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- Industrial Revolution (30001 bytes)
101: ...ion, inland transport was by navigable rivers and roads, with coastwise vessels employed to move heavy go...
110: ===Roads===
111: ...st of the country. Heavy goods transport on these roads was by means of broad wheeled carts hauled by tea...
158: The insatiable demand of the [[railroads]] for more durable rail led to the development of...
160: ...neral Electric]], and [[Bayer AG]] joined the railroads on the world's [[stock market]]s and among huge, ... - Diana, Princess of Wales (29391 bytes)
113: ...lume of people and [[flowers]] in the surrounding roads was causing a threat to public safety. - Mary of Teck (14662 bytes)
73: ...own to offer lifts to soldiers she spotted on the roads and caused her niece some annoyance by having the... - Bonnie and Clyde (17385 bytes)
27: ...e evasion at high speed down sometimes impassable roads, stealing cars and swapping stolen plates regular...
45: ...was a machine behind the wheel, driving dangerous roads and searching for places where they might sleep o... - Map (10223 bytes)
37: ...s user, for example, by exaggerating the width of roads. With the [[end-user]] similarly in mind, cartog...
38: ...le, a road map may or may not show [[Railroad|railroads]], and if it does, it may show them less clearly ... - Cairo (12536 bytes)
75: Cairo's roads are amongst the most dangerous in the world. The ... - Ashoka (15187 bytes)
40: ...ucting hospitals for animals and renovating major roads throughout [[India]]. After this transformation o... - John Quincy Adams (11783 bytes)
37: ... time he worked on developing a federal system of roads, canals, bridges, lighthouses, and universities u... - Richard Mentor Johnson (4804 bytes)
9: ...chairman of the Committee on Post Office and Post Roads and the Committee on Military Affairs. He was se... - Economy of Afghanistan (14517 bytes)
34: ...ority areas--such as villages, arable fields, and roads--some of the 5 to 7 million land mines and 750,00... - Turkey (41694 bytes)
50: ...and three seas, Turkey has been a historical crossroads, the homeland of and battleground between several...
230: ... 382,397 km in 1999, including 95,599 km of paved roads and 1,749 km of motorways. The rail network was 8... - Eritrea (12964 bytes)
100: ...s, improving its ports, and repairing war damaged roads and bridges. Eritrea's economic future remains mi... - Greece (54754 bytes)
264: **[[List of Greek roads]] - South Africa (40100 bytes)
73: ...ces]] and [[National Road (South Africa)|National Roads]] indicated.]] - Pakistan (74854 bytes)
59: ...n, the Pakistani region has long been at the crossroads of history. Pakistan was the site of the [[Indus ...
173: ...tariffs and assisting exports by improving ports, roads, electricity supplies and irrigation projects. Is... - Malaysia (27892 bytes)
165: ... and Johor Baru in the south, which also connects roads into Thailand and Singapore. There are sea ports ... - Kuwait (15932 bytes)
148: ...tem that is well developed by regional standards. Roads total 4,450 km (2,765 mi), of which 81 percent ar... - Flag of Ohio (981 bytes)
2: ...]]'s hills and valleys, and the stripes represent roads and waterways. The seventeen stars symbolize that... - James Watt (5070 bytes)
44: There are over 50 roads or streets named after him, in the UK. - Ancient Rome (25155 bytes)
11: ...use of the river and the ford, Rome was at a crossroads of traffic and trade. - California (63989 bytes)
556: ...n]]. Almost all California highways are non-toll roads. Notable exceptions are any major bridges. - Connecticut (28543 bytes)
81: ...ies in the state include [http://www.nycroads.com/roads/CT-8/| State Routes 8 and 25] and [[US Route 7]].
85: See [http://www.kurumi.com/roads/ct/index.html] for a very complete and in-depth d... - Wisconsin (18812 bytes)
164: ...ome to [[Granite Peak Ski Area]]; located at crossroads of [[Interstate 39]] and State Highway 29.
167: ...sin.png|thumb|300px|Wisconsin, showing rivers and roads]] - Virginia (23198 bytes)
127: ...itary installations concentrated in the [[Hampton Roads]] area, tobacco and peanut farming all through [[...
137: ... River (Virginia)|Elizabeth River]] at [[Hampton Roads]], the [[James River (Virginia)|James River]], th...
