Tuesday 6 December 2016

Road

Road
Many of the core elements of modern road construction developed by the Romans, who were famous for their engineering and build roads with solid Foundation, good drainage and a smooth surface.
Road network the Romans had been carefully planned, and on the main lines were equipped with stop like a modern service stations on motorways. After the decline of the Roman Empire the roads are not maintained in proper condition and gradually collapsed. However, a lot of trails that were used by the Romans, make today a basis of a considerable part of the European network of highways.
In England the science of road building flourished in the early nineteenth century. Thanks to the efforts of the Scottish engineers Thomas Telford and John Macadam. Telford supervised the construction of more Books roads and 1,200 bridges. And macadam, except for roads, published works on their building and invented a road surface known as tarmacadam, or tar concrete.
The expansion of the Railways interrupted the development of road construction in England, but interest resumed in the late nineteenth century. In connection with the invention of the car. The increase in the number of vehicles demanded the creation of a new road network. Therefore, in the early 1950s, the British began the construction of the motorway network.

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