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Roman Roads and Bridges Introduction The Roman road system, an intricate network of major as well as minor roads, spanned nearly 50,000 miles, allowed for quick, easy travel and military advantages, and served as a link between many different centers of population in the Roman Empire. At first, the Romans developed roads for military use only, utilizing them to gather troops quickly and transport resources to certain places during wars. Soldiers were even charged with the task of constructing

refuge, my uncle took my family out on the boat. To get to the boat we drove 30 mins down past the refuge to the middle of nowhere. It was eerie. Many houses were abandoned overgrown, and lonely. The road turned to dirt. Entire towns were left to dust. Ponds of flooded water sat idly on side of the roads. Once we arrived at the wharf we were greeted by a couple of the watermen, friends of my uncle. Their accents were completely foreign to the Maryland I grew up in. It was like a deeper southern twangy

often notice myself applying certain songs to different aspects of my life. Living in the country My entire life I lived in a small town called Mackay, Idaho. We lived about 15 minutes from town with five miles of the road to our house being dirt road. That five miles of dirt road is my whole life, that’s where I learned how to drive, where many rattlesnakes were killed, and where

Francisco, iconic Mount Tamalpais rises over 2500 feet almost directly above the bay. Most of this mountain is a state park, and there are many miles of hiking and biking trails. Remember that mountain biking got its start here, and most of the old fire roads are open to both hikers and bikers. The good news is that, unlike many other biking areas, these bikers seem to be considerate of hikers. That was important on the summer day I picked to hike the summit. There are a number of trails around the top

question did not look like a crossroads to most who saw it. It looked like a simple dirt path, bisecting a field full of long grass that waved in the wind, the Earth's flowing green hair. On the path, at a seemingly random spot, there was a little town. But the townspeople could see the other half of the crossroads, as could the few who traveled upon it. The dirt path led from nowhere to nowhere, and the other road, which was made of something far less substantial than earth, led to just about any

It's rare for a trucker to drive around with all of his trailer lights burnt out. On the other hand, lights and reflectors covered in dirt, mud, or salt are more common. Dirt covered lights and reflectors are just as hazardous as not having them at all. What appears to be an oncoming semi truck in the opposite lane could be a truck pulling into the lane from a side road to your right. The lights you see are the tractor's headlights in the opposite lane. What you don't see is the invisible trailer crossing

over the tree trunks and rocks that blocked our way, we arrived at the upper trailhead, spent. We set the hated thing down and fell on the ground to catch our breath before tackling the last mile down and around the ski slopes on the rough service road we hadn't used coming up. Once again, there we were, about to tackle the longest part of the carry (we quit calling it a hike a half hour before) in the heat of the day. Gaaaaak! We carried the litter another hundred yards and found ourselves standing

The Good Roads Bill was signed in 1916 by President Woodrow Wilson, but this law took decades of work by cycling activists to go from an idea to the oval office. The first mention of the poor road quality in America came on December 30, 1894 After this mention, the Good Roads Movement starts to spread. On May 26, 1895, the movement begins to spread to New York via political and democratic power. In mid -1985, in a time where good roads was growing momentum noted by the "Gossip of the Cyclers" column

Ignorance of the law will not likely be an adequate defense when involved in a liability suit. That's the reason for the saying that "ignorance of the law is no excuse." The illegality of some driving acts is apparent to most people such as violating the speed limit, running red lights, or passing a school bus while its lights are flashing. However, there are many ways that drivers can unknowingly commit negligent driving acts. If you get into an accident while doing any of these four examples of

Humans in the ancient world definitely took advantage of their physical strength. Five great examples of this are: building roads, quarrying, operating cranes, digging wells, and constructing tunnels. All of these tasks could only be completed with an immense amount of endurance and strength. Anything from laying rocks to digging out an entire tunnel was a difficult and grueling task. In many cases, a great deal of human physical strength was required to fully exploit the technologies and technical