Made road (per mile)

Period: 17th–18th century (engineered roads); Roman roads reused earlier

Twelfth-century England had no programme of engineered road-building. Travellers used surviving Roman roads, which had decayed since the 5th century, and a web of unmade tracks. The king was expected to guarantee free passage on highways, and local landowners were responsible for upkeep, sometimes funded by tolls. Built-up, drained and surfaced roads on a planned basis came only with the turnpike trusts of the 17th and 18th centuries.

Sources: ltca.org.uk