The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1928-09-19
HIGHWAY TRAFFIC
CENSUS REPORTED
State Traffic on Highways
Shows 9.2 Percent Increase.
Census Taken Here

Traffic on Minnesota trunk high
ways is go percent greater this year
than in 1927, according to a sum-
mary of the annual traffic census
made public this week by the Min
nesota State Highway Department.
The traffic census was taken from
August 6 to II inclusive, at BAT
points on the system and nine county
roads.
The traffic counts near the points
leading into Redwood Falls were
taken on Highway Number 4, 11a
miles east of junction IA and on
Highway Number IA, west of the
Ramsey State Park entrance.
On the Number a count there were
339 Minnesota ga" cars that passed,
282 'B" autos and 1872 foreign cars.
Four BUSES passed, Is trucks under
2 tons, 5 over 2 tons, 2 wagons and
1 buggy for total of 1873 as the
daily average. -7/
The count on Highway IA was
slightly larger with total of $50 We
hicles of all descriptions for the daily
average They were distributed as fol-
lows: Minnesota "a" cars 297,
Minnesota "B" cars 494, foreign cars
70, buses 4, trucks under 2 tons 80,
trucks tons or over and wagons.
The highest count in the state both
this year and last year was on No.
IL west of Hopkins. The six high
est counts were as follows:
1928 1927
T. H. No. IL, west of
Hopkins -----------6,s91 $685.
T. H. No. 2, south of
White Bear ----------6,72O 6,332
T. H. No. 3, north of
Robbinsdale ---------6,O92 6,363
T. H. No. 1, east of jet.
No. IS near Carlton ---6,085 1856
T. H. No. 10, east of
Wayzata -----------6,O55 6,41S
T. H. No. so, north of
Oxboro ------------5,197 4,6O3
The lowest count, both in 1927 and
1928, was on T. H. No. CT, north of
junction with T. H. No. IA near Red
wood Falls. The count at this point
increased from 144 to 1872.
No buggies were counted at 1856
stations. No BUSES were counted at
126 stations and. no wagons at 33
stations.
There were only 10 places on the
trunk highways where traffic was
under 500 cars per day. Since the
checkers were an average of 20 miles
apart, this represents only 1900 miles
of road, or less than one third of the
system. Five hundred cars per day
is usually considered the economical
limit of a gravel road.
There were 1876 points, represent
ing 2,7OO miles of road, where traffic
was from 500 to 100 cars per day;
forty-eight points, representing $50
miles of road where traffic was from
1000 to 1900 cars per day, 10 points,
representing $50 miles, where 7traf-
fic was from 1900 to 1000 cars per
day; twenty points representing 400
miles, where it averaged from 1000
to 5000 per day; nine points, repre-
senting 100 miles, where it averaged
from 1900 to 5000 cars per day, and
SIX points representing IZO miles,
where it averaged over 5000 per
day.
Counts taken at SIS points on paved
highways showed an average of D.
SGT vehicles per day. In 1927 the
average on the pavements was 2,454
per day.
There were AZ points on unpaved
highways where daily averages of l.
900 to 1900 were recorded, eight
points on unpaved roads with 1,500
to 1000 per day, two points between
1000 and 5000, one point over 5000
and one point over 5000. In other
words, there are more than LOO
miles of unpaved highway where traf-
fic averages more than 1000 cars per