[Islander7]

A comment on the article:

"...in years to come people will comment on the m25 but it wont be hard we will still be stuck on it

- slick, hertford, 07/2/2011 09:38..."

[Islander7]

Ping

[screaminsunshine]

Its the bullet road. It was part of Ceasars stimulus package.

[Virginia Ridgerunner]

It is raised very high which is unusual. It is only speculation, but the height might have been to make a statement.

They're missing the obvious reason---a road that high with deep side ditches would make ambushing a passing Roman column from the woods very difficult.

[Tainan]

Hilarious comments.

Especially about the “speed cameras”....LOL!

[Twinkie]

No potholes? Quick, analyze the material in that road!

[Rebelbase]

An interesting comment at the source link:

“Badbury Rings is a leading contender for the site of the battle of Badon Hill in which a post Roman Briton army got a decisive result against the invading Saxons. According to a Monk Nennius, in the 800s, Arthur was a commander in this battle. So this road was probably used to get there!”

[Bigh4u2]

“And, remarkably, it shows no sign of the potholes that blight our modern roads.”

I guess they must have restricted their ‘semi’ traffic.

[BenLurkin]

“Puddletown” — sounds like a place where you’d need to put your road on a causeway.

[blam]

[Sherman Logan]

The legions were amazingly expert military engineers, among many other things.

They built an entire fortress every time they camped for the night.

[Sherman Logan]

What have the Romans ever done for us?

[djf]

Didn’t they build some roads that are still in use?

I mean roads in the outland that is, not roads in Rome.

Think I read it somewhere.

[VOA]

“
Motorway maximus: Unearthed, a stunning Roman super-highway built 1,900 years ago
“

Who says infrastructure (and the maintainece thereof) doesn’t matter?

My last post of the night/morning.

[VOA]

“
And, remarkably, it shows no sign of the potholes that blight our modern roads.
“

Somewhere in heaven, purgatory, hell or some other destination...
some Romans are smiling...

[afraidfortherepublic]

Fabulous!

[colorado tanker]

This is basically an extension of Ackling Dyke, which is similarly high-banked. The assumption is the high bank was intended to impress the locals and discourage them from challenging the supremacy of Rome. The road was known to exist, but apparently the route through this forest had been lost. The talk about a super-highway seems to be hyperbole, although I suppose most of the Roman roads would have seemed that way to the locals back in the day.

[Smokin' Joe]

This makes me wonder if the climate may have been a bit colder and snowier at the time.

We commonly construct primary and secondary roads here with wide, deep ditches to contain drifting snow while a high raised roadbed lets the wind scour drifts off the road surface.