Roads today vs. roads from 2,000 years ago

Cross section of a road in England

Try driving 70,000lb trucks a old road built like that for a few years. If modern roads only needed to hold up to horses and wagons then they'd last indefinitely.

Modern road construction vs Old Fashioned

2000 years ago there were no state contracts to bid out ...every year.

Well back then they didn't have heavy trucks, all dey had plying the road were horses, camels and humans.

Roman Road Construction

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A Roman Road was discovered while excavating for a new McDonalds in Marino, Italy. They incorporated a glass floor in the restaurant after excavations were complete.

Rendition of how ancient Roman bathrooms work

Evolution of F1 pit 1975 to 2023.