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Highway Engineering deals with the fundamental principles of planning road systems, selection of ideal route/location, and the methods of construction and maintenance of various types of ______
roads
Early roads with hard surfaces were found to have been constructed in ______ as early as 3500 BC
Mesopotamia
Jerome Tresaguet is known as the father of modern road building for introducing new methods of construction and maintenance of ______ roads
stone
Thomas Telford, the president and founder of the Institute of Civil Engineer, made improvements in the construction methods of Jerome Tresaguet by employing a flat sub-grade providing a slight ______
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The Romans expanded their vast empire through an extensive road network radiating in many directions from the capital city of ______
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Early road systems were used for the movement of armies in conquest or defense against invasion, and also for transportation of food and trade of ______
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John Louden Mac Adam developed the widely accepted concept of road building known as the Macadam ______
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Eli Blake invented the first stone ______
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Aveling and Porter invented the 30-tons road ______
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Highway in the Philippines In the early part of 1900, transportation in the country depended largely on trail, water, railroad, earth ______ and partially graveled roads
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After World War II, the newly independent Philippine government gave special attention to the development of the roads through finances coming from the war damage reparations paid by the Japanese government and other financial aid extended by the U.S. ______
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The year 1950 to the early 1980 was considered as the ______ age. Cars which were considered as a rich man’s toy, was a vital means in transporting persons and goods
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