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Identifier: californiahighwa00blow (find matches)
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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A stretch of Alameda County highway that carriestremendous volume of touring traffic. Alameda County varying in width from eighteen to twenty-six feet, the en-gineers actively in charge of the work under the direction ofthe Board of Supervisors being P. A. Haviland, countysurveyor, and his deputy, George A. Posey. There is com-prehended in the road mileage given 52.19 miles of highwaywhich, while in part built by the different cities is none theless to be regarded as properly a part of the County highwaysystem. By far the most pleasant aspect of Alameda Countys roadsystem is that which comprehends its touring development,and here can be found ample excuse for enthusiasm in con-templating the work done in developing what is commonlyknown as the Skyline Boulevard, a short tour whichpasses the beautiful expanse of Lake Merritt, in the veryheart of the city of Oakland, and climbs upward to the highcrest of the Berkeley Hills, from which point one of theamazing views of California is to be

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