333: ** [[Hampton Roads Piranhas]] - Vermont (39851 bytes)
219: ...t.png|thumb|300px|Map of Vermont, showing cities, roads and rivers]] - Utah (29154 bytes)
178: [[Image:National-atlas-utah.png|thumb|Major roads and highways in Utah]]
287: *The continental meeting of the railroads happened at [[Promontory Summit, Utah]] - Texas (39610 bytes)
180: ...2002.jpg |thumb|400px|Texas map depicting rivers, roads and major cities]] - Rhode Island (15004 bytes)
113: ...humb|300px|Rhode Island, showing major cities and roads.]] - West Virginia (24258 bytes)
280: ...''De facto'' state anthem: "Take Me Home, Country Roads" by [[Bill Danoff]], [[Taffy Nivert]], and [[John...
373: *[http://www.cahaltech.com/~roads Ohio Valley Roads] - Minnesota (26682 bytes)
91: ...tlas-minnesota.png|thumb|300px|Minnesota, showing roads and major bodies of water]] - New Hampshire (23166 bytes)
127: ...-hampshire.png|thumb|300px|New Hampshire, showing roads, rivers and major cities]] - New Jersey (35646 bytes)
163: ...f a semi-famous lawn and garden store [http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/NJWAYfountains.html] on Rou...
210: ...y.png|thumb|300px|Map of New Jersey showing major roads and cities]] - Roaring Twenties (28131 bytes)
25: ...overnment]]. Crucial to the new vehicles were new roads. Several [[road]]s were upgraded to become [[high... - List of reference tables (55289 bytes)
531: *[[List of roads and highways]]: [[List of Interstates|US intersta... - Great Wall of China (10504 bytes)
24: ...ages and a source of stones to rebuild houses and roads. Sections of the Wall are also prone to [[graffit... - American Civil War (47733 bytes)
152: ...noted, however, that the Confederacy had more railroads per capita than any other country at the time.)
293: ...attle of Island Number Ten]], [[Battle of Hampton Roads]], [[Battle of Memphis]], [[Battle of Drewry's Bl... - Vietnam War (102682 bytes)
177: ...formations of aircraft patrolled highways and railroads and rivers, attacking targets of opportunity.
267: ...ng (or reconstructing) schools, public buildings, roads and other physical infrastructure; conducting med...
311: ...ans also went with them. Due to already destroyed roads and bridges, the column slowed down as the NVA cl... - Ohio (19444 bytes)
217: Ohio has a very solid network of roads and highways. Major east-west through routes inc... - Michigan (29427 bytes)
116: ...igan.png|thumb|350px|Michigan, showing rivers and roads]] - Illinois (27007 bytes)
119: ...mb|300px|right|Illinois, showing major cities and roads]] - Tropical cyclone (34538 bytes)
156: ...auses intense rainfall. Rivers and streams flood, roads become impassable, and landslides can occur.
163: ...clones often destroy key bridges, overpasses, and roads, complicating efforts to transport food, clean wa... - Erosion (6998 bytes)
15: Roads are especially likely to cause increased rates of...
38: ...eering problem wherever rock cliffs are alongside roads and morning thaws can drop hazardous rock pieces ... - Colonial America (32872 bytes)
- History of California (38344 bytes)
163: ...50 - [[1851]] was unusually wet, causing the dirt roads to become muddy streams. The legislature was unsa...
173: ...them were put out of work, when the mines and railroads took advantage of [[China]]'s internal socioecono...
