Word: tolls
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...less important hardwoods, while softwoods, in huge demand for construction and papermaking, were cut down in 1952 almost one-third faster than they grew. The quality of timber, he said, is declining. Control of insect pests, which in 1952 killed 5 billion board feet of sawtimber (seven times the toll of fire), has not gone far enough. Nor have the growth ratios increased enough; by the year 2000, the Forest Service guesses, U.S. demand for non-fuel timber will be from 70% to 100% bigger than...
Photoelectric eyes and electronic machines automatically tot up toll charges (top: $3 for an auto, $30 for a 40-ton truck). The 16 service plazas provide both king-size picnic areas and kid-size playgrounds. All signs have 16-in. letters legible at 900 ft.-enough for a 9-sec. reading at 65 m.p.h., the speed limit. All bridges have been built as separate twin structures; in all, overpasses span four major rivers, 38 streams, 41 railroad crossings and 282 other roadways. Result: a saving of nearly 3½ hours' driving time across Ohio...
...highway-skirting Akron, Cleveland and Toledo-connects the Pennsylvania Turnpike with the one now being built across northern Indiana. By next fall motorists and truckers will be able to drive 812 miles, from Manhattan to Chicago's outskirts, without running into a single traffic light or crossroad. Total toll charges...
Ohio expects 14 million vehicles the first year, and eventually an annual revenue of $35 million-enough to pay off the bonds by 1972, a good 20 years ahead of time. However, as in Pennsylvania, the turnpike revenue will probably be plowed back into more toll roads across Ohio. Two more pay-as-you-go projects are coming up next: a spur from Cleveland, connecting with the New York Thruway at Erie, Pa., and a major lateral across the state toward Cincinnati and St. Louis...
Overall, in 22 states, a network of toll roads built or planned is now webbing fast across a vast segment of the U.S. from Northeast to Southwest. In 1950 all U.S. toll roads together ran to only 439 miles. The total has since expanded enormously; as of this week 1,712 miles are in use, 1,527 under construction and 5,622 more planned. Total cost: $10.7 billion, repayable by road users directly at no cost to taxpayers generally. By 1965, highway experts predict, motorists will be riding nonstop-for a price-on turnpikes from Chicago to Miami, from...