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  1. A road is a specially constructed route for 
  2. wheeled vehicles to travel on. Reinforced 
  3. tracks became necessary with the invention of 
  4. wheeled vehicles in about 3000 BC and most 
  5. ancient civilizations had some form of road 
  6. network. The Romans developed engineering 
  7. techniques that were not equalled for another 
  8. 1,400 years. The motorway is the most 
  9. advanced form of road.
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  11. Subject by: Vince Pike
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