. Repair and maintenance of highways. art of the time, and strict maintenance can not otherwise be good system of maintenance should include a traffic census takensystematically and thoroughly, especially on roads which indicatethe need of some form of hardened surface. An experiment in road-patrol work on earth roads is in progressunder the direction of the Office of Public Roads at the presentwriting. It has already been shown that expense due to damage byflood water in the ditches and on the slopes can be prevented by thepresence of the patrolman, and that there is no difficulty
. Repair and maintenance of highways. art of the time, and strict maintenance can not otherwise be good system of maintenance should include a traffic census takensystematically and thoroughly, especially on roads which indicatethe need of some form of hardened surface. An experiment in road-patrol work on earth roads is in progressunder the direction of the Office of Public Roads at the presentwriting. It has already been shown that expense due to damage byflood water in the ditches and on the slopes can be prevented by thepresence of the patrolman, and that there is no difficulty in maintain-ing a good smooth road when it is once put in proper repair GRAVEL The repair and maintenance of gravel roads is very similar to thatof earth roads. Before a gravel road can be effectively maintainedit should be put in thorough repair. Tin4 repair should restore, in thefirst place, the drainage structures of the road to proper condition. Bui. 48, Office of Public Roads, U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. Plate Fig. 1— Good Road Crown Maintained by Dragging, Alexandria County, Va.
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