A Roman road built in 312 BC, is still in use today
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Roman engineering was phenomenal, there's no denying that. But modern roads work entirely differently. They are intended for a radically different usage (modern vehicles traveling at high speeds and carrying heavy loads. They also need to be built quickly and cheaply, since we need far more of them than the Romans did. It makes far more sense to make roads which are cheap and quick to build, and then resurface them when they begin to wear out. Poor quality of roading in the 21st century is entirely down to economics and politics. Under-spending on infrastructure and cutting corners in building are the main culprits. If we wanted to build roads that would last thousands of years we could do it, but it would require spending radically more money, and not having any cars or trucks drive on it for the first 18-21 centuries after they're built (as was the case with Roman roads).
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Vía Augusta, from southern Spain up to Rome. Via claudia Augusta, from Germany to Rome. El camino Real, in America (Mexico and USA, also 2500km approx)
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camino_Real_de_Tierra_Adentr...