Southern good roads . e taken over and built as state highwayswere laid out when the land was of little value andthe were carelessly made or the descriptionscarelessly recorded. With the lapse of time buildings,trees, and other similar features, which formerly mark-ed the location of the road, have entirely disappeared,and the traveled ways have shifted from place to placeas the action of the elements or the whims of the trav-elers have directed. Fences, if they exist, have beenso moved about that they in n 1 way indicate the origi-nal line of the road. In all state work •\\ith which
Southern good roads . e taken over and built as state highwayswere laid out when the land was of little value andthe were carelessly made or the descriptionscarelessly recorded. With the lapse of time buildings,trees, and other similar features, which formerly mark-ed the location of the road, have entirely disappeared,and the traveled ways have shifted from place to placeas the action of the elements or the whims of the trav-elers have directed. Fences, if they exist, have beenso moved about that they in n 1 way indicate the origi-nal line of the road. In all state work •\\ith which the writer has had todo it has been the itolicy to fix the right of way lineson the groTuid by setting proper monuments into thesoil to such a depth that the,y serve as markers foi alltime to come. In planning a new system of highways, careful jilansshould be madi and iiermauent monuments set. hu-tnie generations will surel,\- a]iprecial< such Iecordnand the additional cost of this kind of work should A Type of the Bridfje Construction Being Used in Virginia. Tills Fine Bridge Connects Hanover and Henrcio Counties. It is Re-Inforced Concrete, 100 Feet Long A]ril. ii;i5 SOUTII l:u.\ (,(M)|) Ui)AI)S 7 Proceedings of the North Carolina Good Roads Institute By MISS H. M. BERRY Secretary North Carolina Geological Survey A l; l;S( )|,rTI( )\ liy the lirsl l;i);i(l 111- srI iiiil linrll\ I he |ill|-|i(iscs (if I llr iiisl il lite ;is liiini;- ll J-A. sliiiit, held .M;iri-li 17-l!i, \M4. r(M|iicsl iim rlc-iriiii:- inMisr lor iii;ii| prnlilciiis ill Xni-ih (,?! idIiiki, In the Ilii\-| y of the sl,-|lc iiml tllc Xnrlll (;ir(:)lin,-l (Ir- ll|> rvrvy siliLllr |ili,-|sc III |-ii;i(| WDil; ;ill(l In Wiirl\\- tliciiii; Ilistitiilr ^1 |,iiiciil ;irt;iii-. s(i llic im;i(I iii-;i- in i- iiiinM-t imi willi c
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