The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1920-07-22
ENGINEER TELLS WHAT
ROAD DEPT. IS DOING
Department Working in Nearly Every
Section Except This.

An interesting report, covering all
work under the supervision of he
state road department on the several
state and state aid roads throughout
Florida, has been submitted to the de-
partment by Mai. Charles A. Browne,
state highways engineer. The report
is comprehensive, covering road i'm
provements in every section. TIE
department will soon have the report
ready for distribution in pamphlet
form.
The list of roads officially design
ated by the department and on which
work has begun in one or more coun-
ties, follows:
The State Roads.
State Road No. Pensacola TO
Jacksonville via Milton, CrestvieW,
De Funiak Springs, Bombay, Chipley,
Mariana, Monticello, Madison, Live
Oak, Lake City, Macclenny and Bald
win.
State Road No. Georgia State
line, north of Jennings Hamilton
county,. to Fort Myers via Jasper,
Lake City, Gainesville, Ocala, Lees
burg, Eustis, Orlando, Kissimmee
Haines City Barlow and Arcadia.
State Road No. 3-Jacksonville to
Orlando via Green Cove Springs, Pa
latka, DeLand and Sanford.
State Road No. ,4-Georgia State
line Gust south of Folkston. Ca,
to Royal Palm State Park via Jack
sonville, St. Augustine, Daytona,
Titusville, Fort Pierce, West Palm
Beach, Fort Lauderdale and Miami.
State Road No. 5-High Springs
intersection of State Road No. 2 and
State Aid Road No. 81. to Sarasota,
via Archer, Dunnellon, Inverness,
Brooksville, Lutz, Tampa, Riverview
and Bradentown.
State Road No. Alabama State
line north of Campbelltown (Jack-
son county, to Apalachicola, via Ma
rlanna, Blountsville and Port St.
Joe.
Note-Roads No. 6, No. and No.
are not state roads.
State Aid Roads.
No. 5-Brooksville to St. Peters
burg via Aripeka, Tarpon Springs
and Clearwater.
No. Arcadia to Okeechobee
City to be extended to St. Lucie coun-
ty line. via Dorr Field and Lake
Annie.
No. 8-Tallahassee to Gainesville,
via Chaires, Lamount, Sirmans. Perry,
Mayo and Branford. Note-The de-
partment has also recently desfgnat-
ed as state aid road the route from
Perry to Gainesville via Old Town.
Trenton and Newberry as originally
outlined by the Central Florida High
way association.
No. lO-Panama City to Mariana.
Among the state roads that have
been given no official numer are:
From Pensacola north to the Ala
bama state line near Flomaton.
From Milton to the Alabama state
line south of Brewton, Ala.
From Monticello TO the Georgia
state line south OF Thomasyil!e.
From Gainesville to Baldwin via
Waldo, Starke and Lawtey.
From Belleview (Marion county,
to Plant City via Bushnell, Dade City
and Knights.
From Leesburg to Winter Haven,
via Groveland and Auburndale.
From Haines City to Lake Annie
(DeSoto county, via Frost Proof,
Avon Park and Sebring.
From Tampa to Clearwater via
Oldsmar and Safety Harbor.
From Kissimmee to Melburne via
St. Cloud, Ashton and Deer Park.
From Sanford to New Smyrna via
Osteep.
From Orlando to Indian River
City via Fort Christmas.
From Miami to NarcO via route of
Tamimami Trail.
From Bristol to Telogia, via Hos
ford, Liberty county.
Work Costs Much More.
The high cost of materials seem to |
be the main stumbling block in coun- |
ties where the work is progressing |
slowly. The expense of building |
roads and bridges las in most in
stances increased greatly since bonds
were voted and it is necessary to vote !
more bonds or revise the plans, 50
that the more necessary projects may !
be completed.
South Florida Is considerably
ahead of the middle and western sec
tione of the states t. road building
and maintenance. In st. 'ohns, Vo-
lusia, Osceola and DeSoto, especially,
progress has been made.
The summary of work in Hillsbor-
ough and Manatee counties is as fol-
lows:
Hillsborough County.
No work has been done on No. 5
road north of Tamra, but on the por-
ton south Of Tam. a a survey was
made il connection with federal aid