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UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 
BULLETIN No. 387 
Contribution from Office of Public Roads and Rural Engineering 
LOGAN WALLER PAGE, Director 
Washington, D. C. 
^ February 20, 1917 
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PUBLIC ROAD MILEAGE AND REVENUES IN 
THE SOUTHERN STATES, 1914 
A COMPILATION SHOWING MILEAGE OP IMPROVED AND 
UNIMPROVED ROADS, SOURCES AND AMOUNTS OP ROAD 
REVENUES, BONDS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING, AND A 
DESCRIPTION OF THE SYSTEMS OF ROAD ADMINISTRA- 
TION, FISCAL MANAGEMENT AND OTHER FACTORS AF- 
FECTING ROAD IMPROVEMENT IN EACH STATE 
* Prepared Jointly by the 
Division of Road Economics of the Office of Public Roads 
and Rural Engineering, and State Collaborators 
CONTENTS 
Page 
Introductory : 
Working Pian and Sources of Infor- 
mation 2 
Road Administration in the Southern 
States 3 
Public Road Revenues 3 
County and District Road and Bridge 
Bond Issues 5 
Road Mileage 5 
Types of Surfaced Roads 7 
Alabama * 8 
Arkansas • . . . 11 
Delaware . 15 
Florida 16 
Georgia . 18 
Kentucky 20 
Louisiana 23 
Maryland 26 
Mississippi 29 
North Carolina 32 
Oklahoma 35 
South Carolina 37 
Tennessee 40 
Texas 43 
Virginia 45 
West Virginia 49 
^Appendix. 
WASHINGTON 
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 
1917 
