Highway museum complex is the Sri Lanka's first
highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...
museum and is located in
Kiribathkumbura,
Kandy
Kandy (, ; , ) is a major city located in the Central Province, Sri Lanka, Central Province of Sri Lanka. It was the last capital of the Sinhalese monarchy from 1469 to 1818, under the Kingdom of Kandy. The city is situated in the midst of ...
. The museum is maintained by the
Road Development Authority
The Road Development Authority (commonly abbreviated as RDA); (; ) is the premier highway authority in Sri Lanka and is responsible for the maintenance and development of the National Highway Network, comprising the trunk (List of A-Grade highways ...
.
The museum has a collection of former construction equipment such as stone road rollers, steam road rollers, oil road rollers, tar boilers, coal scales, road signs and a model of the
Bogoda Wooden Bridge.
It is reported that some of the equipment on display is over 175 years old.
Opening hours
There are no entrance fees to visitors and there are no time limits since it is situated in an open space area alongside the
A1 highway.
See also
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List of museums in Sri Lanka
Below is a list of museums in Sri Lanka. For this context, museums are defined as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic, scientific or ...
References
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Museums in Kandy District
Road transport in Sri Lanka
Transport museums