Highway bridges and culverts . Fig. 1.—Concrete Arch on a Massachusetts State Fig. 2.—Concrete Slab Culvert on a Massachusetts State Highway. CONCLUSION. 21 CONCLUSION. In conclusion, it may be said that the relation of culverts andbridges to the general movement for the improvement of our publichighways is intimate. The desirability and economy of buildingthese structures of durable and permanent material, or according tointelligent or economic design has not thus far been actually recog-nized in practice throughout the United States. The expensive andunsatisfactory method of repair
Highway bridges and culverts . Fig. 1.—Concrete Arch on a Massachusetts State Fig. 2.—Concrete Slab Culvert on a Massachusetts State Highway. CONCLUSION. 21 CONCLUSION. In conclusion, it may be said that the relation of culverts andbridges to the general movement for the improvement of our publichighways is intimate. The desirability and economy of buildingthese structures of durable and permanent material, or according tointelligent or economic design has not thus far been actually recog-nized in practice throughout the United States. The expensive andunsatisfactory method of repairing the old and inadequate structuresof the past or of fording the streams is still continued. Modern traffic now demands that the construction of bridges andculverts shall keep pace with industrial development. The adminis-tration of these matters in the United States is placed largely in thehands of local officials, who are scattered as individual units through-out the country. In many of these localities the amount of thisclass of work under the jurisdiction of one local offi
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