The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-01-27
MOTOR CLUB LOGS
 ALABAMA ROADS
Birmingham Motor Club Path finder Shows Conditions Of
 Highways Entering Here

Highways Entering Here Quite a valuable and helpful work has been undertaken by the Birming- ham Motor club, which is appreciated by tourists and will prove of great as- distance to the travelling public. The clubs official pathfinder has just com ' pleted the logs of two highways. The result is shown. Log and condition of highway be- tween Birmingham and Decatur, Ala. Published by the Birmingham Motor club, headquarters lobby Mooris hotel.
 Tour Car Report
 0.0--First avenue and Nineteenth street, headquarters Birmingham Mo- for club, on First avenue.
 O.8-Left, at Twenty-sixth street. .~ 3.1-Four-cor at church; righr and next left.
 7.2Left and next right. Avoid left 1S.4-Morris, through.
 19.3-Fork; left Cross Kimberley. 20.3-Cross Warrior river. 22.8-Warrior. through.
 SA7-Fork. left.
 25.0-Left at white house, through detour, two miles to old Louisville and Nashville road bed.
 27.O-Louisville and Nashuble road bed, right.
 39.7-Bangor, left hand road be- yond railroad station, left.
 42.@Four-cor at church, left. 44.1-Garden City; four corner, right.
 47.@Hanceville, through.
 667-Four-cor at church, left. 67.1-Cullman, four-cor at school house, right.
 63.3-Fork, left. { 66.0-Fork, left. 72.3-Lacon, left hand road at R. R. left. 740-Falkville, four-cor, left. 74.9-Right hand road, right. S0.2-Left hand road left.
 80.3-End of road, right.
 S0.5-Hartselle, through.
 83.1-Fork; right, through Flint. 66.7-Avoid left.
 92.3-Four-cor.. left on Moulton street.
 96.9-Albany- Decatur, Moulton and Second street:
 Highway Condition
 Birmingham to mileage 72 paved to Warrior Gravel highway; from mile- age 25 to 27 is a detour which is in very bad condition in three places, which necessitates the use of chains, but this detour is better going out, than the regular highway, as it is practically unpassable. Mileage 27 to Bangor fair; Bangor to Garden City, fair, bad in one place but passable; < Garden City to Decatur, fair to good.
 Birmingham To Montgomery i 0.O-First avenue Nineteenth, head quarters N. M. A., on Nineteenth street, north. 0.1--Left, at Second avenue and Nineteenth street, straight out with trolley.
 O.1-Four-cor beyond school, left. 3.2-Right 4.O-Fork at store. right. and fol- low paved road.
 12.7-Left at school. ,a 129--Right SS.1Fork, left
 f3.9-Across railroad tracks, bear to right, at Readers. 18.2-Fork, left.
 17.7-At school house, left, down mountain. 1S.5-Fork, left
 21.3-Helena. through.
 22.4--Fork,' left.
 23.51Pelham.
 31.6-Fork, left.
 40.2-Calera, across railroad through.
 51.9-Fork, left.
 51.9-Fork, left
 52.3-Jemison, through
 56.31Thorsby, through.
 64.5-End of road, left across rail- roal.
 64.6-Clanton, four-cor court house. 731-Cooper, end of road, right. 76.1-Verbena, end of road, right. S0.5-Marbury. through.
 S6.5-Fork, left.
 S9.1-Fork, left. :. ....-.. r. 89.3-Deatville, left hand road, left. 0.1-Four-cor, right.
 93.5-Speigner, Ford beyond rail- road right through ElmoreS 96,5:t 100.S-End of road, left. & 103.5-Fork, left; cross @Alabam ma river 1O91.
 111.0-Four-cor, left.
 111.2-End of road; right on. Court street. '...e ts x 112.6-Montgomery, at Fountain. The only available route to Mont gomery at the present time, on ac- count of the condition of the Mont gomery highway beyond the Cahaba river bridge, which is absolutely un- passable at this time.
 Road condition, Birmingham to Bes- semer where you turn off at school is paved road, from there on to mileage 17.7 Gravel pike in extra good con. dition, from this mileage down the mountain you have about one mile of pretty bad road. necessary to. use chains, rest of road is rough but pas sable to Helena; Helena to Pelham, nothing ezra, but passable. Pelham to Calera, rough; Calera to Jemison, fair; Jemison Marbury to DeatsvilIe, fair to good; Deatsville to Speigner. sandy in places only fair road; Speig- enr to Alabama river bridge, rough, fr0nn hirlna tn AInnt EI.n al