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road turns about an obstacle, it should not of course turn so sharply as 

 to discommode the traffic ; on the other hand, having turned as sharply 

 as it conveniently can, it should set oiF directly for its next necessary 

 point of turning and should not lie upon the landscape in a series of 

 broad and unnecessary loops. It should be remembered in designing 

 a road on plan that it is seen in reality in sharp perspective, and that a 

 slight curve, so long as it is virile and definite, is likely to be of sufficient 

 effect. 



Where a road comes into or intersects another, the first considera- Road InUr- 

 tion is the smooth flow of traffic in plan and in profile from each road ^^^^^<^^^ 

 into the other. The practical considerations, then, of gradient, pos- 





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sible radius of turning of an automobile, and view from one road to 

 another to prevent accidents, must come first. If the curved con- 

 tinuation of the side-line of one road into that of another undesirably 

 increases the road surface at the junction, then it may perhaps be well 

 to lead the roads into each other by still more gentle curves and so to 

 produce islands between the branches of the roads, which may be 

 covered with low planting to conceal any undue amount of road sur- 

 face. (See Drawing XXVIII, above.) 



