Those Romans, building stuff everywhere. Did they call it the Autobahnius? Was there no speed limit?
The road was built using the striking bright white Jurassic limestone from the eroding edge of the Swabian Alb. Stones were collected and used as the foundation layer of the roadbed. They would have been covered by gravel, sand and a top layer of paving stones.
So far, approximately 90 meters [295 feet] of the “Alblimes Road” have been excavated. This road connecting Rottweil and Heidenheim an der Brenz is one of the oldest in Baden-Württemberg and was likely built under Emperor Vespasian. Alongside the Roman forts and settlements, the “Alblimes Road” represents the crucial infrastructure of the newly established province of “Germania Superior” in the 1st century AD. It served a communicative function in terms of economic and strategic exchange and marked the border between the Roman Empire and the then-independent Germania for over a century.
So, are they going to install an overpass?
ReplyDeleteLeft to the gov't, they'll do the most expensive and inconvenient method of dealing with it.
Colorado just built a "wildlife overpass" that allows wildlife to cross I-25. I think that they spent $15 million on it. Of course, the feds paid most of the bill.
Deletejust who are these "feds" anyhow ?
DeleteI wonder if in 2,000 years from now, the traffic engineers will find ruminants of the US Interstate system of roads?
ReplyDeleteThey will certainly find remnants of the bullet train here in California. The amount of concrete they have used just in the Fresno area is epic - but still no train because....government.
DeleteHope it's left as they found it, overpass would be best, just like it was a creek
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