OFFICE OF PUBLIC ROADS AND RURAL ENGINEERING. 



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terials of that State; at the request of the governor, another was 

 assigned to Texas to assist various localities in that State in the 

 matter of road improvement. 



BRIDGE WORK. 



Designs for bridges were prepared for the following locations: 

 Florida, 18; Georgia, 1; Indiana, 1; Maine. 1; North Carolina, 8; 

 Virginia. 2 : a total of 31. Engineers were assigned to investigate 

 existing and proposed bridges as follows : Indiana, 4; Maine, 1; North 

 Carolina, 3; Virginia. 2; a total of 10; and reports were made on 

 existing and proposed bridges as follows: Kentucky, 6; Maine, 1; 

 North Carolina, 3; Washington, 1; Virginia, 1; a total of 12. Esti- 

 mates of the cost of proposed projects were prepared as follows: 

 Florida, 1; Kentucky, 6; Minnesota, 2; Virginia, 2: a total of 11. 

 In addition to the above work, general designs and specifications 

 prepared by State highway departments and local officials, and also 

 designs prepared by bridge companies for local communities, were 

 examined and revieAved as an assistance to various local communities. 



SQUARE YARDS OF ROADS CONSTRUCTED UNDER OFFICE SUPERVISION. 



The following table shows the number of square yards of each 

 type of road constructed during the past 10 fiscal years, 1907 to 1916, 

 inclusive. From this table it is seen that during the past year the 

 engineers of this division have supervised the construction of 

 4,942.762 square yards of road, or 561.9 miles, assuming all roads 

 surfaced to have been 15 feet in width. 



Area, in square yards, of roads constructed during the fiscal years 1907 to 1916, 



inclusive. 



72412°— agk 1916- 



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