Roads, bridges, tunnels | Buildings Banished Guide

Last update: 11 May 2016

Roads

You can live without roads in Banished, but building them vastly improves mobility of the villagers and transporting resources between buildings. It's a good idea to build roads leading to every possible building in the town - it improves communication and helps you plan further development. There are two types of roads in the game:

Dirt road - the simplest road that doesn't require any resources. It allows faster movement but the difference is not very visible.

Cost: none

Stone road - a much better road, it doesn't wear out and it allows a much faster movement. It's a good thing for developed towns.

Cost: 1 unit of stone for each section

Bridges

Placing a bridge over a river should be justified economically and it should give you an opportunity to develop your town. Place them only where you can find resources or area where you can build or plant crops on. Build only necessary bridges - too many of them makes roads to the town too long. A wooden bridge is the only option.

Cost: 4 units of logs and 1 unit of stone for each section

Although it doesn't look sturdy, this bridge is more than enough.