covers practically all the recognized types of construction st from sand clay to first class bituminous surfaces and concrete roads seventeen highway engineers and one superintendent of construction were detailed to military work by the bureau la in july 1917 the period of their assignments varying from three to fifteen months |