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Brick Roadways Prove Superior In City Test
The Bureau of Highways reports an eight year study of the Byberry-Bensalem test roadway. Vitrified brick pavements cost the least to maintain while cement concrete cost the most. Per square yard yearly upkeep: vitrified brick eight tenths of a cent. cement concrete 17 cents. bituminous concrete 12 cents. bituminous macadam seven cents. On a mile long 16 foot roadway the yearly upkeep would be cement concrete 1652.12 dollars, bituminous concrete 1124.58, bituminous macadam 693.70, vitrified brick 76.98.
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Philadelphia
Bureau of Highways
Byberry-Bensalem