187: ====The rise of the railroads====
188: {{main|California and the railroads}}
190: ...ly safe, and affordable trains of the western railroads, it is also true that those companies in effect p... - Christianity (47078 bytes)
34: ...ies aided by the relative internal peace and good roads of the [[Roman Empire]]:
56: ...], parts of [[Africa]], and had made some small inroads into the [[Far East]] as well. For the most part ... - Garlic (12167 bytes)
47: ...he ancient Greeks on the piles of stones at cross-roads, as a supper for [[Hecate]] ([[Theophrastus]], ''... - Kangaroo Facts (16137 bytes)
79: ...n, vehicles that frequent isolated highways where roadside assistance may be scarce are often fitted with... - Cambodia (32076 bytes)
96: ... throughout the empire and maintained a system of roads between his capital and provincial towns througho... - Horse (38916 bytes)
209: ...itness demands of a long endurance phase (a.k.a. "roads and tracks") and the "cross-country" jumping phas... - Napoleonic Wars (44488 bytes)
159: ...tre Bras]]. However Ney failed to clear the cross-roads and Wellington reinforced the position. With the ... - Age of Enlightenment (36312 bytes)
143: ...ertrude Himmelfarb | Himmelfarb, Gertrude]] ''The Roads to Modernity: The British, French, and American E... - Ireland (33828 bytes)
170: ''Main article: [[Roads in Ireland]]''
172: ...Northern Ireland has historically had better main roads, while the Republic of Ireland has an increasing ... - Congress of the United States (41315 bytes)
44: * To establish [[post office]]s and post roads - Auto racing (15302 bytes)
44: ...ighly modified production cars on (closed) public roads or off-road areas. A rally is typically conducted... - Formula One (29650 bytes)
102: ...e also completely or partially laid out on public roads, such as those of [[Spa-Francorchamps]] or [[Mont... - Mountain biking (7992 bytes)
5: ...he [[United States]], where young men left common roads or defined cyclocross circles and tried to travel... - Henry Ford (16324 bytes)
20: ...l T was already famous and ubiquitous on American roads. It was in this year that Henry Ford introduced t... - Tricycle (4572 bytes)
11: ...is also renders them more comfortable on cambered roads. They are discussed as [[tilting three wheeler]]... - Coral reef (11599 bytes)
28: ... runoff caused by farming and the construction of roads, buildings, ports, channels, and harbors, are bei... - Tarantula (17481 bytes)
168: ...ale with which to mate. They are willing to cross roads and trails in this quest, and that is when they a... - Roman Empire (59037 bytes)
264: *[[Roman roads]] - Venice (22017 bytes)
41: ... the old center, the canals serve the function of roads, and every form of [[transport]] is on [[water]] ... - Palermo (10618 bytes)
25: ... without parks, schools, public buildings, proper roads and the other amenities that characterise a moder... - Philosophy (30964 bytes)
108: ...y; more likely you would randomly try one of the roads or try to rationalize which was the better road. - Elephant (13277 bytes)
84: ...today people are converting many of them to paved roads. - San Francisco, California (55022 bytes)
253: ==Roads and highways== - Lyndon B. Johnson (32801 bytes)
196: ...e car while driving 90 miles an hour down country roads, drinking [[scotch]] from a paper cup. - Trajan (7787 bytes)
20: ...on. He built several new buildings, monuments and roads in [[Italy]] and his native [[Iberia]]. His magni... - USS Monitor (7466 bytes)
33: ...en two ironclad warships, the [[Battle of Hampton Roads]] on [[March 9]], [[1862]] during the [[American ...
35: ...de primarily of wood. After the Battle of Hampton Roads, the design of ships and the nature of naval warf...
43: ...tacked the Union blockading squadron in [[Hampton Roads]], [[Virginia]], on [[March 8]], [[1862]], destro...
51: ...three months after the famous [[Battle of Hampton Roads]], the design was offered to [[Sweden]], and in [...
75: *[http://www.hamptonroadsvisitor.com Hampton Roads Visitor Guide] - Caesar Augustus (50559 bytes)
136: ...[transport]], which built an extensive network of roads - enabling improved communication, trade, and [[m... - Architectural history (13369 bytes)
43: ...and academies. General civil construction such as roads and bridges began to be built. - Hybrid vehicle (47544 bytes)
188: * Hybrid cars can go on certain toll roads for free. - Stonewall Jackson (15247 bytes)
44: ...la Campaign]], a major Union advance from Hampton Roads at [[Fort Monroe]] up the [[Virginia Peninsula]] ... - Deep Learning (3892 bytes)
28: ...and their surroundings and make decisions, making roads potentially safer and driving more efficient. - Juneau City and Borough, Alaska (8577 bytes)
10: ...e to [[Douglas Island]], an airport, and dead-end roads. A car brought to Juneau must be put on a barge ... - Phoenix, Arizona (34271 bytes)
93: ... pixels gridded by horizontal and vertical lines (roads and highways) demarcates the Greater Phoenix urba... - Indianapolis, Indiana (25903 bytes)
33: ...mbus]] and [[St. Louis]]. Today, four interstate roads intersect in Indianapolis: routes [[Interstate 6... - Boston, Massachusetts (36071 bytes)
241: ;'''Roads and highways'''
242: ...|South Boston]], the city has no [[street grid]]. Roads change names and lose and add lanes seemingly at ... - Saint Paul, Minnesota (13759 bytes)
46: ...ty is also somewhat unusual in the fact that most roads are named rather than numbered. - Raleigh, North Carolina (12457 bytes)
122: ...equipped with bicycle racks. A small minority of roads are equipped with bicycle lanes. - Latvia (12041 bytes)
168: * [[National Roads in Latvia]] - Rome (33048 bytes)
49: ...se of the river and the ford, Rome was at a cross roads of traffic following the river valley and of trad...
