Biennial Report of the State Highway Commission of North Carolina . ition, where necessary, new surfacing material has been placed. A majorityof the mileage of unimproved road is located in the extreme eastern sectionof the State and very little could be done except for dragging and rebuildingof the drainage structures. In a general way the maintenance consisted of rebuilding wooden bridgesthroughout the district, placing new drain pipe, placing danger signals,guide signs, and in white-washing guard rails and all bridges. Maintenancework was somewhat hindered when first taken over by the Highw
Biennial Report of the State Highway Commission of North Carolina . ition, where necessary, new surfacing material has been placed. A majorityof the mileage of unimproved road is located in the extreme eastern sectionof the State and very little could be done except for dragging and rebuildingof the drainage structures. In a general way the maintenance consisted of rebuilding wooden bridgesthroughout the district, placing new drain pipe, placing danger signals,guide signs, and in white-washing guard rails and all bridges. Maintenancework was somewhat hindered when first taken over by the Highway Com-mission forces on account of the inability to secure motor equipment, asmost of the trucks when turned over to the Highway Commission by thecounties to which they had been rented, were in such condition as to renderoperation impossible, and real maintenance work did not begin until about thefirst of October, 1921. Since that time, however, a great deal of progresshas been made towards keeping the roads, throughout the district passablethe year round. ?. SECOND DISTRICTCONSTRUCTION The Second District is composed of the following counties: Carteret,Craven, Duplin, Greene, Johnston, Jones, Lenoir, Pamlico. Sampson. Wayneand Wilson. This District is in charge of R. E. Snowden. District Eng-ineer, with headquarters in Kinston. Construction is in charge of R. , Construction Engineer, while maintenance is in charg of R. Mark-ham, Maintenance Engineer. Carteret Contract has been let for miles of graded road between MoreheadCity and Craven County line. The work, which is known as Project , will cost approximately $79,000. Craven In this county there are two State Projects under construction, one pro-ject completed and one Federal Aid Project under construction. ProjectNo. 209 consists of miles on route No. 302 from Bridgeton to the Pam-lico County line and was completed on February 15, 1922, at a cost of $116-000, this figure including the grading, drai
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