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  Highways - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century http://www.greatachievements.org/?id=2959
Detailed historical information, timelines, and personal essays by key innovators on highway construction within the United States.
  The Convict Trail http://www.convicttrail.org
Illustrated history of the convict built road linking Sydney to the Hunter Valley.
  Coaching Days and the Road Engineers http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/tech/coaching.htm
Discusses roads in Britain and the United States during the canal age. Written by J. B. Calvert.
  Edward de Smedt http://www.famousbelgians.net/desmedt.htm
Short biography of the inventor of modern road asphalt in 1870. Also includes a short commentary on the history of roads and asphalt.
  Historic Highways - Lancashire http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/index.asp
Comprehensive history. Topics include Roman roads, turnpike roads, and motorways. Includes gallery and forum.
  Milestones For U.S. Highway Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration http://www.tfhrc.gov/pubrds/spring96/p96sp44.htm
Illustrated time line of key events covering the period 1892 to 1996.
  Roads, Highways, and Ecosystems http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntuseland/essays/roads.htm
Multi-page illustrated essay on US roadmaking history.
  Roads Through History http://www.history.sa.gov.au/chu/programs/sa_history/roads/introduction.htm
Presents an illustrated record of the history of road-making across South Australia. Joint project between Transport SA and the History Trust of South Australia.
  First American Macadam Road http://curbstone.com/_macadam.htm
Illustrated essay on this road laid on the Boonsborough Turnpike Road between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland in 1823.
  Somerset Roads http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASH/Roads.htm
Concise illustrated history of roads and turnpikes in the county.
  The Turnpike Roads and Traffic up to 1830 http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environment/historichighways/turnpike.asp
Article by J M Whiteley which first appeared in Diversion, the Lancashire County Council Surveyor's departmental magazine in July 1984.
  The Mullan Road http://www.narhist.ewu.edu/mullan_road/mullan_home.html
Constructed between 1858 and 1862, was the first wagon road to cross the Rockies to the Inland Northwest. History of its construction and early use.
  A History of Roads in the US using Athens as a Case Study http://mgagnon.myweb.uga.edu/students/Brignac.htm
Paper by Becky Brignac written in 1999, in the History Department, at the University of Georgia, to fulfill the senior writing requirement for completion of the history major.
  Road Construction http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/history_center_road_construction.shtml
Collection of historical photographs of road construction in Oregon.
  Namibian Roads in History http://www.klausdierks.com/Namibian_Roads/
Illustrated history and development of the roads system from the 13th century till today.
  The Good Roads Movement Part II http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moajrnl;g=moagrp;xc=1;q1=The%20Good%20Roads%20Movement;rgn=full%20text;view=image;cc=moajrnl;seq=0448;idno=ahj1472.2-28.166;node=ahj1472.2-28.166%3A13
Full text of article written by Charles Freeman Johnson, in Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, 1896.
  The Good Roads Movement, Part I http://www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=moajrnl;g=moagrp;xc=1;q1=The%20Good%20Roads%20Movement;rgn=full%20text;view=image;cc=moajrnl;seq=0253;idno=ahj1472.2-28.165;node=ahj1472.2-28.165%3A2
Full text of this essay written by Charles Freeman Johnson. From the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, 1896.
  Ancient and Modern Highways http://cdl.library.cornell.edu/cgi-bin/moa/moa-cgi?notisid=AFJ3026-0023-108
Full text of illustrated essay by Charles Livy Whittle, The New England Magazine, February 1898.
  Pittsburgh-Stoyestown Turnpike http://digital.library.pitt.edu/cgi-bin/t/text/pageviewer-idx?c=pitttext;cc=pitttext;sid=632389ae6b1875774a6c072d17517ccb;rgn=full%20text;idno=00aft0809m;view=image;seq=0005
Story of its building and use by John N. Boucher published in 1911.
  Public Roads, their Improvement and Maintenanc http://digital.library.umsystem.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=umlib;idno=umlr000059
Full text of this book by E.R.Buckley first published in 1907.
  A1 and The Great North Road http://www.biffvernon.freeserve.co.uk/contents.htm
History, geography and anything of interest about the development of the route between London and Edinburgh.
  The Nicolson Pavement http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJR3196
Full text of this 1859 publication about a wooden pavement invented by Samuel Nicolson.
  Ways and highways. The Statutes of New York http://quod.lib.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=moa;idno=AJS1886
Complete text of this 1851 publication by William Bishop. Topics include highways, bridges, ferries, plank roads and turnpike roads.
  Wayne County, Michigan - Roads http://www.waynecounty.com/dps_roads/history/default.htm
Claim to be the birthplace of modern roads. Features the first concrete road, historic pictures, and wriiten road histories.

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