21.   Highway officials in Maine face the prospect of spending millions of dollars to fix an electronic toll system that opened four years ago but that has never functioned properly.

22.   Highway department officials said the remains will be moved to another location.

23.   Highway officials in both states said motorists should not encounter road construction problems.

24.   In recent years, federal highway officials have worked with state agencies and private groups to protect and encourage native plants on waysides from Florida to California.

25.   It is being closely watched by highway officials in other states.

26.   It was about four years ago that federal highway safety officials realized that air bags could kill children.

27.   Kansas highway officials were working Thursday to assemble a list of threatened projects.

28.   Last month, highway officials started a statewide telephone-information network.

29.   Missouri highway officials on Thursday listed four major projects that may be affected.

30.   Motorists seemed to heed the advice of highway officials to stay off the roads.