ROAD BUILDING, MAINTENANCE AND REPAIRS IN THE KINGDOM OF POLAND IN LIGHT OF PUBLICLY ANNOUNCED GOVERNMENT REPORTS FROM 1843 TO 1859

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the process of building, repairing and maintaining two types of main roads in the Kingdom of Poland, especially during the mid-19th century, when the overall process of expanding the local road transportation network started to considerably slow its pace. Publicly announced parts of official government reports have been taken into consideration in order to describe such endeavours by the Polish transportation authorities concerning first-class and secondary routes (generally paved with the usage of a standardized macadam system) during the period between 1843 and 1859.

Keywords

• first-class roads
• secondary roads
• Kingdom of Poland
• 19th century