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August 4, 1938
The Brooksville Journal
Brooksville, Hernando County, Florida
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Weekly highway report from Tallahassee, Aug. 2, includes a national magazine's praise for Florida's state-wide highway planning surveys producing comprehensive maps, followed by updates on multiple road closures, constructions, detours, and paving projects across various Florida counties.
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Tallahassee, Aug. 2.-"Better Roads," a national magazine published in Chicago, makes the following comment on state-wide highway planning surveys:
"Not the least of the benefits issuing from the State-wide Highway Planning Surveys is the comprehensive highway atlas that is being assembled county by county. Planning survey maps of various kinds being brought to completion show every mile of public road and degree of improvement of roads. The railroads and the waterways and the airports are there, relating the highway network to the other lines of transportation. The maps show where people live, where industries are situated and where business is carried on. They show the rural schools and the community meeting houses, the school-bus routes and the routes of the rural mail-carriers. For the first time, in many counties there will be adequate highway maps; and wherever the work is being done, the roads will be related, on a map, to the people and the activities of the people they serve. In addition to showing the physical aspects of the highway system and furnishing a base for the physical highway planning of the future, the maps may be expected to have many other uses, for public agencies and private business. A series of recreational maps is a single example. The maps are a return on the planning investment of immediate useful application."
State Road No. 17 is closed in the western part of Tampa. West-bound traffic will detour north on Florida avenue to Sligh avenue; thence west on Sligh Avenue to Armenia Avenue: thence south on Armenia Avenue to State Road No. 17. Eastbound traffic will reverse the above detour.
Work is in progress on State Road No. 2 at Arcadia in DeSoto county. Traffic will detour on adjoining streets.
State Road No. 5 south of Brooksville in Hernando county is open to Denham. Northbound traffic will detour east over State Road No. 209 and well marked country road through San Antonio, thence west over State Road No. 210: southbound traffic will detour over State Road No. 210 through San Antonio.
Grading is in progress on State Road No. 36 in Hernando county between Inverness and the Withlacoochee River, local traffic may proceed with caution.
State Road No. 30 is closed east of Frostproof in Polk County. Detour north over State Road No. 8 to Lake Wales: thence east over State Road No. 79 to intersection with State Road No. 30.
Construction on overpass over railroad on State Road No. 23 at Ruskin in Hillsborough county is in progress. Traffic will use local paved detour.
Construction is in progress in Pinellas county beginning at the junction of "cut-off" to St. Petersburg with Florida No. 233 and continuing to Pass-a-Grille. Road is closed and traffic will use local detours. Extreme caution and observance of all signs must be observed.
Base on State Road No. 15 in Pinellas county is completed and road will be open part time. At other times local detours will be used.
State Road No. 156 between State Road No. 17 and Thonotosassa in Hillsborough county is now open.
State Road No. 31 is closed between Citra and Ocala. Traffic will detour via State Road No. 47-A and State Road No. 2.
State forces are widening road-bed of State Road No. 19 between Salem and Clara in Taylor county. No detours, but traffic is urged to slow down when approaching construction area.
New pavement on State Road No. 82 in Columbia county, is open to light traffic: heavy loads will continue to use the old road from Georgia State line to Benton.
On State Road No. 1 from Escambia Bridge to Jacobs Creek in Santa Rosa county, 3.2 miles of road are under construction, but traffic is allowed to go through observing slow traffic rule.
Motorists traveling State Road No. 1 from Pensacola to the Alabama State line will be required to use a sand-clay detour in good condition around Eleven Mile Creek.
On State Road No. 10 a 2,000 foot detour in fair condition is now in use over a new canal 1.5 miles west of Port St. Joe in Gulf county.
Motorists wishing to travel from Milton to Ft. Walton over State Road No. 10 will detour over State Road No. 1 from Milton to Crestview; thence over State Road No. 54 to Niceville: thence over State Road No. 10 to Ft. Walton.
State Road No. 3 is being paved in the city of Maitland in Orange county. Traffic will detour over city streets as marked by detour signs.
State Road No. 21, between DeLand and Daytona Beach in Volusia county has a grading project in progress, no detours necessary.
Retreatment is in progress at various points on State Road No. 4 in Brevard county between Titusville and Melbourne. Traffic is allowed to go through these projects but must observe slow traffic rule and observe signs.
State Road No. 25 is closed between Belle Glade and West Palm Beach Canal. Detour via Pahokee, Canal Point, thence east on State Road No. 194 to State Road No. 25 at Twenty Mile Bend.
On State Road No. 176 a bridge is being constructed across the Palm Beach Canal, in West Palm Beach. Traffic is detoured for three blocks via State Road No. 4.
