what's wrong with this picture a covered wagon on a modern boulevard is out of place a session of transportation on a modern highway there is another picture that has something wrong with modern transportation on an old fashioned highway the common everyday spectacle of modern traffic on roads that are as out of date as the covered wagon early automobiles were built for one  transportation from place to place but from plain utility engineering features have developed through the years ease and comfort of travel habits danced with the power and speed of up to date motor cars today have been designed to ride comfortably even on the bad roads we still have because they can absorb the phone without disturbing the passengers they can stop quickly and safely on any ro confusion at busy crowded corners the careful driver realizes that he cannot drive out of date roads in the same way that he can safely drive on our finest highways on roads like these we slow down and avoid the hazards of blind crossing we drive cautiously at railroad crossing by limiting our speed to the condition of the road we reduce the hazards of such out of date r no highway is the place for reckless speed the driver who must race should do his driving on a racetrack roads are getting better many highways are been designed that eliminate dangers and  delays it almost every city and county in the united states great progress in road building is being made by the highway engineers and public spirited citizens who realize the great contribution that improved highways are making to progress and safety roads have been engineered that are as safe as the modern automobile wide straight roads with special lanes reserved for passing have been laid out so that  can drive on them in heavy traffic swiftly with comfort and safety curves have been scientifically banked to make the car holder road easily as usual driving speed lighting experts have contributed their study of the problem of lighting street intersections many highways have been lighted with new and improved methods roads that have already been built can be widened and made safer the state of new jersey uses fire walls to spread apart these five hundred tons slabs of concrete the moving is repeated until a wide space between the slab separates traffic into lanes with a landscape  strip in the center part ways separate traffic going in opposite directions into smoothly moving one way street in the city to adventureland road construction bring about savings in time and the elimination of trouble on the ground we can see what modern roads need to our own comfort and safety from the air the modern road builders can see what such improvements can mean in mass handling of cars we can see from the air all the wide street smooth surface tile way keeps both passenger and commercial traffic moving we can see how highways with separate lanes for traffic speed all motorists on their way every such advance in road construction makes possible greater accessibility of the farm with greater freedom for tourists and trailer heavy trucks are able to move on the highway s without interfering with other traffic where highways cross roads are a traffic circles have been designed such designs enable cars approaching from all directions to make turns without confusion and even a very complex intersection you types of circles keep cars moving with speed and safety the four leaf clover design handles heavy traffic intersection the cloverleaf eliminates left hand where to blow streams of traffic cut across each other variations of the cloverleaf have been developed at congested corners in the country separating intersecting thoroughfares traffic that even the busiest hours the elimination of railroad great crossings has been one of the most important safety developed railroad underpass ever prove their value with saving time and life wherever they have a network of roads and underpasses leading to the george washington bridge across the hudson river between new york and new jersey greatly simplifies the handling of traffic bridge approaches are wide enough to carry traffic volumes not only for today but for years to come modern bridges are strong enough and wide enough to carry traffic streams far heavier than those of the average road the new bridges such as the triborough bridge in new york will do away with the bottlenecks of traffic and free drivers from delay over miles of approaching road the poll last kerio skyway from jersey city to newark new jersey carries thousands of cars a day i ways like this at alexandria in louisiana are the road builders answer to the advancements made by automobile engineer with the new highways come to advances in engineering you standards of comfort you records of economy and up of all the savings of man's greatest at that time throughout the united states the american public has shown a it's interesting in the work of improving usefulness of the entire road system you won't see under the water saving time for the motorists and you rolled over the water to keep america safe the record the finest in the world