Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Proposed Expressway. Though many if the nation's large cities have prepared plans for a new network of highways, little progress has been made due chiefly to high prices and scarcity of materials. Only 4,524 miles of the 1944 $3,000,000,000 road building program authorized by the Federal Aid Highway act have been completed. Under construction at present are 11,000 miles.. Shown here is design for depressed section of a proposed express way through Richmond, Va.
Proposed Expressway. Though many if the nation's large cities have prepared plans for a new network of highways, little progress has been made due chiefly to high prices and scarcity of materials. Only 4,524 miles of the 1944 $3,000,000,000 road building program authorized by the Federal Aid Highway act have been completed. Under construction at present are 11,000 miles.. Shown here is design for depressed section of a proposed express way through Richmond, Va.
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Proposed Expressway. Though many if the nation's large cities have prepared plans for a new network of highways, little progress has been made due chiefly to high prices and scarcity of materials. Only 4,524 miles of the 1944 $3,000,000,000 road building program authorized by the Federal Aid Highway act have been completed. Under construction at present are 11,000 miles.. Shown here is design for depressed section of a proposed express way through Richmond, Va.

Wide World Photos, Inc. · [ca. February 1948]

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