Moving Image:Building a Highway

Building a Highway is a short film from 1948 released on 16mm. It is held in the Prelinger Archives collection.

Demonstrates major steps in the construction of a two-lane highway. Illustrates such processes as clearing, cutting, scraping, and leveling the roadbed; assembling materials; mixing and dumping the concrete; and smoothing and finishing the surface. Pictures the completed highway open to traffic. Emphasizes the necessary skills involved in providing well-built safe highways for automotive traffic.

Building a Highway
Produced by	Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Production companies	Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Distributed by	Encyclopaedia Britannica Films, Inc.
Release date	1948
Running time	10:18
Language	English

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