During the period from December 1, 1916, to November 30, 1918, the State
Highway Department expended in Clatsop County the sum of $344,387.23.
The work accomplished consists of 3.5 miles of bituminous paving, 22.7
miles of broken stone macadam, 1.7 miles of gravel macadam, 1.2 miles of
new grading, one covered wood draw bridge, two reinforced concrete
bridges, and 1-6x12 ft. reinforced concrete box culvert, all of these
improvements being on the Columbia River Highway between Astoria and the
Columbia County Line.