This short video popped up in my YouTube feed and I found it interesting. The Romans were definitely more sophisticated than we might give them credit for. I knew the concrete they poured is better than what we have today, and is still solid after a couple millennia later.
Yep, thousands of years ago they built roads that are still there, today we have over paid under worked educated idiots prancing around called engineers that can't get a road to last a decade.
That was interesting. The wide cleared sides would also prevent trees down blocking traffic. We could have done with that this winter on our main highway.
Cool video... Gotta give today's engineers a little break. Drive thousands of semis (80k) over those roads at 80mph during freeze thaw cycles and see how well they hold up.
Our roads are A MODERN MARVEL! We need to thank our engineers for their amazing contributions to our lifestyle! Thank you, Brian.
Italy’s average high temps are from 55 in winter to 85 in summer. I’d like to see how one of those roads would hold up under current traffic with temp swings from -20° to 90°f
The history channel has a Rome episode in the series called "engineering an empire." Very interesting and available on youtube.
No, but I bet a loaded one came close (or more) to the same PSI on the road surface as a loaded 18 wheeler. (due to those skinny wheels) Yup, stay over or under 32* and everything is fine...a few days of <32* lows and >32* highs and the roads quickly look like an old bombed out runway! And the greater the temp differential day/night, the faster it happens!
