Historical photos of motorways and roads in your country - Page 3

Patrick · January 8th, 2008, 02:59 PM

haha, that picture from spain is cool

maybe an 8 lane superhighway, darkblack asphalt, is coming to the right in the future?

@Rawlee, from which year os that pic?

here are some more german pictures from Autobahn Online

AVUS in Berlin, 1925 (nowadays part of A115)

Autobahn Köln-Bonn, 1932, first exit near Wesseling (better: two lane limited-access road), nowadays A555

the same road (Köln-Bonn) in 1973

the first autobahn gas station near Darmstadt in 1936

nowadays A8, here in 1936

after ww2, these signs were posted on the west german sides of the german-german border to remember the downfall of the third reich and were removed after the reunification, when the current border to Poland has been officially regarded as valid. the pic is from 1956.

***RawLee*** · January 8th, 2008, 03:04 PM

I have absolutely no idea.

Patrick · January 8th, 2008, 03:51 PM

sorry for flooding this thread with photos, but at the moment i have much fun in searching those old pictures

i hope that's ok

some pictures from http://www.heimatsammlung.de/topo_un...n/autobahn.htm

(West-)Berliner Stadtautobahn (A100, A115 nowadays)

Zehlendorf in the 50s

Siemensstadt (year unknown)

1961

Charlottenburg

Mateusz · January 8th, 2008, 03:53 PM

Feel free to post them

Those pictures form old times are great. I was always interested , ''how it was''

x-type · January 9th, 2008, 01:39 PM

here are some more photos from Yugoslavia. sorry for bad quality, i photographed them with my mobile from my children's encyclopedia (from 1986

)

1. i don't know which border crossing this is. it might be Šentilj/Spielfeld (today SLO/A) because Renault 4 has Maribor's plates, and there is Mercedes which must have A or D plates (i cannot see well)

2. motorway near Rijeka, part of today's motorway Zagreb - Rijeka. this motorway is unofficialy the oldest in Yugoslavia (officialy the oldest is in Slovenia). Slovenians claim that it was just a dual carriageway because of "blue" sign. i cannot claim that in 1970's it had green motorway sign, but in 1990's it had green sign 100% (and it was absolutely unchanged from 1970's)

3. toll boots Lučko (Zagreb south), entrance to today's A1 Zagreb - Split (and Zagreb - Rijeka as A1/A6). it is unrecognizable today because those old boots were changed in late 1990's.

4. west entrance (from Istrian side) to tunnel Učka. it was the longest tunnel in Yugoslavia (5062 m), built in 1981 i think. today it is 3rd longest tunnel in Croatia. toll boots are today slightly changed, but generally it looks similar

goschio · January 9th, 2008, 03:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Patrick

german A8 near the austrian border in the 60s

LOL, the construction workers wear Lederhosen.

LT1550 · February 8th, 2008, 07:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SmarterChild

Is this the east? one could actually get to scandinavia from there back then?

Yes, this is the GDR. There were scheduled ferry connections from Rostock and the Island of Rügen to Denmark and Sweden ... GDR-citizens could make trips for example to Trelleborg, Sweden but they were not allowed to leave the ship... some still sprang into the Baltic Sea to leave the ship and finally their country.

Nikom · February 8th, 2008, 10:53 PM

Lisbon

A5 in the 40's

25th April Bridge construction

Some roads:

Mateusz · February 8th, 2008, 11:19 PM

It looks really nice

Where A5 is located ? Or it has other number now ?

Tom 958 · February 8th, 2008, 11:27 PM

The Downtown Connector in Atlanta, now I-75/85, c. 1952

Another photo taken from the same location c.2004. Note that absolutely nothing is the same.

Nikom · February 8th, 2008, 11:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MateoW

It looks really nice

Where A5 is located ? Or it has other number now ?

A5 it's an highway that connects Lisbon, the capital, to Cascais, a coastal city 30 kilometres west of Lisbon. It is very know for it's traffic jam at rush hour today.It was the first highway built in Portugal in the 40's.

A5->Lisbon-Cascais

Mateusz · February 9th, 2008, 12:38 AM

Even in those times traffic was big on this motorway

Mateusz · July 5th, 2008, 04:58 PM

Warsaw, Torunska Route under construction

Warsaw, Poniatowski Bridge

Warsaw, Lazienkowska Route

DanielFigFoz · July 5th, 2008, 08:46 PM

UK

M1-

http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1bridge1961.jpg

M2-

http://www.iht.org/motorway/m2foreshorebw.jpg

Preston by-pass (1st UK motorway, now part of the M6)

http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environ...y/mwaysign.jpg

Mateusz · July 5th, 2008, 09:14 PM

I suppose 3+3 motorways were somrthing uncommon in those time

***ChrisZwolle*** · July 5th, 2008, 09:37 PM

And it lacks shoulders. I read the Netherlands was the first country in the world to construct shoulders at all motorways.

Timon91 · July 5th, 2008, 10:21 PM

Still 3+3 was quite something for those days

DanielFigFoz · July 6th, 2008, 11:46 AM

Yeah, most motorways in the UK are 3+3.

1000city · July 6th, 2008, 02:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Patrick

@Rawlee, from which year os that pic?

Looks like early/mid 90s considering cars. Great thread BTW

RipleyLV · July 6th, 2008, 03:14 PM

Which country built the first motorway in the world ? Wasn't Italy?

