Evening Republican, Volume 22, Number 247, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 October 1919 — COST OF VARIOUS HIGHWAYS [ARTICLE]

COST OF VARIOUS HIGHWAYS

Macadam Road Is Most Expensive, But When Built Is Satisfactory and Permanent. Dirt roads are ordinarily surfaced with sand, mixed with clay or with gravel, or brick, or crushed stone, concrete or other like material. The gravel road will cost from $1,500 to $3,500 a mile —the difference in cost depending upon the accessibility of gravel. The macadamized road costs from $2,000 to SIO,OOO per mile. It is the most expensive, but when well built is both satisfactory and permanent.