Question

state any three merits of roadways .

Answer 1

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Three merits of roadways are :-

1) Road ways is the swift and efficient means of transportation which provides door to door services.

2) Construction and maintenance of roads is cheaper as compared to other means of transport.

3) A well developed road transport system reduces the social, political and economic distances among the people of different cultural backgrounds.

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Answer 2

Merits of road Transport are:

(i) Roads need less capital than the railways.

(ii) Road transport provides door-to-door service.

(iii) The road transport provides flexible service to men   and materials.

(iv) Road transport is useful in small distances.

(v) Road transport is helpful in production of  perishable goods as it facilitates the distribution of  perishable goods from point of production to point  of consumption.

(vi) Roads can negotiable higher gradients of slopes  and as such can traverse mountains such as the  Himalayas.