Arizona republican., 1921-02-27
Ideal Road Section
May Go To Indiana

There is a possibility that the Ideal
Section of the Lincoln highway will be
built in Indiana.
Both Pennsylvania and Ohio have
made strong bids for this wonderful
piece of road which will represent a
practical ideal for construction, but it
is understood that special consideration
has been given to the possibilities IN
western Indiana. In deciding on the
location, the board of directors of the
Lincoln Highway association felt that a
location east of Pittsburg would not be
sufficiently central and that one west
of Chicago would not present heavy
traffic volume problems.
The question has been discussed with
L. H. Wright, Director of the Indiana
State Highway commission and a menu
Der of the associations technical COM
mittee and it is probable that further
investigations will be made Immediately
now that final plans for the road have
been agreed on.
The technical committee, composed
of the leading highway authorities of
the United States. held its third meet
ing at the University club. Chicago,
during the Good Roads Week there. At
previous meetings in New York all
general specifications with the excep-
ton of cross section design had been
agreed upon and at the Chicago meet
ing, attention was centered on this
feature.
The committee agreed upon a con-
crete roadway 40 feet in width as rep
resenting a practical ideal design to
handle economically. safely and expe-
ditiously a traffic of 10000 vehicles per
"a hour day. This design permits fouS
| lanes of travel. There were members
| of the committee who originally felt
| that the ideal type of construction
| should segregate the traffic according
to direction and provide for two separ-
ate strips of concrete paving on either
| side of a central parkway. While the
committee as a whole agreed that this
form of construction made for safety
and for greater speed and conIenienee,
| it felt this design lacked flexibility and
did not make for the fullest use of the
paving provided.
BY the .'flexibiIity'' of a road In the
handling of traffic, the technical com
mittee had reference to its ability to
handle much greater volumes of traf-
fic headed in one direction than tho
other. In view of the fact that unde,
practical conditions, any assumed vol
ume of traffic is frequently unevefll,
divided and at times flows in greater
volume in one direction than the other
it was felt that the continuous type o
construction without central division
!, was the better plan.
This section, the funds for which
have been furnished to Lincoln High
way association by the United States
Rubber company. it is hoped can b.
built this year. Detailed plans, fitting
the general specifications to the loca
ton determined upon, will be prepared
at once by an eminent highway en-
gineer whose name will be announced
| shortly. Collaborating with this en-
gineer will be a well known Landscape
} architect who will attend to the beauti
fication features considered desirable
When built, the Ideal section will com
mand national and international atten
ton as representing tangible demo
! stration of what the foremost highwa,
authorities of the United States hav'
agreed upon as being adequate on mai
routes of travel.
Ohio, with total of $4,000 motto
vehicles, has 103 times as many cars a