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total of 2,205,524 miles. The latest estimate for 1965 places this travel now at 7,128,285 miles. “This increased traffic has naturally caused a rise in the cost of maintenance and will continue to require higher standards as to grades and curvature, wider pavements, higher type bases and bridges of greater width and capacity. “With more traffic utilizing the secondary system, needed services are becoming much more critical," the report said, •School bus routes are on nearly all of these roads and involve travel during the fall, winter and spring months, when highway maintenance problems are at their greatest The modern automobile and truck are such that they no longer can be safely and successfully operated unless all roads are given the highest maintenance possible, including rapid snow removal and the restoration of damages caused by adverse weather conditions. “The secondary system is increasingly requiring the same type considerations with regard to maintenance as are given the primary and interstate systems." The report noted, too, that changes in traffic patterns brought about by the interstate highways are having an unusual effect upon the secondary roads in and near
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