Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-05-31
Making a grand total Of

funds available of. S23 ,956 ,615.55
Bridges CONSTRUCTED and under con
struction total 1880 miles
Bridges for which plans and finan
cial arrangements have been made fol
construction total 2.40 miles.
Total length of bridges constructed
and under construction. also for which
funds have been appropriated, is 1870
miles. These figures include only the
bridge itself anil do not include the
approaches
Total cost of bridges to December
81, 1922, was S2,S24s2917. This
amount is included in the above total
Of construction expenditures.
The bridge mileage constructed by
Georgia to January l, 1923, out of fed
eral aid funds, was As per cent Of
the total bridge mileage constructed
by all states out OF similar funds.
The total number of miles Of road
constructed or under construction and
soon to be completed is 1,793.S4.
Total mileage of roads for which
funds have been provided and plans
ma'a is 56S.08. Grand total mileage
of roads, 2.36192.
Total bridges mileage constructed
under way and planned 1870. Grand
total Of roads and bridges, 2,37762.
The following figures give the total
OF each tyre of road completed, being
constructed and provided for:
Roads constructed and being con.
structed: Clay or top soil, 1868
miles; gravel or ebert. 251.09 miles
bituminous macadam, S6.26 miles; con
crete, 151.12 miles; rock asphalt, S23
miles; brick, .35 miles. Total roads
constructed and being constructed
1,793.S4 miles.
Proposed roads for which funds have
been provided, plans and surveys
made: Clay or top soil, 1855 miles
gravel or ebert, 110.36 miles; bitumi,
nous macadam, 22.67 miles; concrete,
1910 miles. Total proposed roads fof
which funds have been provided and
plans and survey made, 56s0S miles.
Total roads constructed and beina
constructed and proposed roads fol
which funds have been provided, plans
and surveys made: Clay or top soil.
1,7l5.44 miles; gravel or ebert, 361.45
miles; bituminous macadam, los. 90
miles; concrete, 49,. so miles; rock as
phalt S23 miles; lick, So. Grand to-
al of all roads constructed, being CON
3tructed and proposed roads for which
funds have been provided, plans and
surveys made, 2.361.92
Since, to the ma jority of people. fig,
ures alone do not convey an accuratd
idea OF what they represent. and it ID
only when these figures are placed in
contrast with known or existing objects
tnat they fully grasp the magnitude OF
the story that lies in cold facts and
figures, suppose the completed road
which is 1,051,S0 miles in length, had
oeen constructed as one highway, il
would then reach from Atlanta through
GresnVllle, Charlotte Greens boro. Dur.
ham. Richmond. Washington, Baltt
more, and Philadelphia to New York,
II the roads under construction. to.
'allrg 1854 miles, were extended soutH
from Atlanta, we ould travel through
montgomery and Tobile to New Or.
leans, and, when the roads alreadv
planned and for which funds have beer
appropriated are completed. the iour.
ney would continue from New Orleans
through Houston to San Antonio, Tex.
as a distance of 570.48 miles. Theso
figures include bridge as well as roads.
Thus the total mileage above will nro.
vide an imaginary road from New YorI;
to San An ohio, Texas.
Below is shown the average cost ney
mile for the different types of con,
struction
Graded and drained......-....S7 .61469
Sand clay and top soil...... 5,0S43 Al
Gravel and chert.......... 11755 a.
Waterbound macadam ..........16. 500 "a
Bltuminous macadam ..-........27. 263. %
Bituminous concrei BATE "a
Portland cement concrete ..32,O44.76
Eighteen states collected a gasoline
tax in 1922. The adjoining states of
North and South Carolina. Florida
Louisiana, also Kentucky, assess a gas.
oline tax, all of which is applicable for
state road work. Oregon collects over
S2,OOO,O00, nearly all OF which is an
portioned to roads.