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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

History The history of highway construction

• Traces of early roads have been found since the recorded history

of the man kind.

• The first and oldest mode of travel obviously was foot path.

• Before invention of wheel, people used to move on foot, thus
creating foot paths.

• Men and material must have been transported either on backs of

men or animals.
• The historical road development can be divided in to the following

era :

 Early/ Basic roads

 Roman roads
 Modern roads

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