Baumel, C. Phillip; Miller, Sherry Brennan; Pautsch, … - Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), … - 1989
Many of today's local rural roads and bridges were built in the late 1800s and early 1900s when farms were small, and farmers needed road access to homes, schools, churches and markets. During the 1920s and 1930s, these roads were surfaced mainly with gravel, and bridges were reinforced to carry...