IN the United States of America there is a widespread interest at present in the new ‘cotton roads' which are being made across the continent from New York to California and from Florida to Maine. According to an article published in Roads and Road Construction of April 1, the modern procedure in construction is to lay the cotton fabric on a surface treated with bituminous material. The bituminous material is then applied to the fabric and completely covered with crushed mineral aggregate. The crushed cover material is rolled in and a lighter application of bituminous material is applied and covered with a layer of chips, which are rolled in with a heavy roller. The best results in cotton roads have been obtained from cloth of comparatively open weave. The breaking strength varies between 25 and 45 lb. (grab method) according to grade. The most practicable fabrics cost between 450 and 750 dollars a mile for a road 18 ft. wide.

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.Roads with a Cotton Fabric Basis. 145 (3679),699-700.

"Roads with a Cotton Fabric Basis" 145

"Roads with a Cotton Fabric Basis"