TRAVEL BULLETIN, MARCH, 1927
Ninety-five Per Cent Improved.
The Old Spanish Trailis 95% improved, well maintained and comfortable from St. Augustine, Fla., to San Diego, Calif., and nearly all federal standard construction. Detailed logs or directions are no longer necessary. There are still certain “barrier sections” in the remaining 5% which may cause delays in time of storm. These are under construction and will be opened during the spring and summer of 1927. Permanent marking is now being worked out but as the main trunkline of the South the route is easily followed. Hotels, garages, service stations and travel comforts are always best on a national trunkline like this.
The East has 50 to 60 inches rainfall. The highway crosses the rivers and bays near the Gulf of Mexico; a half of the drainage waters of the continent are crossed in this eastern section. Long and expensive bridges, numerous drainage structures, and paved or gravel roads have been necessary to create an unbroken and all-weather highway. Essential construction is now nearly completed. $47,000,000 have now been spent on this section or appropriated for construction in progress. Further appropriations and continued improvements will prevail.
This is a dry area with sunshine, hills, mountains, natural drainage and natural gravels. The highway is 95% federal standard type, and smooth driving. When a storm does occur in the West it is apt to be heavy; caution must then be exercised. $15,000,000 have been spent in this section; it has been open for several years. Conditions are being continually improved.
“FEDERAL STANDARD” means standard provisions for safety and comfort—width, curves, grades, drainage and general alignment.
FOR GENERAL INFORMATION or old Spanish history write to Old Spanish Trail Headquarters, San Antonio, Texas, for Travelog or Year Book.
FOR STRIP-MAP BOOK of Old Spanish Trail write Automobile Club of Southern California, Los Angeles, Calif. Mileage is changing as the extensive construction program substitutes new roads for old or a bridge for the old ferry. The Automobile Club keeps specially equipped cars on this highway and the changes are quickly recorded. The Old Spanish Trail adopts their mileage as standard. The fourth edition of their strip-map book now being prepared.
INQUIRE AT CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE and auto clubs along the highway for special information.
AUTO CAMPS are improving in the East. They are more numerous in the West, many with individual buildings and conveniences. Natural camping spots are numerous in the West.
Eastern Section—St. Augustine to San Antonio.
Western Section—San Antonio to San Diego
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