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Civil Engineering Department | DCC3113 : Highway & Traffic Engineering

History Tresaquet’s roads

• Mr. Pierre Tresaquet was inspector general of roads in France from 1746 to 1775.

• He developed an improved method of road construction and was used continuously in

France from 1775 until 1820 when the country changed to the cheaper Macadam

method.

• He also made consideration of sub-grade moisture and drainage from the surface.

• He also emphasized the need for continuous maintenance of road to keep it in good

shape. At the time of Napoleon, quite elaborate road system was developed in France

mainly for use of military adventures.

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