Roads

Roads Websites

This category is for listing sites about the history of road construction and the engineers that built the roads.- Category ID : 428927

List of Roads Sites 14 Websites

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Highways - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century

Detailed historical information, timelines, and personal essays by key innovators on highway construction within the United States.

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Coaching Days and the Road Engineers

Discusses roads in Britain and the United States during the canal age. Written by J. B. Calvert.

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Edward de Smedt

Short biography of the inventor of modern road asphalt in 1870. Also includes a short commentary on the history of roads and asphalt.

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First American Macadam Road

Illustrated essay on this road laid on the Boonsborough Turnpike Road between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland in 1823.

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Ancient and Modern Highways

Full text of illustrated essay by Charles Livy Whittle, The New England Magazine, February 1898.

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The Good Roads Movement, Part I

Full text of this essay written by Charles Freeman Johnson. From the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, 1896.

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The Good Roads Movement Part II

Full text of article written by Charles Freeman Johnson, in Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, 1896.

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Namibian Roads in History

Illustrated history and development of the roads system from the 13th century till today.

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Pittsburgh-Stoyestown Turnpike

Story of its building and use by John N. Boucher published in 1911.

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Public Roads, their Improvement and Maintenanc

Full text of this book by E.R.Buckley first published in 1907.

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The Nicolson Pavement

Full text of this 1859 publication about a wooden pavement invented by Samuel Nicolson.

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Ways and highways. The Statutes of New York

Complete text of this 1851 publication by William Bishop. Topics include highways, bridges, ferries, plank roads and turnpike roads.

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Roads, Highways, and Ecosystems

Multi-page illustrated essay on US roadmaking history.

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The Convict Trail - Caring for the Great North Road

Illustrated history of the convict built road linking Sydney to the Hunter Valley. Australia.

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