Telford improved on methods for the building of macadam roads by improving the selection of stone based on thickness, taking into account traffic, alignment and slopes.

The Valley Turnpike Company improved the road by paving it with macadam prior to the Civil War and set up toll gates to collect fees to pay for the improvements.

As German states ceased to be a military crossroads, however, the roads improved ; the length of hard – surfaced roads in Prussia increased from in 1816 to in 1852, helped in part by the invention of macadam.

Of these roads, only were improved with gravel and were macadam.

The airfield was improved with macadam runways, 4000x150 ( N / S ), 4000x150 ( NE / SW ), 4200x300 ( E / W ), 4000x150 ( NW / SE ), including many taxiways and other improvements to handle large numbers of aircraft.

The airfield was improved with macadam runways, 4000x150 ( N / S ), 4000x150 ( NE / SW ), 4200x300 ( E / W ), 4000x150 ( NW / SE ), including many taxiways and other improvements to handle large numbers of aircraft.

From the time of Napoleon and building the Louisiana road, the road transport in Croatia has significantly improved, topping most European countries.

The share of Federally managed roads in good quality improved from 14 % in 1995 to 31 % in 2002 as a result of this program, and to 89 % in 2009 the road density increased from 21 km per 1000 km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( in 1995 ) to 889 km ; per 1000 km < sup > 2 </ sup > ( in 2009 ) however, this is much greater than the average of 50 km per 1000 km < sup > 2 </ sup > for Africa.

The country's fiscal situation improved steadily, education improved slightly, the road network expanded, and the armed forces were modernized.

Detuned engines adhering to government emission standards were brought in with the HX series, whilst the HZ brought considerably improved road handling and comfort with the introduction of " Radial Tuned Suspension " ( RTS ).

The Industrial Revolution improved Britain's transport infrastructure with a turnpike road network, a canal and waterway network, and a railway network.

The government also built railroads, improved road, and inaugurated a land reform program to prepare the country for further development.

These were originally proposed to support navigation even in times of low water, but river-borne transport was already declining due to improved road and rail systems.

While the exposure of the wheels to the airstream causes a very high aerodynamic drag at high speeds, it allows improved cooling of the brakes, which is important on road courses with their frequent changes of pace.

A road is a thoroughfare, route, or way on land between two places, which typically has been paved or otherwise improved to allow travel by some conveyance, including a horse, cart, or motor vehicle.

In Gaul alone, no less than 21, 000 km of road are said to have been improved, and in Britain at least 4, 000 km.

Suburbs first emerged on a large scale in the 19th and 20th centuries as a result of improved rail and road transport, which led to an increase in commuting.

As the combinations spreads its weight over more axles, braking distance, road wear and traffic safety is believed to be either the same or improved with the 90 ton truck-trailer.

Up until 1958 the Territory had only 12 miles of motorable roads ; over the next 12 years the road system was vastly improved, linking West End to the East End of Tortola, and joining Tortola to Beef Island by a new bridge.

Monmouth remained a relatively sedate and quiet small town for most of the 20th century ; its passenger rail services ended in 1959, but its road connections greatly improved with the new A40 bypassing the town in 1966, and later connecting the town to the motorway system.

They typically paralleled or replaced routes already with some volume of commerce, hoping the improved road would divert enough traffic to make the enterprise profitable.

Economic expansion was also a central goal of the government: communications were improved with the completion of the Saint-Quentin canal ( linking the Oise and Somme rivers ) in 1738, later extended to the Escaut River and the Low Countries and the systematic building of a national road network.

During the nineteenth century road transportation improved, and the railway came in 1860.

This would generate most of the revenue required for the $ 2. 25 billion package of major projects that included road & infrastructure improvements, environmental preservation, targeted economic development and new or improved public facilities.

Transport infrastructure in the area has been further improved with the completion of the Upper Forth Crossing and the Stirling-Alloa-Kincardine rail link, and there is an on-going ( 2010 ) upgrade of the A80 Trunk road to Motorway standards.

During the 19th century, turnpike companies took over and improved pieces of the road.

During the 19th century, turnpike companies took over and improved pieces of the road.

Most of the route between Paro Airport and Thimphu has recently been improved to a two lane road.

But he greatly improved commerce and wealth in the Duchy, developing the port of Nice and building a road through the Alps towards France.

As a result, he was sent to a hospital in Arizona until his health improved enough for him to come back to Washington to work in the Government service.

This resulted in an improved appearance, but was followed by an increase in printing cost that necessitated the institution of major economies to keep within the total of allocated funds.

A red filter, Zeiss barrier filter with the code ( Schott ) designation BG 23, was also used in the ocular lens assembly as it improved the contrast between specific and nonspecific fluorescence.

The latter now furnishes the area with electricity distributed from a modern sub-station at Manchester Depot which was put into operation February 19, 1930 and was improved in January 1942 by the installation of larger transformers.

Miss Vaughan was back in top form, somehow mellowed and improved with the passage of time -- like a fine wine.

On Saturday, the orchestra was sensibly situated down on the field, the stage floor was apparently in decent condition for dancing, and the order of the program improved.

The artists seem to have been dominated by geometrical pattern and order, and this was improved when classical art brought a greater freedom and economy.

This close approximation to the modern value of − 273. 15 ° C for the zero of the air-thermometer was further improved upon in 1779 by Johann Heinrich Lambert, who observed that − 270 ° C might be regarded as absolute cold.

Also during his reign taxes were lightened ; literature, art and science were encouraged ; the lot of the soldiers was improved ; and, for the convenience of the people, loan offices were instituted for lending money at a moderate rate of interest.

Alfred was a learned and merciful man who encouraged education and improved his kingdom's legal system and military structure.

The Russian A-35 anti-ballistic missile system for defense of Moscow was established in 1971, has been improved since, and is still active.

OCS was eventually followed by the modestly improved Enhanced Chip Set ( ECS ) in 1990 and finally by the partly 32-bit Advanced Graphics Architecture ( AGA ) in 1992.

The bias of his mind was to sculpture, and the facilities afforded for the gratification of this predilection in the workshop of his grandfather were eagerly improved.

It seems likely that memory constraints were at the root of these differences, as the Apple II ROM had only 10 kilobytes available for the interpreter, and the improved hi-res graphics support was clearly a higher priority.

A special version of NewDos / 80, ( an improved TRS-DOS compatible Disk operating system ) was used to support these disk capacities when using the TRS-80 compatibility mode.

The display logic and resulting display ' snow ' was irritating, as was the missing lower case support, the CPU speed could be improved, the quality and layout of the keyboard was bothersome, and the floppy disk capacity and reliability was low.

After selling a few kits, MCP became convinced there was a much bigger market for an improved model sold as a completed working system.

Because the original designer had left the company another employee completely redesigned most of the system, ( adding a display snow remover circuit, true 80 / 64 column text mode support, ( with different size letters for TRS-80 and CP / M mode, so that in TRS-80 mode the full screen was also used, not just a 64x16 portion of the 80x25 screen ) with an improved font set ( adding " gray scale " version of the TRS-80 mozaik graphics and many special PETSCII like characters ), and a more flexible and reliable floppy disk controller and keyboard interface plus many other small improvements ), also an enclosure was developed for the main computer system, ( in the form of a 19-inch rack for the Eurocards ) and for two floppy disk drives and the power supply.

Some also claim it to be the oldest subway tunnel in the world, as it was built by the cut and cover method under a city street, specifically for the purposes of improved public safety, attaining grade separation and enhanced railway operations.