Thomas Telford: highway engineer ahead of his time

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作者：

Davies, Hugh

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来源：

PROCEEDINGS OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS-CIVIL ENGINEERING | 2007年 / 160卷 / 05期

关键词：

History; Pavement design; Roads & highways;

D O I：

10.1680/cien.2007.160.5.31

中图分类号：

TU [建筑科学];

学科分类号：

0813 ;

摘要：

Many of Thomas Telford's innovations in highway engineering were way ahead of his time, but are now familiar practice on modern motorways, ranging from using experiments to provide a rational basis for design to constructing massive cuttings, embankments and bridgeworks. The present paper describes the state of Britain's roads in the eighteenth century-when it took 230 h to travel between London and Edinburgh-and then discusses Telford's road-building activities and his novel approach to design. The disagreement with John McAdam is also described, together with an assessment of Telford's contribution to the evolution of modern highway engineering.

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页码：31 / 35

页数：5