"c           VAR 0751      02197 HWY CNST R 915-963               MD= 1E-37   "
"c           REF 0751         LOC 1681 WIDTH  9             DK  27 COL 53-61  "
"c                                                                            "
"c                                                                            "
"c              PUBLIC NEW CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITY, HIGHWAYS, VALUE IN CURRENT  "
"c              PRICES, BLS-DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE                            "
"c              ------------------------------------------------------------  "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NBER SERIES: 02197                                            "
"c              AREA COVERED: U.S.                                            "
"c              UNITS: MILLION CURRENT DOLLARS                                "
"c              ANNUAL COVERAGE: NONE                                         "
"c              QUARTERLY COVERAGE: NONE                                      "
"c              MONTHLY COVERAGE: 01/1939-12/1963                             "
"c              SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT: NONE                                     "
"c              SOURCE: SEE INTRODUCTORY NOTES ON BLS- DEPARTMENT OF          "
"c              COMMERCE DATA.                                                "
"c                                                                            "
"c              NOTES: THIS SERIES COVERS PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION OF STREETS,     "
"c              ROADS, ALLEYS, BRIDGES, VEHICULAR TUNNELS, VIADUCTS,          "
"c              SIDEWALKS, CURBS, AND GUTTERS; NEW CULVERTS AND EXTENSIONS    "
"c              OF OLD ONES; RIGHT-OF-WAY DRAINAGE, EROSION CONTROL,          "
"c              LIGHTING, AND GUARD RAILS; AND EARTHWORK PROTECTIVE           "
"c              STRUCTURES IN CONNECTION WITH ROAD IMPROVEMENTS.              "
"c                  THE ANNUAL VALUE-PUT-IN-PLACE DATA REPRESENT ANNUAL       "
"c              EXPENDITURE ESTIMATES PREPARED BY THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC        "
"c              ROADS. MONTHLY DATA ON VALUE PUT IN PLACE FOR FEDERAL-AID     "
"c              HIGHWAYS (INTERSTATE AND STATE) ARE BASED ON BPR MONTHLY      "
"c              ESTIMATES, ADJUSTED TO THE LEVEL OF THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE    "
"c              ESTIMATES FOR THIS CATEGORY OF HIGHWAYS. MONTHLY DATA FOR     "
"c              ALL OTHER HIGHWAYS ARE BASED ON THE ANNUAL EXPENDITURE        "
"c              ESTIMATES, DISTRIBUTED MONTHLY BY APPLYING SEASONAL INDEXES   "
"c              COMPUTED FROM FINAL DATA FOR FEDERALLY AIDED STATE HIGHWAYS.  "
"c              THE FINAL BPR ANNUAL ESTIMATES DO NOT BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL  "
"c              TWO YEARS AFTER THE PERIOD REPORTED. DATA PUBLISHED BEFORE    "
"c              THAT TIME ARE PRELIMINARY FIGURES BASED ON PROJECTIONS MADE   "
"c              BY THE BPR. THE PROCEDURE FOR ESTIMATING VALUE OF HIGHWAY     "
"c              CONSTRUCTION PUT IN PLACE WAS REVISED IN 1963. IN 1964 DATA   "
"c              WERE REVISED BACK TO 1946. THE REVISED DATA ARE CONSIDERED    "
"c              COMPARABLE WITH DATA FOR EARLIER PERIODS.                     "
"c                  THE CONSTANT DOLLAR SERIES IS DERIVED FROM A QUARTERLY    "
"c              COST INDEX OF THE BUREAU OF PUBLIC ROADS, INTERPOLATED        "
"c              MONTHLY BY THE"ENGINEERING NEWS-RECORD" INDEX.                "
"c                  FOR FURTHER INFORMATION SEE INTRODUCTORY NOTES ON         "
"c              BLS-DEPT. OF COMMERCE DATA.                                   "
"c                                                                            "
"c              ORIGINALS MISSING; NOT PROOFREAD.                             "
"c                                                                            "