UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 393 
Contribution from Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 
LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 
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ECONOMIC ee OF. COUNTY 
HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT._/ 
A COMPILATION AND ANALYSIS OF DATA IN EIGHT 
SELECTED COUNTIES, SHOWING COMPARATIVE 
FINANCIAL BURDENS AND ECONOMIC BENEFITS 
RESULTING FROM HIGHWAY IMPROVEMENT 
DURING A PERIOD OF YEARS 
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J. E. PENNYBACKER, Chief of Road Economics, and 
M. O. ELDRIDGE, Assistant in Road Economics 
CONTENTS 
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Introduction . . . «© © ©» «= «© «© « 1 | Wise County, Va. .. . 
Comparative Analysis of Economic Effects Franklin County, N.Y. . 
of Road Improvement... . ees Dallas County, Ala. . . 
Spotsylvania County, Va. Lauderdale County, Miss. 
Dinwiddie County, Va. . hess Manaiee County, Fla. . 
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GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
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