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Tallahassee, Aug. 2.-"Better Roads," a national magazine published in Chicago, makes the following comment on state-wide highway planning surveys:
"Not the least of the benefits issuing from the State-wide Highway Planning Surveys is the comprehensive highway atlas that is being assembled county by county. Planning survey maps of various kinds being brought to completion show every mile of public road and degree of improvement of roads. The railroads and the waterways and the airports are there, relating the highway network to the other lines of transportation. The maps show where people live, where industries are situated and where business is carried on. They show the rural schools and the community meeting houses, the school-bus routes and the routes of the rural mail-carriers. For the first time, in many counties there will be adequate highway maps; and wherever the work is being done, the roads will be related, on a map, to the people and the activities of the people they serve. In addition to showing the physical aspects of the highway system and furnishing a base for the physical highway planning of the future, the maps may be expected to have many other uses, for public agencies and private business. A series of recreational maps is a single example. The maps are a return on the planning investment of immediate useful application."
State Road No. 17 is closed in the western part of Tampa. West-bound traffic will detour north on Florida avenue to Sligh avenue; thence west on Sligh Avenue to Armenia Avenue: thence south on Armenia Avenue to State Road No. 17. Eastbound traffic will reverse the above detour.
Work is in progress on State Road No. 2 at Arcadia in DeSoto county. Traffic will detour on adjoining streets.
State Road No. 5 south of Brooksville in Hernando county is open to Denham. Northbound traffic will detour east over State Road No. 209 and well marked country road through San Antonio, thence west over State Road No. 210: southbound traffic will detour over State Road No. 210 through San Antonio.
Grading is in progress on State Road No. 36 in Hernando county between Inverness and the Withlacoochee River, local traffic may proceed with caution.
State Road No. 30 is closed east of Frostproof in Polk County. Detour north over State Road No. 8 to Lake Wales: thence east over State Road No. 79 to intersection with State Road No. 30.
Construction on overpass over railroad on State Road No. 23 at Ruskin in Hillsborough county is in progress. Traffic will use local paved detour.
Construction is in progress in Pinellas county beginning at the junction of "cut-off" to St. Petersburg with Florida No. 233 and continuing to Pass-a-Grille. Road is closed and traffic will use local detours. Extreme caution and observance of all signs must be observed.
Base on State Road No. 15 in Pinellas county is completed and road will be open part time. At other times local detours will be used.
State Road No. 156 between State Road No. 17 and Thonotosassa in Hillsborough county is now open.
State Road No. 31 is closed between Citra and Ocala. Traffic will detour via State Road No. 47-A and State Road No. 2.
State forces are widening road-bed of State Road No. 19 between Salem and Clara in Taylor county. No detours, but traffic is urged to slow down when approaching construction area.
New pavement on State Road No. 82 in Columbia county, is open to light traffic: heavy loads will continue to use the old road from Georgia State line to Benton.
On State Road No. 1 from Escambia Bridge to Jacobs Creek in Santa Rosa county, 3.2 miles of road are under construction, but traffic is allowed to go through observing slow traffic rule.
Motorists traveling State Road No. 1 from Pensacola to the Alabama State line will be required to use a sand-clay detour in good condition around Eleven Mile Creek.
On State Road No. 10 a 2,000 foot detour in fair condition is now in use over a new canal 1.5 miles west of Port St. Joe in Gulf county.
Motorists wishing to travel from Milton to Ft. Walton over State Road No. 10 will detour over State Road No. 1 from Milton to Crestview; thence over State Road No. 54 to Niceville: thence over State Road No. 10 to Ft. Walton.
State Road No. 3 is being paved in the city of Maitland in Orange county. Traffic will detour over city streets as marked by detour signs.
State Road No. 21, between DeLand and Daytona Beach in Volusia county has a grading project in progress, no detours necessary.
Retreatment is in progress at various points on State Road No. 4 in Brevard county between Titusville and Melbourne. Traffic is allowed to go through these projects but must observe slow traffic rule and observe signs.
State Road No. 25 is closed between Belle Glade and West Palm Beach Canal. Detour via Pahokee, Canal Point, thence east on State Road No. 194 to State Road No. 25 at Twenty Mile Bend.
On State Road No. 176 a bridge is being constructed across the Palm Beach Canal, in West Palm Beach. Traffic is detoured for three blocks via State Road No. 4.
What sub-type of article is it?
Infrastructure
Transportation
What keywords are associated?
Highway Report
Road Construction
Detours
State Roads
Florida Infrastructure
Planning Surveys
Where did it happen?
Florida
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Primary Location
Florida
Event Date
Aug. 2
Event Details
Weekly report on state-wide highway planning surveys praised by 'Better Roads' magazine for creating comprehensive maps integrating roads with other transportation, population, industries, schools, and mail routes. Details multiple road projects including closures on State Roads 17, 30, 31, 25; constructions on 2, 5, 23, 36, 15, 19, 82, 1, 10, 3, 21, 4, 176; partial openings and detours specified across counties like Tampa, DeSoto, Hernando, Polk, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Taylor, Columbia, Santa Rosa, Gulf, Orange, Volusia, Brevard, Palm Beach.