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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Namibian Roads in History - http://www.klausdierks.com/Namibian_Roads/
Illustrated history and development of the roads system from the 13th century till today.

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.

Road Construction - http://www.oregon.gov/ODOT/CS/SSB/history_center_road_construction.shtml
Collection of historical photographs of road construction in Oregon.

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.

Roads, Highways, and Ecosystems - http://nationalhumanitiescenter.org/tserve/nattrans/ntuseland/essays/roads.htm
Multi-page illustrated essay on US roadmaking history.

Somerset Roads - http://www.somerset.gov.uk/archives/ASH/Roads.htm
Concise illustrated history of roads and turnpikes in the county.

The Convict Trail - http://www.convicttrail.org
Illustrated history of the convict built road linking Sydney to the Hunter Valley.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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