292: *All roads lead to Rome. - New Deal (82408 bytes)
62: ...ing school lunches, building new schools, opening roads in remote areas, reforestation, and purchase of m...
133: ...n industry (especially airlines, trucking and railroads) was tightly regulated so that every firm had a g... - Inca road system (6879 bytes)
2: Among the many roads and trails constructed in western [[South America...
6: ...atoes, and llama [[Beef_jerky|jerky]]. Along the roads, local villagers would plant fruit trees that wer...
12: The Inca constructed roads that integrated their entire empire. The most im... - Aztec (38742 bytes)
24: ===Tribute, trade, and roads===
27: ...o an increase in trade, itself a result of better roads and communications. This trade seems to have bee...
29: ...ents, and helping to monitor the integrity of the roads. Due to the steady surveillance, even women coul...
31: After the conquest those roads were nor longer subject to maintenance and were e... - Wildlife (4144 bytes)
13: ...[Wildlife crossing]]s have been installed at some roads to reverse habitat fragmentation. - Wolf (22358 bytes)
87: ...one National Park]] can often see wolves from the roads. - Moose (8141 bytes)
38: ...ften been seen in drainage ditches at the side of roads, taking advantage of [[Sodium chloride|road salt]...
47: Moose or elk warning signs are used on roads in regions where there is a danger of collision w... - Death Valley National Park (38245 bytes)
72: ...They built barracks, graded 500 miles (800 km) of roads, installed water and [[telephone]] lines, and ere...
142: ...n 350 miles (560 km) of unpaved and 4-wheel drive roads provide access to wilderness hiking, camping, and... - Buffalo soldier (5141 bytes)
12: ...variety of roles along the frontier from building roads to escorting the US mail. - Mormon Trail (35249 bytes)
134: [[Category:Historic trails and roads in the United States]] - Antalya (20816 bytes)
5: ...houses that are separated by narrow, cobble-stone roads are now hotels and tourism-related shops. Traces ... - Avalanche (25211 bytes)
118: ...ollect (gullies, crevasses, creeks, ditches along roads, etc). Although less likely, other areas should ... - Hermes (10248 bytes)
26: ...mply a phallus. The ''hermai'' were used to mark roads and boundaries. In [[Athens, Greece|Athens]], th... - Akkadian Empire (9189 bytes)
10: The empire was bound together by roads, along which there was a regular postal service; ... - Andes (13210 bytes)
30: ...sponsored the construction of [[aqueducts]] and [[roads]], some of which, like those created by the [[Rom... - Daniel Webster (10835 bytes)
25: ...ay]], endorsing federal aid for projects to build roads in the West (''see [[Internal improvements]]''). ... - Helium (36603 bytes)
173: ...-7]], which flew its maiden voyage from [[Hampton Roads, Virginia]] to [[Boiling Field]] in [[Washington,... - California Quail (2265 bytes)
22: ...hey can sometimes be seen feeding at the sides of roads. Their diet consists mainly of seeds and leaves, ... - Roman road (3913 bytes)
2: ...on of the empire; but in late Antiquity, the same roads, by offering avenues of invasion to the barbarian...
4: ...ay soils. The [[legion]]s made good time on these roads, and some are still used [[millennium|millennia]]...
6: ...overb]] says that "all roads lead to Rome". Roman roads were designed that way to hinder provinces organi...
8: ==Some Roman roads==
9: ...les of roads that still follow the route of Roman roads. - Stream bed (2003 bytes)
7: ... unnatural levels of runoff, such as occurs below roads, the streambeds will exhibit a greater amount of ... - Charles Darwin (47469 bytes)
61: ... in glorious weather he solved the riddle of the "roads" which he was able to identify as raised beaches....
