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NATURAL RESOURCES OF QUEBEC

of cities, populous towns and remote colonization districts, formed on
January 31, 1928, a total length of 31,342 miles. For improvement purposes
 these roads are classified as follows —

Ist Class, Main Trunk highways...... . 4,823 miles
2nd Class, County and Market roads................. 9,123 «
3rd Class, Local roads........ cee... 17,396

Total...

21.249

The Main Trunk Highways System, having a total length of
4,823 miles, ranks among the longest in Canada and has reached the
most advanced stage of completion. These main highways are distributed
 over an area of 16,000 square miles and extend throughout the
inhabited area of the province from Chapeau, 100 miles west of Hull,
to the Gaspé peninsula at the extreme eastern section of the province.

Near Roxboro on the island of Montreal

This class includes forty-six main highways providing a large number
of connections between the neighbouring provinces and the United States.
Arteries most travelled are paved with concrete, waterbound macadam
or bituminous macadam. Other arteries are excellent gravel roads maintained
 in first class condition and second to none of the hardest pavements
for comfort and security.

THE SECONDARY SvsTEM of roads covers a total length of 9,123
miles, of which about 3,200 miles are improved in the most populous