The highway is the inevitable outcome of the economic development. First, to adapt to the development of industrialization and urbanization on the highway. City is the concentration of industry and population, its growth is far faster than rural, become a cluster center, so the construction of the highway
the highway is the inevitable outcome of the economic development. First of all, to adapt to the development of industrialization and urbanization on the highway. City is a hub of industry and population, its cars is growing much faster than in rural areas, becoming the center of the car gathered. Therefore, the construction of highway from the city ring roads, radiation and a busy road, gradually become to the highway as the backbone of the urban traffic. Second, the development of automobile technology in highway construction put forward objective requirement. At present, the car has become indispensable to human society. Therefore, highways and other infrastructure needed to cooperate with light and heavy vehicles are two big development trend. The former need speed to ensure that the latter bearing capacity and the highway can be organic combination of both. The world's first highway is Germany ives highway, by the city more than 1932 inventions and build. China's first highway is connected to Shanghai and jiading of Shanghai jiading expressway. Taiwan's first highway is a MacArthur highway connecting keelung and Taipei. In Italy, Spain, Britain and the United States also tend to be earlier highway. Highway in western developed countries have formed network, and is to the internationalization development. At the same time, many developing countries and regions have built highway. So far, more than 50 countries and regions in the world has built more than 20 miles of highway. At present, China is the world's third country with a highway. By the end of 2010, a total of over 7. 4 million kilometers of the highway road lamp.