Impressions based on visit to United States in October and November 1954; new road development plan in which it is proposed to spend annually on new roads $10 billion, over 10 yr, in order to bring roads up to standard adequate for increasing traffic requirements of next 20 yr; backbone of plan is 40,000-mi trunk road network called "Interstate System"; safety problems. (See also - n 5197 Sept 2 p 320-3, n 5198 Sept 9 p 363-6)


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    Title :

    America's approach to road problem


    Additional title:

    Engineer


    Contributors:

    Published in:

    Engineer ; 200 , n 5199


    Publication date :

    1955


    Size :

    4 pages


    Type of media :

    Article (Journal)


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English




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