70: ... [[Royal Society]] and presented his paper on the Roads of Glen Roy. - Massachusetts (31663 bytes)
250: ...atlas-massachusetts.png|thumb|250px|Massachusetts roads and towns]] - Burrowing Owls (3543 bytes)
33: .... They are often killed by vehicles when crossing roads, and have many natural enemies, including [[snake... - Gypsy Moths (23610 bytes)
51: ...y moth [[larvae]] crawl up and down walls, across roads, over outdoor furniture, and even inside homes. D... - Tarantulas (13045 bytes)
58: ...ale with which to mate. They are willing to cross roads and trails in this quest, and that is when they a... - Architecture (13950 bytes)
10: ...pes increased. General civil construction such as roads and bridges began to be built. Many new building ... - Usumacinta (806 bytes)
4: Before roads penetrated the jungle, such as the Border Highway... - Sacbeob (279 bytes)
1: ...connect temples, plazas, and cities. Few of these roads still exist in their entirety today, the longest ... - Road bicycle racing (6257 bytes)
24: ...]]''' rides exceptionally fast on highly inclined roads. - Wind power (27669 bytes)
113: ...location has no previous development. It requires roads, foundations, clearing of trees, and construction... - Roman commerce (14626 bytes)
16: ...e dug but neither leave such clear archaeology as roads and consequently they tend to be underestimated. ... - Mauryan (48769 bytes)
86: ...a also sponsored the construction of thousands of roads, waterways, canals, hospitals, rest-houses and ot...
188: ...ailable I have had them imported and grown. Along roads I have had wells dug and trees planted for the be... - Christmas around the world (98033 bytes)
55: [[Christmas lights]] fill the roads. Houses are also decorated and beneath the Christ... - Santa Claus (16146 bytes)
76: ... [http://www.redjacketpress.com/books/roads.html "Roads,"] originally published in 1948. - List of U.S. state songs (4961 bytes)
103: ..."West Virginia, My Home Sweet Home"<BR/> "Country Roads" (unofficial) - Harbor (2637 bytes)
34: * [[Hampton Roads]], [[Virginia]], United States - Automobile (19750 bytes)
19: ...ing laws that self-propelled vehicles on [[public roads]] in the [[United Kingdom]] must be preceded by a...
70: ... the safe intervehicle gap 64-fold) if high-speed roads incorporated a steel rail for emergency braking. ... - Bicycle (44267 bytes)
30: ...s had driven the [[three-speed bicycle]] from the roads. In the late 1980s the [[mountain bike]] became p...
37: ...luding licencing, before it can be used on public roads. In many jurisdictions it is an offence to use a...
120: ...century, founding and leading the national [[Good Roads Movement]] in the US.
122: ...ir model for political organization and the paved roads for which they argued facilitated the growth of t...
152: ...nt mode of transportation, bicycle travel on city roads was actually banned temporarily in December [[200... - Caterpillar track (7234 bytes)
36: ...s beneath them - rocks, shrubbery and [[asphalt]] roads. In addition, prolonged use places enormous strai... - List of business schools in Canada (1949 bytes)
15: *[[Royal Roads University]] - [[Victoria, British Columbia]] - Motorcycle (40437 bytes)
120: ...er to warm up and can lose its grip on cold, damp roads.
227: ...for retrieving cars and light trucks on congested roads. - Truck (8353 bytes)
14: ...m trucks were not common until the mid-1800s. The roads of the time, built for horse and carriages, limit...
45: ...ng and construction. Trucks that never use public roads, such as the biggest ever truck, the [[Liebherr T... - Washington, D.C. (43465 bytes)
336: Among the major roads in Washington are MacArthur Boulevard, [[14th Str... - Jerusalem (61585 bytes)
80: ... British increasingly reluctant to intervene, the roads to Jerusalem were cut off by Arab irregulars, pla... - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (32608 bytes)
147: ===Roads===
165: ====Early railroads====
166: ...phia was an early railroad hub. The following railroads, almost all radiating from downtown, were built i... - Gliding (16947 bytes)
25: ...owns, freshly [[plough]]ed fields and [[asphalt]] roads, however, most of the time thermals are hard to a... - Inclined plane (3213 bytes)
4: Examples are '''ramps, sloping roads, chisels, hatchets, plows, air hammers, carpenter...
16: ...e was useful in building early stone edifices, in roads and [[aqueducts]], and military assault of fortif...
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