Evening star., 1922-09-10
FLORIDA HAS 5000 MILES
OF SURFACED HIGHWAYS
Poetic Blue Skies and Sea Along Dixie
Route to Miami Joy for
Winter Tourists.

In anticipation of a record d-breaking
| throng of motorists during the win
ter of 1929 Florida good roads
| enthusiasts have compiled. early in
roads. They believe that prospective
motor visitors will make their plans
for months beforehand and will find
it of value.
! Florida stands among the first OF
| the states in good roads building
! The land of flowers now has 5000
miles of surfaced roads made OF
! macadam. brick. asphalt and clay
! County after county has voted road
bonds by the million dollars in the
effort to provide main trunk lines
The great drawback to motoring IN
Florida has been the absence of con-
| tinGous good roads There have been
stretches of good roads. but sepa-
rated by links which were anything
but delight to motorists. They are
now rapidly disappearing. At pres
ent Jacksonville. Tampa. st. Peters
burg, Palm Beach and Miami are each
within one days journey by automo-
bile over good roads. The motor
tourist can do his $50 miles or more
per day in comfort in seasonable
weather. The state is being crossed
in all directions. While all this is
| not boulevard surface, most of the
poorest sections have been elimi-
mated.
| Today the facilities of the state for
winter touring can be set forth to
advantage. The needs of tourists
! for parking places have been officially
provided for in many localities. The
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the most expensive touring car viii
meet genial welcome.
In considering general conditions OF
all routes to Florida eastern lines
are much preferred because of less
hardship and generally better road
surface.
| The following route from Washing
ton to Florida is recommended by the
st. Augustine board of trade: Via
| Richmond. Va: Clarksville. Va: Dur
| ham. N. c.; Pinehurst, Cheraw and
| Columbia. S. c.; Augusta, Savannah
| and Brunswick. Ga, to Jacksonville,
Fla
Auto Can BE shipped.
Shipment of automobiles can also
be made direct to Jacksonville by
steamer.
Florida line has been hard surfaced
except for four miles. which will soon
be finished. There is a short bad
stretch from Yulee. Ga. to Woodbine.
Fla. on the road to Jacksonville.
The hard surfacing of this road has
been ordered
Jacksonville is the starting point
Tor one of the greatest winter tours
i'll the United States. down the east
coast of Florida, sea-skirting jour
ney that is unsurpassed in charm and
scenic value. 1t is also the gateway
to continuous system of improved
roads to the central and southwest
coast sections Of the state. Motor
lists on the Dixie highway south from
Jacksonville through St. Augustine
connect at Daytona with the million
dollar Triangle highway to De Land.
Sanford. Orlando, Kissimmoe. Tampa
and St. Petersburg. By January l it
Is expected that the Lake City-Jack-
sonville road, now under construc-
highway. The Jacksonville Automo-
bile Club and the Florida State Auto
mobile Association at Orlando can
furnish route details.
| The Dixie highway runs from Jack
| sonville clear through to Miami. 317
! shape for winter touring. From Miami
| a surfaced road runs through to
| Royal Palm State Park. thirty nine
miles further. There is not one mile
! in this 419-mile stretch that is class
! ed by the American Automobile AS
ISOLATION as poor road. Reports from
postmasters and commercial bodies
! all along the line are to the effect
that veteran tourists will find great
improvement in road conditions.
| From Jacksonville south to St. Au-
gustine, forty-one miles further, is
a brick road, with the exception of
! the first nine miles out. which is
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road is brick for forty-three miles
and macadam for about thirty miles
to Daytona. The asphalt extends
, eight miles beyond Daytona. For the
:next 120 miles the road is she'll for
the last 67,7 to West Palm Beach ii
is oiled rock all the way. and to
| Miami (672) also good oiled rock all
the way.
| Profit in Good Roads.
| AS the entering wedge to a con.
tinuous system of improved roads and
to the NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. lForida
resorts. the first stretch of the line
from Jacksonville to st. Augustine
has paid it's original cost many times
| over in returns to the state Of Florida
and is pointed out by progressive
good roads enthusiasts as an exam
Pile Of the value Of good roads. The
value of the brick now in the road
!
than the road cost in the first place
The road is ten feet wide. The shoul-
! ders of this road have been badly
broken in spots and several of the
\ bridges have had poor approaches
At a meeting of the Florida state
| road commission at Tallahassee IN
July, however. the road from Duval
county line to Bunnell was taken
over by the commission and gangs
are being placed at work putting this
section of the Dixie highway into Al
shape for the winter visitors until il
is rebuilt.
BY the latter part of October. how
ever. motorists will have an alterna.
tive route from Jacksonville over the
beach route, a natural speedway OF
300 feet wide at low tide. Cars run
down from Jacksonville to Pablo
Beach, opposite St. Augustine, a dis
tance Of thirty miles. A bridge Is in
course of construction between North
Beach and ST. Augustine and will be
finished in October. enabling motor
lists to use the beach route.
st. Augustine has many miles OF
fine brick and asphalt pavement
Though Ponce de Leon failed in his
quest for the fountain of youth. 1t IS
now confidentially asserted by the
chamber of commerce that thousands
Of Americans restore their youth In
The relics of early Spanish history,
equable climate and social activity
in winter are among attractions put
forth by st. Augustine. The mil
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