History of Road Design
Firstly let me apologise for this page. It is largely text based due to the nature of it and if reading is difficult then I am sorry. This is due solely to the material covered and is the only page in the series. This is not typical as the rest have graphics or images to keep you amused. Secondly this page is very much a history of road building in the United Kingdom．
The first road builders of any significance in Western Europe were the Romans, who saw the ability to move quickly as essential for both military and civil reasons. It is from the Romans that the term highway comes as all their roads were elevated 1m above the local level of the land. This was to minimise the risk of an ambush, as was the best known characteristic of the roads, their lack of corners. The standards set by


道路設(shè)計(jì)的歷史
首先,讓我對(duì)本欄目作一介紹。由于本文基本上是以自然知識(shí)為基礎(chǔ)，所以如果讀起來(lái)感到困難的話，我感到抱歉。這是由于本文僅僅涉及本專業(yè)的材料背景和理論知識(shí)，而不像一般的帶有圖解的或圖像的文章那樣可以使你保持興趣。第二，這個(gè)專欄是一段有關(guān)歐洲筑路的歷史。
在西歐諸國(guó)中，第一個(gè)開(kāi)始修筑道路的是那些羅馬人，他們注意到很快地移動(dòng)對(duì)軍隊(duì)和公民的都是必要的。那些具有標(biāo)志性的公路是羅馬人將全部的地區(qū)級(jí)道路提升1m后形成的。這些將減小伏兵埋伏的風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，照現(xiàn)在的樣子也可以看到道路的最顯著的特征就是很少有轉(zhuǎn)彎處。按照羅馬人制定的標(biāo)準(zhǔn)，以后修建的道路一直是那樣直到羅馬帝國(guó)消失。