January 8th, 2008, 02:59 PM	#41
Patrick DWF Alaaf! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kurtrier / Herzogtum Nassau Posts: 2,734 Likes (Received): 291	haha, that picture from spain is cool maybe an 8 lane superhighway, darkblack asphalt, is coming to the right in the future? @Rawlee, from which year os that pic? here are some more german pictures from Autobahn Online AVUS in Berlin, 1925 (nowadays part of A115) Autobahn Köln-Bonn, 1932, first exit near Wesseling (better: two lane limited-access road), nowadays A555 the same road (Köln-Bonn) in 1973 the first autobahn gas station near Darmstadt in 1936 nowadays A8, here in 1936 after ww2, these signs were posted on the west german sides of the german-german border to remember the downfall of the third reich and were removed after the reunification, when the current border to Poland has been officially regarded as valid. the pic is from 1956. __________________ Viquet oisch, Motz d'Öropp!

January 8th, 2008, 03:04 PM	#42
*RawLee* Moderator Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Budapest Posts: 10,069 Likes (Received): 42	I have absolutely no idea. __________________ Hungarian motorways Hungarian railways Budapest constructions&updates Budapest metro M4 Pictures about Sopron,Szeged,Veszprém,Debrecen,Keszthely,Lake Balaton, Touristy and not-touristy Budapest

January 8th, 2008, 03:51 PM	#43
Patrick DWF Alaaf! Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Kurtrier / Herzogtum Nassau Posts: 2,734 Likes (Received): 291	sorry for flooding this thread with photos, but at the moment i have much fun in searching those old pictures i hope that's ok some pictures from http://www.heimatsammlung.de/topo_un...n/autobahn.htm (West-)Berliner Stadtautobahn (A100, A115 nowadays) Zehlendorf in the 50s Siemensstadt (year unknown) 1961 Charlottenburg __________________ Viquet oisch, Motz d'Öropp!

February 8th, 2008, 10:53 PM	#48
Nikom Avoid the Noid Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Lisbon Posts: 3,009 Likes (Received): 8	Lisbon A5 in the 40's 25th April Bridge construction Some roads: __________________ Lisbon Projetcs Portuguese Forum myFlickr

July 5th, 2008, 04:58 PM	#53
Mateusz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 6,443 Likes (Received): 5	Warsaw, Torunska Route under construction Warsaw, Poniatowski Bridge Warsaw, Lazienkowska Route Last edited by Mateusz; July 5th, 2008 at 05:05 PM.

January 8th, 2008, 03:53 PM	#44
Mateusz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 6,443 Likes (Received): 5	Feel free to post them Those pictures form old times are great. I was always interested , ''how it was''

January 9th, 2008, 01:39 PM	#45
x-type con los terroristas Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Bjelovar [HR] Posts: 9,611 Likes (Received): 230	here are some more photos from Yugoslavia. sorry for bad quality, i photographed them with my mobile from my children's encyclopedia (from 1986 ) 1. i don't know which border crossing this is. it might be Šentilj/Spielfeld (today SLO/A) because Renault 4 has Maribor's plates, and there is Mercedes which must have A or D plates (i cannot see well) 2. motorway near Rijeka, part of today's motorway Zagreb - Rijeka. this motorway is unofficialy the oldest in Yugoslavia (officialy the oldest is in Slovenia). Slovenians claim that it was just a dual carriageway because of "blue" sign. i cannot claim that in 1970's it had green motorway sign, but in 1990's it had green sign 100% (and it was absolutely unchanged from 1970's) 3. toll boots Lučko (Zagreb south), entrance to today's A1 Zagreb - Split (and Zagreb - Rijeka as A1/A6). it is unrecognizable today because those old boots were changed in late 1990's. 4. west entrance (from Istrian side) to tunnel Učka. it was the longest tunnel in Yugoslavia (5062 m), built in 1981 i think. today it is 3rd longest tunnel in Croatia. toll boots are today slightly changed, but generally it looks similar

February 8th, 2008, 11:19 PM	#49
Mateusz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 6,443 Likes (Received): 5	It looks really nice Where A5 is located ? Or it has other number now ?

February 8th, 2008, 11:27 PM	#50
Tom 958 Registered User Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: near Atlanta Posts: 581 Likes (Received): 7	The Downtown Connector in Atlanta, now I-75/85, c. 1952 Another photo taken from the same location c.2004. Note that absolutely nothing is the same.

February 9th, 2008, 12:38 AM	#52
Mateusz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 6,443 Likes (Received): 5	Even in those times traffic was big on this motorway

July 5th, 2008, 08:46 PM	#54
DanielFigFoz Registered User Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Figueira da Foz / London Posts: 3,824 Likes (Received): 111	UK M1- http://www.iht.org/motorway/m1bridge1961.jpg M2- http://www.iht.org/motorway/m2foreshorebw.jpg Preston by-pass (1st UK motorway, now part of the M6) http://www.lancashire.gov.uk/environ...y/mwaysign.jpg

July 5th, 2008, 09:14 PM	#55
Mateusz Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Sheffield Posts: 6,443 Likes (Received): 5	I suppose 3+3 motorways were somrthing uncommon in those time

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July 6th, 2008, 11:46 AM	#58
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