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 is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
museum and is located in
Kiribathkumbura
Kiribatkumbura is a suburb of the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. It is in Central Province, on the A1 highway, from Kandy and from Colombo.
There is a highway museum located in the starting point of Kiribatkumbura from Colombo. The museum has Brit ...
,
Kandy
Kandy ( si, මහනුවර ''Mahanuwara'', ; ta, கண்டி Kandy, ) is a major city in Sri Lanka located in the Central Province. It was the last capital of the ancient kings' era of Sri Lanka. The city lies in the midst of hills ...
. The museum is maintained by the
Road Development Authority
The Road Development Authority (commonly abbreviated as RDA); ( si, මාර්ග සංවර්ධන අධිකාරිය; ta, வீதி அபிவிருத்தி அதிகார சபை) is the premier highway authority ...
.
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
This list of museums in Sri Lanka contains lists of museums which are defined for this context as institutions (including nonprofit organisations, government entities, and private businesses) that collect and care for objects of cultural, artistic ...
References
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Museums in Kandy District
Road transport in Sri Lanka
Transport museums