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gonzo0815 , in How a road changed over thousands of years

I guess many roads are hundreds, if not thousands of years old. There are not many reasons to change the position of an established road, e.g. between cities, so I think the main roads that connect them often started as trails between villages and where upgraded according to the needs of the people. The junction in your city next to your city hall may have been an important trading spot before the middle ages already.

titan ,

One day through the primeval wood A calf walked home as good calves should;

But made a trail all bent askew, A crooked trail as all calves do.

Since then three hundred years have fled, And I infer the calf is dead.

But still he left behind his trail, And thereby hangs my moral tale.

The trail was taken up next day, By a lone dog that passed that way;

And then a wise bell-wether sheep Pursued the trail o’er vale and steep,

And drew the flock behind him, too, As good bell-wethers always do.

And from that day, o’er hill and glade. Through those old woods a path was made.

And many men wound in and out, And dodged, and turned, and bent about,

And uttered words of righteous wrath, Because 'twas such a crooked path;

But still they followed—do not laugh— The first migrations of that calf,

And through this winding wood-way stalked Because he wobbled when he walked.

This forest path became a lane, that bent and turned and turned again;

This crooked lane became a road, Where many a poor horse with his load

Toiled on beneath the burning sun, And traveled some three miles in one.

And thus a century and a half They trod the footsteps of that calf.

The years passed on in swiftness fleet, The road became a village street;

And this, before men were aware, A city’s crowded thoroughfare.

And soon the central street was this Of a renowned metropolis;

And men two centuries and a half, Trod in the footsteps of that calf.

Each day a hundred thousand rout Followed the zigzag calf about

And o’er his crooked journey went The traffic of a continent.

A Hundred thousand men were led, By one calf near three centuries dead.

They followed still his crooked way, And lost one hundred years a day;

For thus such reverence is lent, To well established precedent.

A moral lesson this might teach Were I ordained and called to preach;

For men are prone to go it blind Along the calf-paths of the mind,

And work away from sun to sun, To do what other men have done.

They follow in the beaten track, And out and in, and forth and back,

And still their devious course pursue, To keep the path that others do.

They keep the path a sacred groove, Along which all their lives they move.

But how the wise old wood gods laugh, Who saw the first primeval calf.

Ah, many things this tale might teach— But I am not ordained to preach

  • The Calf Path by Sam Foss
Gravelater ,

:)

palitu ,

Fitting, and really does make you wonder.

Thank you.

CeruleanRuin ,
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I’ve read this before, but it’s one of my favorites, and it makes me ponder and smile whenever I read it.

MonkderZweite ,

There are not many reasons to change the position of an established road, e.g. between cities

Well, for once, Eridu is gone now.

adventurecyclist , in Well-Preserved 3,000-Year-Old Bronze Sword Found In Germany
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That’s crazy…

Widowmaker_Best_Girl , in How a road changed over thousands of years

The turnpike road seems scarcely different from the bottom Roman road.

peto ,

Roman road was likely better. They knew what they were doing and the quality of turnpikes were mixed at best.

Thorry84 , in How a road changed over thousands of years

This is waaaaay to simple of a depiction of modern roads. Modern infrastructure is super complex, with roads going down meters with many different layers and components.

I would recommend the Practical Engineering YouTube channel to get some insight in how complex our modern infrastructure actually is. Things that seem so simple on the surface are often really complex.

Also: roads aren’t designed for cars, they are designed for super heavy big vehicles carrying tons of materials. If the road can handle those, the cars don’t really matter all that much.

regular_human ,
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Practical Engineering is a great channel for anyone even slightly curious about civil engineering! Grady does a great job at making infrastructure perfectly accessible

Shard ,

He’s recently dived into electrical stuff as well. He’s a great presenter and I always enjoy his demo setups.

Barack_Embalmer , in How a road changed over thousands of years

From our humble origins riding squids, to blasting down the highways in our Jaguar XJ220s - we’ve come a long way baby.

USAONE , in How a road changed over thousands of years
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https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/92ccf5e1-f703-49ca-b2e2-61bdff36a6ba.jpeg

lanolinoil ,
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The future is now

TimewornTraveler ,

오징어 차

Pokethat , in Hi there!

Welfare Queen Louise riding around in its new fish, getting free food and stuff.

catastrophicblues , in Hi there!

That’s nightmare fuel

mothringer ,

The real nightmare fuel is the Laundry Files villain inspired by these things.

AFKBRBChocolate , in Hi there!

Those things are so bizarre. They latch onto the fish’s mouth, severs the vein to its tongue so the tongue falls off, and the parasite becomes the new tongue. Apparently the fish functions just fine with its parasitic tongue.

pivot_root ,

Nature is very metal.

Lor ,

I mean, if the fish didn't survive, the parasite wouldn't get easy meals for life, haha.

tekchic , in Hi there!

Thanks, I didn't really need to sleep tonight.

Spacehooks , in Hi there!

Get the flamer brother! The heavy flamer!

speck , in Hi there!

But can the fish feel it wriggle around?

sunbeam60 ,

All the ones I’ve asked have had nothing to say about it.

Guster , in Hi there!

That’s enough internet for today

wheelie , in Hi there!

In any fish or just one type of fish?

Norgur , in Hi there!

This is a ridiculously convoluted survival plan.

Smoogy ,

I’d expect something like this from Charlie on IASIP

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