BULLETIN 388, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF AGEICULTURE. 

 Table 6. — Types of surfaced roads. 



state. 



Macadam. 



Bitumi- 

 nous 

 macadam. 



Gravel. 



Sand- 

 clay. 



Brick. 



Concrete. 



Miscellar 

 neous. 



Total. 



Maine 



Miles. 



55.36 



61.87 



1.94 



834.30 



352.92 



923.42 



Miles. 

 43.93 

 154.26 



Miles. 

 1,139.36 

 1,013.70 

 1,165.42 

 6,289.57 



230. 10 

 1,057.93 



Miles. 

 2.26 

 270.90 



Miles. 

 0.05 



Miles. 

 10.51 

 7.07 



Miles. 



1,510.89 



151.83 



1274.67 



44.69 



3.00 



Miles. 

 2,762.36 



New Hampshire 



1,659.63 

 1,442.03 





1,337.33 

 107.4 

 128.28 









8, 505. 89 

 693.42 













840.27 



1.33 



24.22 



2, 975. 45 









Total 



2.229.81 



1,771.20 



10,896.08 



1,113.43 



1.38 



41.80 



1,985.08 



18,038.78 







Per cent of total 

 surfaced 



12.36 



9.83 



60.40 



6.17 



.01 



.23 



11.00 



100.00 



1 Gravel telford. 



The detailed tables, reference to which is made in the chapters 

 devoted to the several States, wiU be found in the Appendix. 



MAINE. 



By Lucius D. Barrows, Collaborator . 



Maine has a land area of 29,895 square miles, a total road mileage 

 of 23,536.91, and a population, according to the 1910 census, of 

 742,371. The State, therefore, has a population of 24.83 per square 

 mile of area and 31.53 per mile of road, with 0.79 mile of road per 

 square mile of area. Of the total population in 1910, 48.6 per cent, or 

 360,928, was rural, an average of 15.33 per mile of road. 



The northeastern part of Maine, especially the eastern part of 

 Aroostook County, is devoted almost entirely to farming. The 

 western part of Aroostook County and the northern parts of Penob- 

 scot, Piscataquis, Somerset, Franklin, and Oxford Counties are 

 largely wild lands. In these sections lumbering is the principal 

 industry, and there are very few roads. A great many summer 

 resorts are located along the Atlantic coast line from Kittery to East- 

 port, while many summer camps, sporting camps, and summer hotels 

 are found along the rivers and on the inland lakes. Many people now 

 come to Maine in the summer by automobile. This summer tourist 

 travel and the great increase in the number of automobiles owned in 

 the State, together with the need for good roads on the part of the 

 farming districts, have given a great impetus to road building in 

 Maine. 



The State has many rivers and streams, and the construction and 

 maintenance of bridges is no small problem. From an investigation 

 made in 1907, it was learned that there are more than 6,800 bridges 

 in the State. Many of the larger bridges have been constructed 

 under special legislative appropriations. 



State and State-aid highways and the maintenance of the same 

 are under the direction of the State highway commission, consisting 



