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TEXAS ALM ANAC.-1952-1953.
At ithe ii 1c In .:l .ivy atew y. to - exas the Texas Highway Department main-
tains stations of its Highway Travel Information Bureau. Shown above is the station
at Canutillo, Texas, on U.S. Highway 80 about 14 miles northwest of El Paso, near
the Texas-New Mexico line.
Highway Construction Expenditures, by Counties.-(Continued.).1
County-- . ."
Reeves . .. 1:34,868 130.262
Refugio .. 292.716 182.857
Roberts . .I 44 232 214,594
Robertson 150,101 147,415
Rockwall 7 30. 179 482.614
Runnels . 188,352 94,811
Rusk .... 526,725 :3.9,871
Sabine ... 162,779 9(0,5(00
San Au-
gustine . 72,532 333.:362
San Jacinto 434,870 5-10,767
San
Patricio 33 l,041 :168,357
San Saba .. 105,14 66.022
Schleicher 1 I 61.1007
Scurry . 13.480 336,830
Shackel-
ford .... 82,625 66,505
Shelby 1... 215wtiS 388,410
Sherman . 2., 71 21,237
Smith . 6.1.. 2881 53:17,152
Somervell . 83.2881 :34.994Ci unty-
Starr .....
Stephens . .
Sterling .
Stonewall
Sutton ..
Swisher . i
Tarrant . .
Taylor . . . .
Terrell . . .
Terry - -
Thr<cik-
morton .
Titus ....
Tom Green
Travis . . . .
Trinity .
Tyler ... .
I'pshur . . .
Upton ....
Uvaldle . . .
Val Verde.7,1071
456,021
43,:331
11.5131
303,835
174,2171
2,793,126
389,508
113,2381
24,0041
137.7751
190,398
35,873
968,0061
65,2661
175.238
378,776
1.183
104,907
4,21086,494
164,151
120.784
156,576
17,742
105,581
2.108,651
826.387
207,456
74,868
2.681
197,971
357,242
585,826
64,008
149,399
304.900
61.878
138.371
6,519Total, year ending Aug. 37, 1949, 874,239,349; year ending Aug. 31,
TEXAS HIGHWAY
Year ended Aug. 31. 1941:
ttighway's - Mileage.
Earth roads not to standard ......
Grading; small structures.. 288.681
Flexible base untreated.... 189.1 1
Preservative dustless sur-
face .................... ! 768.19
Bituminous trealments .... 1,884.80'
Bituminous roaid mix sur-
faces ............ ........ 61.01
Rock asphalt on concrete I
base ..................... 3.08'
Rock asphalt on flexible 1
base .............. . . 35.21
Asphaltic concrete cold on
flexible base ........... 63.07
Asphaltic concrete hot on
concrete ................. 86.54!
Asphaltic concrete hot on
flexible base ............ 154.66
Concrete lpavement......... 45.311
Grade crossing devices.... .......
Total highways........... 1,579.691
Total structures ................ .
Total highways and structures...County- I
Van Zandt 259,5901 622.548
Victoria . 121,8081 93.316
Walker . . . 64,613 85,007
Waller .... 164,968 440,442
Ward ..... 66,305 25.295
Washington 90,043 312.119
\Vebb ..... , 97,967, 378,786
Wharton .. 284,687 391,673
\'heeler 105,944 281.104
''ichita ... 71,130 174,479
\ilbarger . 61,652 222,038
Willacy ... 45.6041 289.197
Williamson 156,546 170,159
Wilson ... 156,001 264.972
Winkler . .. 112,595 105,292
Wise .... 189,105 383,436
Wood ..... 743,648 425.988
Yoakum . . 3,284 85,361
Young ... 217,587 207,803
Zapata .. 13,2501 41.308
Zavala . 1. 288,336 376.178
1950, 8$79,686,756.CONSTRUCTION, FISCAL YEARS, 1949-1950.
Year ended Aug. 31. 1950:
Cost. Highways Mileage. (Cost.
811,226.15 Earth roads not to standard ...... 839,729.43
8.339,818.47 Grading and small strue-
1.863,944.84 tures ........... .......... 122.91 4.313,136.47
Flexible base untreaed 33.38 1,007,413.94
8,221.:314.62 Asphaltic surface, under 1
23.738,517.92 inch, on flexible base ... 2.507.78 34,470,302.68
Asphaltic surface. 1 inch or
769,900.62 more, on flexible base... 269.25 7.861.234.51
Asphaltic surface. 1 inch
354,820.11 or more, on rigid base... 107.37 3.213,479.53
Concrete pavement......... . 98.451 13.942.621.06
1,018,385.33 Grade-crossing devices..... . ..... . . 231.409.16
1.089.510.58 Total highways.......... .3.1:,9.14i865,082.326.78
Structures-
2.808,885.88 Bridges ......................... $7,271.536.92
.120109.11 Underpasses concrete and steel.... 631,898.05
;,120,109.11 Underpasses steel, concrete and
10,3017,324.11 timber ........................... .. 123.475.98
111.129.01 Overpasses concrete and steel...... 3.396,664.32
864.803,886.75 Total structures ............... $11,423,575.27
812.627.387.80
177,431.274.55 Total highways and structures... $76.505,902.05g .a
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