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For Rappahannock County, this meant state approval whenever the Board of Supervisors wanted to permanently improve any main road. The state would prepare the plans, specifications, and cost estimates; obtain local approval of such; and once state-aid came into the picture, the state supervised the road building effort, the county paying the supervisor’s salaries. The county contributed county money to the overall effort.
The key term above is, “permanently improve any main road.” What was the main road through Rappahannock County? Next time: a north-south main thoroughfare through the county comes into being.
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