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Animals and early humans have created unorganized roads with tracks and indifference in dirt
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The first paved road on the island of Crete, now in modern Greece -
A system of roads and paths used for international trade between China, India, and Europe
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Between the Persian-Gulf and Mitterrandian Sea the first long distance road is built -
In Babylon, Chaldeans build well-built brick roads to connect temples and palaces -
As the empires with the largest road networks fall apart, for centuries the advancement of roads is halted.
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For 2,000 years the Romans will built their huge network of roads, and other nations would follow
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In the 8th and 9th century the Charlemagne and Moors established street networks of roads, which returned the world to advancing road systems -
Most of Asia and Europe have revived their old city roads, and built new ones
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In the 17th and 18th century, European architects and designers, design first modern roads
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The Lancaster Turnpike is built, which is one of the first roads in the U.S. connecting Philadelphia and Lancaster PA -
Increase commercial travel, better vehicles, and faster horses -
In the 19th Century McAdam's laid the first asphalt roads in America. In 1810 Paris, France, the first evert asphalt roads were paved. Asphalt is still used today
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In the late 18th century, Karl Benz patented the first automobile.
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In 1956, Dwight D. Eisenhower signed the U.S. Highway Interstate System, which began the contraction of modern day highways in America