The rest of the Roman Roads keyword, sorted:
The ones built before the democrats took over, murdered Donaldus Trumpicusā¦ ahhhh Caesar and opened the gates to the visigoth hordes because they thought they would get more votes from a barbarian underclass, were better
They’d probably fail if you had a convoy of big rigs rumbling across them.
Aliens. Alien technology is the answer.
The State, in it’s infinite wisdom requires California roads be built out of crappy materials. They can repave a road and, in short order, there will be potholes the size of garbage cans. The new paving materials peel off the older roadway underneath at an alarming rate.
Our roads here last a couple of years at best, not millennia.
Yes. Next question...
Modern roads are a Union driven joke.
Did 18 wheelers speed over them?
Thousands of cars?
Oh, horses and chariots. Oh, so that’s why they lasted a long time.
Roads started failing so badly when the feds raised the weight limit from 64,000 to 80,000 pounds. Highway contractors hit the jackpot.
One of the coolest things - in Pompeii - small chips of reflective/fluorescent stones for nighttime š
Roman roads usually did not have curves, they used angle points. According to historians, the reason was that practicality that characterized the Romans. In this case, although they knew how to engineer curves, they preferred short stretches of straight lines that changed direction according to the needs of the terrain: straight stretches permitted a better visualization of the signaling beacons.
That may as well say limestone.
Limestone is highly permeable to water. Basically, a sponge.
Most states have some snow or ice in the winter and that means Salt treatment of roads.
Salt (sodium chloride) is water soluble.
Water baring salt is absorbed by the limestone in the road, either the limestone aggregate in asphalt roads or concrete roads.
We have the technology to make roads that will last centuries. We just have bad laws.
They look to be in better condition than any road in the northeast after one winter.
Yes for the highways built in Illinois.
I like Dr. Ryan...his videos are usually unique and interesting and his book is entertaining.
Apian way still in use for 2300 years. We can’t make a road last 20 years.
IF the road crumbled it is possible the construction crew wouldn’t be around for the rebuild. Empires have a way of bringing out quality work.
After visiting Pompeii a while back and looking out my window a moment ago, I’d have to say....
Yeah.
DUH.