Show COMPILING COST OF PAVING figures secured by bureau of public roads road cover yards yard of work average costs per square yard of va rious types of paving for country roads have been complied compiled by the bureau of public roads united states department of agriculture the figures cover square yards of paving constructed with federal aid in all parts of the united states during the period of 1918 1916 21 the costs per square yard are as follows sand clay 18 cents gravel 46 cents plain and surface treated macadam 95 cents bituminous macadam bituminous tu concrete cone rete plain cement concrete co merete nerete reinforced cement concrete and brick these figures cover only the cost of the paving they do not include the cost of grading and officials point out that it must not be assumed that roads of the several types can be constructed la in any locality at these figures for example the cort coca of bituminous concrete varied from in the new engrand En giand states to in the group ot of states including kentucky tenneta see mississippi and alabama in one group of states the cost of brick dropped to costs of constructing these types in the various groups of states have been complied compiled and can be obtained from the bur burhart Ir orean eart |