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DutchCrusader



Joined: 19/05/2008
Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 14:18

Mankind has been fascinated by roads for more than 2000 years. The roads in Cyprus are especially interesting. There are at least 30 Roman milestones known and a map of old roads in Cyprus can be designed with a high degree of certainty. When you drive your 4x4 from Karşiyaka (Karshiayaka) to Girne and even further, to the Karpaz, have you any idea how old this coastal road is..?

cornish



Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 186

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 14:28

I believe it's pre- Roman. 3000 yrs old?

lovingcyprus


Joined: 02/03/2007
Posts: 1272

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 14:38

I wonder what mankind will be writing in 2000 years about the Girne bypass?

cornish



Joined: 30/12/2008
Posts: 186

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 14:50

When will it be completed?

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 15:22

I understand that during the British colonial rule in Cyprus many small, rough mountain and forest paths were widened and tarmaced in order for British soldiers to have fast access to areas where EOKA members might hide. Is there any board member who served in Cyprus during those days? Is it true what I was told? When was the mountain road from St Hilarion to Kozan built and tarmaced?

P.S. I'm hijacking my own thread now But I'll give the answer to tye question in msg 1 later.

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 15:24

We have just gone from Tatlisu to Iskele does anyone know why there ıs a break ın the road surface for very rough few yards.

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 15:29

RE msg 5: I wrote tarmaced, but maybe it should read asphalted? Not quite sure about the difference in the English language. Sorry.

britvic



Joined: 05/09/2008
Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 15:32

Tarmacked! Tut!

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 15:35

RE msg 8, britvic: Are you sure: http://www.google.com/search?q=Define%3Atarmaced&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8

britvic



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Posts: 3039

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 15:40

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/tarmacked



I didn't know tar could be maced!

kaiserphil


Joined: 14/12/2008
Posts: 1096

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 16:28

'I wonder what mankind will be writing in 2000 years about the Girne bypass?'

They will be asking "Where's the latest money gone this time?"

Woodspeckie


Joined: 25/01/2009
Posts: 2263

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 17:32

Msg 6 anyone know the answer?

DutchCrusader



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Posts: 11281

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 17:33

RE msg 2, cornish: (...) I believe it's pre- Roman. 3000 yrs old? (...)

=> Much, much older! The road existed already in the Bronze Age. But this is the oldest road map of Cyprus with proof of the coastal road in Northern Cyprus: | http://is.gd/5sucX |, the Tabula Peutingeriana (TP or Peutinger Table). The TP is actually not a real map but an visual itinary. On this "map" Famagusta is shown, as well as rivers running into the sea at Salamis, Lapethos and Kition, while a styled mountain range in the west indicates the Troodos massif. Five towns are marked by pictographs: Pafos, Soloi, Kyrenia, Tremetousha and Salamis.

The Tabula Peutingeriana we know is 7 metres wide and 1 metre high. It is an medieval copy of the (lost) original, based on material from several early sources and updated for the last time at the middle of the fourth century.

So, this is how the Romans travelled to and in Cyprus - as we still do tpday!

Was this item very boring..?

gooligan


Joined: 30/01/2007
Posts: 1591

Message Posted:
18/12/2009 17:38

The owner of the land wont give permission for it to be tarmaced until the contractors build a tunnel for his animals.Was reported in Cyprus Today a while back.