This category is for listing sites about the history of road construction and the engineers that built the roads.
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- Highways - Greatest Engineering Achievements of the Twentieth Century Detailed historical information, timelines, and personal essays by key innovators on highway construction within the United States.
- Coaching Days and the Road Engineers Discusses roads in Britain and the United States during the canal age. Written by J. B. Calvert.
- Edward de Smedt Short biography of the inventor of modern road asphalt in 1870. Also includes a short commentary on the history of roads and asphalt.
- First American Macadam Road Illustrated essay on this road laid on the Boonsborough Turnpike Road between Hagerstown and Boonsboro, Maryland in 1823.
- Ancient and Modern Highways Full text of illustrated essay by Charles Livy Whittle, The New England Magazine, February 1898.
- The Good Roads Movement, Part I Full text of this essay written by Charles Freeman Johnson. From the Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, 1896.
- The Good Roads Movement Part II Full text of article written by Charles Freeman Johnson, in Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine, 1896.
- Namibian Roads in History Illustrated history and development of the roads system from the 13th century till today.
- Pittsburgh-Stoyestown Turnpike Story of its building and use by John N. Boucher published in 1911.
- Public Roads, their Improvement and Maintenanc Full text of this book by E.R.Buckley first published in 1907.
- The Nicolson Pavement Full text of this 1859 publication about a wooden pavement invented by Samuel Nicolson.
- Ways and highways. The Statutes of New York Complete text of this 1851 publication by William Bishop. Topics include highways, bridges, ferries, plank roads and turnpike roads.
- Roads, Highways, and Ecosystems Multi-page illustrated essay on US roadmaking history.
- The Convict Trail - Caring for the Great North Road Illustrated history of the convict built road linking Sydney to the Hunter Valley. Australia.