Submitted by koobtooboob t3_10oy3vt in explainlikeimfive
pandastealer t1_j6hez2l wrote
Reply to comment by sandiercy in ELI5: Why aren’t all roads just.. straight? by koobtooboob
The roads came before cars here and were probably started as walked trails at some point so it wouldn't have been necessary for them to have been straight and flat.
But in a place where the roads were designed post car invention I reckon its a mix of how the ground underneath I and how the topology of the land is, avoiding sandy or shale patches and areas that might flood is probably a priority to prolong the life of the road surface itself.
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