The Farmville herald. (Farmville, Va.) 1957-current, 1960-12-30
Year-End Highway Survey
Shows Residency Progress
Gains In Three
Area Counties
Are Listed

proyement in the state reached
record proportions
A year-end inventory by the De
partmert reports about 100 mil
hon dollars in highway conStruc-
ton underway the largest
amount of work at one time in
Department history.
Projects due to be advertised
early in 1861 will push the figure
even higher. the survey notes.
Over the first six months of the
new year, bids will be invited
or about $50 million dollars.
1861 Preview
The coming years prospect
for the farn-to-market. on sec
ondary roads. are brighter as
result Of the one-cent per gallon
gasoline4taX which became effec-
tive July |. 1860.
Highway Commissioner H. H.
Harris said the secondary Sys-
TENS share of this additional
revenue would be approximately
Sc. go. 600 With the help of this
additional money the Depart
ment plans to hard surface 500
rev miles during the year, put
new bituminous surfaces on more
than 1000 miles and continue the
bridge Improvement program as
fast as funds will allow, the Com
missioner said.
Prince Edward
Nine sections Of secondary
highway in Prince Edward com-
ty were improved during 1860 by
grading and Sterilization prof.
ects. according to Resident Engl
neer ]. L. Parker.
More than Al miles Of the
rural system of roads were sur
face retreated during the year of
work and two bridges were COM
pleted, one over Buffalo Greek on
Route SIS ard the other over the
N&W Railroad at Moran on
Route sos, near Rice.
Among the accomplishments on
the primary road system was the
application Of plant mix on Route
Is from the Buckingham county
lire to the intersection Of Route
400 at Dowdy's Corner.
A new bridge was erected over
the Appomattox River in Farm
vile. This structure eliminated
narrow steel Struss span with
wooden floor and relieved traf-
fic bottleneck in the town.
Special emphasis was placed
on shoulder and surface mahlte-
nance work in Prince Edward
during the year Considerable
brush cutting. to give sight dis
lance on the highways, was COM
pleted.
buckingham
Empahsis was given to the
Strengthening of surf
on school bus. mail and milk
routes in Buckingham county
during 1860, Resident Engineer
j. l.. Parker reported.
There were a number of ma
jor Improvement projects on the
secondary system, including the
grading and stablllzlng Of Route
632 from Route 50 to the Cum
berland county line and similar
work on Route Cos from south Of
the intersection of Route 606 TO
north Of Route 606.
A new bridge was completed
over Firsbee Creek on Route
646 Two other bridges we're
strengthened. A total of AZ miles
of secondary highway was sur
face retreated.
Parker listed the following
major improvements to the
primary system:
~ the application of plant
mix surface on Route IS from
the James River Bridge to 35
miles south of the James River
Bridge; ~ surface treatment on
~ miles Of Route 20 between
Route IS and Scottsville and
six miles of surface treatment
on Route 60 between Route "a
and the AppomattoX county line,
and ~ construction of about
four miles Of Route Is from
Sprouses Corner south.
Cumberland
Seven grading and stablhza-
ton projects topped the list of
Improvements to Cumberland
county \ secondary highway sys-
tenn during 1850
The projects included IS
miles Of work, on Route ho7
from Route e5s 10 Route 500 and
I Z miles Of improvements to
route $50
More than seven miles Of
secondary RI = \ were given
original hard N.suriares and y
miles were retreated with btu
n1lnous materials.
Primary system improve
ments included the application
Of plant mix surface on Route
% from Just west ul the court
house to the intersection of