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One of Monterey County's famous drives, near Carmel, California, USA

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Title: California highways; a descriptive record of road development by the state and by such counties as have paved highways
Year: 1920 (1920s)
Authors: Blow, Ben, 1868-
Subjects: Roads
Publisher: San Francisco
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: The Library of Congress

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Between these ranges [lies] the Salinas valley, approximately one hundred miles long with an average width of ten miles. Through the Salinas Valley flows the Salinas River with bottom lands of rich alluvial soil on either bank, and through the valley the coast line State Highway supplies a main trunk line which bears the principal road tonnage of the county, agricultural touring traffic combining to make up an ever-increasing road burden. To supplement the main trunk line of the State Highway with a county road system as well as to provide funds for necessary bridge construction, the people of Monterey County in 1915 issued $570,000 in bonds, $370,000 of this amount being set aside as the county's share of the cost of bridges along the State Highway, the raising of a sum of such magnitude to help the California Highway Commission in its tremendous work of building a state system of roads being fairly indicative of the spirit of the people of Monterey County...
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One of Monterey County's famous drives, near Carmel.

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  • bookpublisher:San_Francisco
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  • bookleafnumber:322
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  • bookcollection:americana
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