The Beauties of the Stelvio Pass

For good reasons, the Stelvio Pass could be defined as the most northern state road in the Italian territory that proceeds horizontally …

N°374 (3rd Quarter 2017)

National Tourist Route Geiranger - Trollstigen in Norway

The Norwegian Public Roads Administration has created 18 selected drives through the best of Norwegian nature. These tourist attractions …

N°373 (2nd Quarter 2017)

Evolution of Topographical Techniques and Reconstruction of Roman Roads and Relevant Features

Travellers of the ancient Roman roads did not have maps or street directories at their disposal, but went along, driven by their own ius …

N°372 (1st Quarter 2017)

Archeological discoveries relevant to the construction of new motorways in northern italy

Civil engineering works for the construction of roads often allow archaeological discoveries. Sometimes even important findings are taken …

N° 370 (3rd Quarter 2016)

Roman roads: 100 000km of freeways built 2000 years ago - The contribution of Augustus

In our contemporary, postmodern world, a world where we are used to see all values and certainties crumble down or melt like snow in the …

N° 369 (2nd Quarter 2016 / April)

A short history of turkish highways

When the Turkish Republic was proclaimed on 29th October 1923, there were 18 thousand kilometres of roads on 78 million hectares of land. …

N° 368 (1st Quarter 2016 / January)

Mexico's viceroyalty period

As viceroyalty society and commerce developed in the 16th century, different goods and raw materials were needed to supply changing …

N° 367 (3rd Quarter 2015 / July)

Cortés' route to the conquest of Tenochtitlán

N° 366 (2nd Quarter 2015 / April)

Pre-hispanic roads in Mexico: Mexican calzada and Mayan sacbé-oob

In pre-Hispanic times, the central part of the current Mexico was inhabited by organized societies which had a sedentary lifestyle and a …

N° 365 (1st Quarter 2015 / January)

Glimpse from road history in Norway

Illustration 1 © NPRA. Illustrations 2 and 3 © Tommy Gildseth. This year the Norwegian Public Roads Administration celebrates 150 years …

N° 364 (4th Quater 2014 / October)