The phrase "a road was built" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe the construction of a road in a passive voice, often in historical or descriptive contexts.
Example: "In the early 1900s, a road was built to connect the remote village to the nearest town."
Alternatives: "a road was constructed" or "a road was created".
A road was built through the mountains paralleling the pipeline.
Control of the pass equated to a percentage of the lucrative trade; a road was built in 1825.
When a road was built from Guatemala City in the 1960's, the transformation for the worse began.
Gaeta first came under the influence of the Romans in the 4th century bc; a road was built c. 184 bc connecting the town with the port, and it became a favoured Roman resort.
The importance of suitable perches is illustrated by observations made on an insect-rich region of East African grassland, from which kingfishers were absent until a road was built.
Baracoa is surrounded by rugged mountains, which isolated it from the rest of Cuba until a road was built through the mountains to connect it with Guantánamo in the 1960s.
A former president of Puntland repeatedly requested a road be built to Eyl, a rough-and-ready coastal town, as a quid pro quo for giving up piracy.
The rock, known as Ófeigskirkja, has been at the centre of an eight-year battle to stop a road being built through this 8,000-year-old 8,000-year-old 8,000-year-oldrren and evocative terrain a landscape the north of Reykjavík, which spectacularlyis a site of supernatural forces.
Crame opposed the idea, but stated that if a road were built it should be a gravel one.
After that, a new road was built in the district and a school bus was promised to get children to school.
A public road was built in the county between Tuscarora Creek and a location near Shade Mountain in 1768.
