COUNTRY ROAD SYSTEMS 
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the road system ought to be roughly proportionate to the density 
of population. 
The arbitrary location of these roads on section lines often places 
them on disadvantageous terrain when even a small shift in one 
direction or another would have placed the road on much easier 
grade or would avoid bad cuts and fills or bridges. 
Another serious defect of the checker-board system is the lack 
of diagonal lines. This is so serious that it has been corrected in a 
few instances and must be extensively corrected in the future. 
Straight, diagonal trunk lines are now needed in many places, es- 
pecially between important cities and towns. 
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