Research Article
Jan 1958
Highway Access: User Benefits in California
Publication: Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 123, Issue 1
Abstract
An analysis is given of the highway-user benefits resulting from the early completion of the freeways with full control of access that comprised the 1,912 miles of rural and urban highways in California on the National System of Interstate Highways in 1955. The analysis is important in determining the economic justification for the $2,300,000,000 needed to complete the California Interstate System during a 10-yr period.
It is shown that the estimated user benefits in the first 10-yr period totaled $1,000,000,000, which is greater than the total interest on the investment for a period of 30 yr. The estimated user benefits for a 30-yr period approximated $8,000,000,000, which is more than twice the amount of the total interest and the principal that would be required to finance the Interstate System.
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Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers
Volume 123 • Issue 1 • January 1958
Pages: 499 - 510
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© 1958 American Society of Civil Engineers.
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Published online: Feb 10, 2021
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Ralph A. Moyer, AM.ASCE
Prof. of Civ. Eng. and Research Engr., Inst. of Transportation and Traffic Eng., Univ. of California, Berkeley, Calif.
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