英语翻译AfterthefalloftheRomanEmpiretheroadsystemfellintoastateofdisrepairandbytheendofthemiddleages,therewasineffectnoroadsysteminthecountry.Theonlyroutesavailablewereunpavedtracks,muddyandimpassableinwi
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AfterthefalloftheRomanEmpiretheroadsystemfellintoastateofdisrepairandbytheendofthemiddleages,therewasineffectnoroadsysteminthecountry.Theonlyroutesavailablewereunpavedtracks,muddyandimpassableinwinteranddustyandimpassableinsummer.Diversionsaroundparticularlypoorstretchesresultedinsinuousalignments.Thestateoftheroadscombinedwiththegenerallawlessnessatthetimemeantonlythedeterminedorinsanetraveled.
Thefirstchangeinthisattitudecamein1555whenanActofParliamentwaspassedimposingadutyonallparishestomaintainit'sroads.AlsoincludedintheActwasthecreationofthepositionofaSurveyorofHighways.Thiswasunpaidandunderresourcedthoughandwhencombinedwiththelackoftechnicalskillsitisnosurprisethatthepostbecamedistinctlyunpopularandineffective.