Historical photos of motorways and roads in your country

[italystf]

Los Angeles, 1920

[italystf]

In Trieste until 1981 there was a freight railway ("linea delle rive" or "rivebahn") connecting the railway station with the commercial seaport in the southern part of the city. This line, completed in 1887, used to run in the middle of the street, between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Since the 1960s, with the mass motorization, this situation became unacceptable, so they started to dig a 5,7km tunnel under the city that was completed in 1981.











1950s


1960s


Gas station in the 1950s

[italystf]

Some photos of Italian roads in the first half of the XX century:

http://www.150storiaditalia.it/?para.../strade/#colSx

[Verso]

Originally Posted by italystf

In Trieste until 1981 there was a freight railway ("linea delle rive" or "rivebahn") connecting the railway station with the commercial seaport in the southern part of the city. This line, completed in 1887, used to run in the middle of the street, between pedestrian and vehicular traffic. Since the 1960s, with the mass motorization, this situation became unacceptable, so they started to dig a 5,7km tunnel under the city that was completed in 1981.

I thought it was still on the ground level. Nice pics.

[Turnovec]

.... wrong thread.

[Turnovec]

Some retro photos of the construction of the hardest and highest part of Hemus motorway between 1978-84 including the Bebresh viaduct(still the highest bridge structure on teh Balkans):

Originally Posted by nesretnika

Originally Posted by nesretnika

[MattiG]

Road 1, Finland. Espoo exit in 1967:



Same location in 2009:

[KIWIKAAS]

Manukau (Auckland) New Zealand

The 2 photos are taken from approximatley same hight and angle

1955

http://www.manukau-libraries.govt.nz...ubtRoad_lg.jpg

2010

http://www.golder.co.nz/en/uploads/p.../image-292.jpg

[castermaild55]

Bus conducter 1941
from tokyo to Yamanashi


1936

[italystf]

Some videoreports of Italian motorways in 1961:

The map at the beginning shows the extension of our network in 1961
It listed the openings scheduled for the following years:
- Milano - Torino: opening in 1962
- Milano - Bergamo: opening in 1962
- Genova - Serravalle: opening date unknown
- Firenze - sea: opening in 1962
- Firenze - Roma: opening partly in 1963 and partly in 1964
- Roma - Capua: opening in 1962


Modern TV reportage about the Autostrada del Sole, including historical videos.


A footage about "highways" around Rome in 1961:
- at the beginning is the SS1 Aurelia towards Civitavecchia (notice the lane discipline )
- at 1:10 starts the "Via del Mare"
- at 1:55 starts the "Via Cristoforo Colombo", that was built as modern expressway
The speaker said: "Traffic problems will be solved when they will build a motorway between Rome and Livorno" And after 52 years...


Traffic in downtown Rome: look at the streetcar at 1:14


Original TV news about the opening of the whole A1 in 1964


Roads, motorways, traffic and road signs in the 60s

[dars-dm]

Photos of the constructon of the Moscow's Third Transport ring (ca. 1999) via oldmos.ru

[joshsam]

Construction of the Brussels North Ringroad Connection (1977)
This viaduct is 1,7km long, the longest span between two pillars is 162 meters.
Today this road carries over 150.000 vehicules every day.

Originally Posted by Meurisse

Wat fotootjes uit de oude doos van de aanleg van het viaduct van Vilvoorde

met dank aan Agentschap Wegen en Verkeer

[joshsam]

Construction of a bridge on the E19 between Brussels and Antwerp in 1971



Construction of E34 near Antwerp in 1971



E40/A10 Brussels-Ostend in 1956.







E313 in 1959



Entrance of the Waasland tunnel in 1963 before construction of the kennedy tunnel. Car madness.



Construction of R1 around Antwerp 1965-

[joshsam]

Construction A12; near Antwerp 1970



E19 1971



1977: Connection R1-E19

[keber]

Interesting, looks like there were not many lights on Belgian motorways in 1971. When did they start with massive illumination?