The first legislation concerning the maintenance and construction of roads can be found in the "Code" of 1589.
It was the first time that the width of the roadway was established - one and a half sazhens. To monitor the condition of roads and maintain them in service was charged with the duties of local residents. They were responsible to the state for incidents with passing people caused by the poor condition of roads and bridges.
The establishment of the postal service in 1665 played an important role in improving Russian tracts. In the XVII century, the first facts of the application of scientific methods in the design and construction of road structures were also recorded. They belong to the initial stage of construction of the Great Stone Bridge in Moscow in 1643.
Today, no one is surprised by multi-level interchanges, high-speed highways using machine intelligence-based control systems, unmanned vehicles.
Behind all this is the work of workers of the road industry of the country - it is designers, engineers, direct builders and those who develop and approve the concept of development for the foreseeable future. Those who have made this a reality and those who continue to work for the benefit of the country’s transport infrastructure.
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