HOAD MILEAGE^ EEVE]SrUES, SOUTHEElSr STATES, 1914. ^ 



A diagram, Fig. 1, shows the percentage of surfaced roads for 

 the Southern States at the close of the years 1904, 1909, and 1914. 



30%, 



( 1904 



1909 



^ 1914 



1904 

 1909 

 1914 



1904 



1909 



I 1914 



(-1904 



1909 



^ 1914 



/I904 



1909 



^ 1914 



f 1904 



KENTUCKY 1909 

 ^ 1914 



( 1904 

 LOUISIANA 1909 



*■ 1914 



/1904 

 MARYLAND 1909 



^ 1914 



ALABAMA 



ARKANSAS 



DELAWARE 



FLORIDA 



GEORGIA 



MISSISSIPPI 



N.CAROLINA 



OKLAHOMA 



S.CAROLINA 



TENNESSEE 



TEXAS 



VIRGINIA 



W.VIRGINIA 



Fig. 1.— Percentage of surfaced roads in Southern States 1904, 1909, and 1914. 



This diagram also shows in a striking manner the strides which have 

 been made in road improvement in the South during the past 10 

 years. 



TYPES OF SURFACED ROADS. 



Of the 73,594.78 miles of surfaced roads in the Southern States 

 at the close of 1914, 29,287.88 miles, or 39.80 per cent, were sand 

 clay; 21,377.37 miles, or 29.05 per cent, were macadam; 17,440.02 

 miles, or 23.7 per cent, were gravel; 1,994.36 miles, or 2.71 per 

 cent, were bituminous macadam; 1,924.68 miles, or 2.61 per cent, 

 were shell; 379.81 miles, or 0.51 per cent, were brick; 273,24 miles, 

 or 0.37 per cent, were concrete; and 917.42 mil§s, or 1.25 per cent, 

 were surfaced with other materials. The distribution of types of 

 surfaced roads as of January 1, 1915, is shown by States in Table 6. 



