UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

 BULLETIN No. 284 



Contribution from the Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 

 LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 



Washington, D. C. 



September 17, 1915 



CONSTRUCTION AND MAINTENANCE 

 OF ROADS AND BRIDGES 



From July 1, 1913, to December 31, 1914 



CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Work of the Division of Construction — 



Object-Lesson Roads 2 



Superintendence of County Roads . . 23 



Experimental Road Work 50 



Post-road Work 52 



Bridge Work 53 



Work of the Division of National Parks 

 and Forest Roads — 



Work done in National Forests ... 54 



Survey Work 54 



Construction Work 55 



Work done in National Parks ... 57 



Work of the Division of Maintenance . . 58 



WASHINGTON 



GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 



1915 



