The Birmingham age-herald., 1924-03-19
PROGRAM OF 1924 Over 700 Miles Of Ala bama Roads To Be
 Built In Year JEFFERSON GIVEN
 SEVERAL ROUTES Hig hways Connecting Georgia And Missis-
 sippi provided STATE IS DIVIDED
 NUMEROUS WAYS Highway Commission Plans Are Given Out After Sale of
 S7,OOO,OOO Bonds

Editors Note: The Associated
 Press. upon request of The Age
 Herald. obtained the following de- tailed story of the building pro-
 gram of the Alabama highway com
 mission after Chairman Rogers of
 the commission had refused to give
 the public this information through
 The Age-Herald and its associated
 newspapers, The Mobile Register,
 The Mobile News-Item and The
 Montgomery Journal.
 MONTGOMERY, Ala. March 18.-- (By Associated Press. .)-The Alabama highway state commission today made public it's road building program for the year beginning June l, 1924, and end ing June 1, 1925. The program call for construction of 744.76 miles of road in Alabama during the 12 months.
 In announcing the program, John A. Rogers, chairman of the highway com mission, said that it was not released sooner because provision for it's carry ing out was not made until the stat, bond commission tt lay sold $7,000,O0G in bonds.
 llc lOllOWS-
 Autauga county 20 miles: Mont gomery- Birmingham road From Reese'i' ferry bridge to Chiffon co rnty line.
 Baldwin county, 35 miles, from Littlc river at Monroe county line to.. Ras.- Minette. Barbour county, H. miles; section I of project IA from Louisville to Clay ton.
 Bullock, reconstruction bridge or project No. 1.
 Butler county, 27.4O miles, Green vile i~to. Wilcox county Hney and be- tween Georgiana and Conecuh county line.
 Calhoun county, 20 miles, Anniston and Piedmont.
 Chambers county, 10 miles, Lafayette to Lee county line.
 Cherokee county, bridge; bridge over Coosa river.
 Chiffon county, 34.30 miles, Shelb- county line to Autauga county line.
 Clarke county, 15 miles, Grove Hill and Marengo county line.
 Clay county, 14.29 miles, Lineville to Cleburne county line.
 Cleburne county, 17 miles, Hef1in to Georgia state line.
 Coffee county, four miles, reSurfacc Elby north on Troy road.
 Conecuh county, 10 miles, Monroe county line to project 121 on Ever green road.
 Cullman county, IT miles, CulIman and Garden City road.
 Dale county, 16 miles. Center church. to Choctawhatchie river.
 al cox county line, Selma to Perry county line.
 DeKalb county. 10 miles, Fort Payne to Valley Head.
 Elmore county, 16 miles, Wetumpka to Coosa county line.
 Escambia county, nine miles, resur- face old project.
 Fayette county, 34 miles, Marion county line via Fayette to Tuscaloosa county line.
 Franklin county, II miles. Russell vile to Lawrence county line.
 Geneva county, 13 miles, Hartford to Houston county line.
 Gainesville Route. 32 Miles
 Green county, S2 miles, Gainesville Eutaw to Tuscaloosa county line.
 Hale county, 27 miles, Greensboro NeWDcTn- U ulOHCUHu.
 Henry county, 2060 miles, Abbevill' to Houston county line.
 Houston county, eight miles, DothaI to Geneva county line.
 Jackson county, 20 miles, end projec' 37 to Bridgeport. Jefferson county, 26 miles, Shelb. county line to end project IS, Birming ham to BlOunt county line.
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 Lawrence county, 12 miles, Moulton north to COurtland.
 Lee county, six miles, Opelika t0 Chambers county line.
 Limestone county, 13 miles, Athens north to project 49. Lowndes county, 13 miles, Fort De posit to Montgomery county line.
 Madison county, 12 miles, Marshall county line to Huntsville.
 Mobile county, 13.50 niles, Niissis- sippi state line toward Mobile.
 Monroe county, 20 miles, Monroe vile to Wilcox county line.
 Montgomery county, 48 miles, main tainance on Mt. Meigs and Carter Hill roads.
 Perry county, 15 miles, Dallas county line to Sprotts.
 Pike county, four miles, Troy north Randolph county, 15 miles, Chambers county line to Wedowee.
 Russell county, 10 miles, Bullock county line to Scale.
 Shelby county, seven miles, Calera to Montevallo.
 Sumter county, 1G miles. Mississippi state line to end project T6.
 Tallapoosa county, 5.53 miles, Sec ton B and c of project TS, Alexander City and Dadeville.
 Washington county, 2S miles, Mo bile county line to Clarke county line. Total, 744.76 miles.
 Complied Or Underway
 Highway construction completed or under way is shown as to mileage and description of work in each county in- eluded as follows:
 Bibb county, 20.16 miles, Centerville to Blocton.
 Blount county, 2O.1O miles, Oneonta- Village Springs and section on Bir- mingham-Decatur road.
 ChOctaw county. 20.T6 miles, Butler to Mississippi state line.
 Colbert county, 31.62 miles, Franklin
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