Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1920-11-14
AUTO CLUB GIVES
DATA ON ROADS
Highways From New York to
Florida Checked Up and
Described.

! While there is still no route which
could be considered all good. much
Improvement has been made since
earlier in the season. and at the pres
ent time it is our opinion that under
all conditions the best route to follow
IS the Lincoln Highway to New
Brunswick: thence over the Cranbury
turnpike to Trenton. where the Lin
coin Highway is again followed by
way or Langhorne and Bustleton into
fhiIadelphia. Frelinghuysen avenue
leaoing out of Newark. is under con.
struction and better surface will
therefore be obtained by following
Elizabeth avenue. Rough road is en-
countered between Railway and Eliza
beth and also between Metuchen and
New Brunswick. though the latter
has been greatly bettered. The road
!: work below Hightstown on the Gran
bury turnpike has been finished, max
: ing 1t possible to use this route into
trenton. A few rough stretches are
still found between Trenton and Phi.
adelphia. though the route as whole
! is not considered bad.
Philadelphia to Warrington.
A choice of two routes is available
between Philadelphia and Baltimore,
one over the Old Chester and Darby
pike. through Wilmington. the other
leaving Philadelphia by SD street and
Baltimore avenue and running over
the Baltimore pike through Media,
| kennett square. Rising Sun and Como
wingo to Belair and Baltimore. On
the former route new brick paving
| replaces the stretch Of roadway which
has been so poor leading between
Chester and Wilmington. and the sec
ton crossing the northern part Of the
! state Of Delaware has also been suf-
ficently improved to make this road
| entirely travelable in all kinds of
| weather. The second itinerary is hard
| surfaced road in excellent condition
practically throughout, the construc-
ton work at Rising Sun having been
finished and the detour thereby neces-
| STATED eliminated. The balance Of the
| run between Baltimore and Washing
| ton is all hard surface and in good
| condition.
| Washington to Richmond.
| This averages good. though there
are a few short sections which might
prove a bit troublesome after much
rain. Between Accotink and Dunn
fries is stretch Of graded gravel.
most of which is in very good condi-
| ton. though there are a few sections
which have been recently filled in
and. like any other new construction
! of this character, becomes soft and
A stretch of new concrete road is
! being built over the Chopawamsic
swamp. where formerly so much
trouble has been encountered: most
of this has been finished and will
| doubtless be completed before the
southern touring season is well ad-
vanced: at present. however. there
is still about half mile which is
rather troublesome after heavy rains.
1.-The Virginia state highway commits
ct 81 No n o n &
have been made for maintaining
satisfactory detour around this
stretch. which will be no more than
three-fourths Of a mile long and
experience no difficulty. The balance
Of the run on into Richmond is prac-
titally all hard gravel surface. which
would only become poor in the most
extreme winter weather.
Richmond to Durham.
Richmond to Petersburg is good
hard surface. then sand clay. with
rough spots will he encountered.
there is no point where actual diffl-
Guilty need be anticipated In dry
Weather An OPTIONAL route is availa-
hle by way of La Crosse. Canons
Ferry. Norlina. Henderson and Frank
lin to Raleigh This is fifteen miles
shorter than the route by way of
CIarksville. but is objected to by
many motorists on account of the
crude flatboat which ia used on the
Canons Ferry.
Durham to Pinehurst.
Improved hard surface to Raleigh.
whence fair to good sand clay is
found. though many rough places will,
Of course, also be met with. The
sand clay continues quite fair for the
most part to Pinehurst.
Pinehurst to Macon.
A short distance beyond Pinehurst
conditions begin to grow worse and a
great deal of badly rutted surface is
stretches. Between Middendorf and
McBee an especially poor sand detour
is encountered, to get around sec
ton where the road has been torn out
by heavy rains. Through Augusta and
jpractically all the way on to Macon,
however. sand. clay and gravel is
found, though there will still be en-
Icountered now and then short piece
of all sand road. There are times I'M
der most favorable weather conditions
W hen a short connection from Angus
| ia via Swainsboro and Bailey ia pos
sible to Waycross, but on account of
! the fact that the weather does play
such a vital part in the matter of road
surface. especially through this sec
Augusta.
This route is at present impossible
on account Of the cessation of opera
ton Of the ferry crossing the Altama-
ha river at Darien. Since the failure
Of the Georgia coast and Piedmont
railroad there has been no service for
automobiles across this river. Plans
are in progress for building a bridge
at this point. and it is hoped that the
bridge will be finished. making this
route again possible by January 1. At
any rate, it is altogether likely that
motorists wishing to use this timer
airy for their return trip in the spring
will be able at that time to do SO.
There is also a bridge under con-
struction crossing the Altan1aha river
Just above Doctortown; the con-
tractor states that this work will be
finished by December Is. but we
would, of course, not advise tourists
this itinerary without first
cosulting the bureau of tours. as we
will be advised when both bridges are
completed.
Macon to Jacksonville.
Fairly good sand clay road is avail
able to Waycross. but from this point
on into jacksonville the road has
been under construction for some time.
This probably provides the most feas-
| ble route to jacksonville. but the mo-
torist should be prepared for a tire
some drive through heavy sand and
L dirt for at least fifty miles Of the dis
lance The dirt stretches, OF course.
would be extremely bad after heavy
rains.
jacksonville to Miami.
The first ten miles out of Jackson