13 Spectacular Roads You Need To Drive On Before You Die
13 Spectacular Roads You Need To Drive On Before You Die
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13. Highway 101 and Pacific Coast Highway — California Coast
12. Transfagarasan Road — Sibiu, Romania
11. White Rim Road — Canyonlands National Park, Utah
10. Guoliang Tunnel — Taihang Mountains, China
The Guoliang Tunnel is carved along the side of and through a mountain in China. The tunnel links the village of Guoliang to the outside through the Taihang Mountains which are situated in the Huixian, Xinxiang, Henan Province of China.
9. Going-to-the-Sun Road — Glacier National Park, Montana
Going-to-the-Sun Road is the only road that crosses Glacier National Park in Montana, going over the Continental Divide at Logan Pass. It was completed in 1932. A fleet of 1930s red tour buses called jammers which were rebuilt in 2001 to run on propane or gasoline, offer tours on the road.
8. Oresund Bridge — Denmark and Sweden
The Öresund is a double-track railway and dual carriageway bridge-tunnel across the Øresund strait. The bridge runs nearly 8 kilometres from the Swedish coast to the artificial island of Peberholm, which lies in the middle of the strait. The remainder of the link is by a 4 km tunnel from Peberholm to the Danish island of Amager. The Øresund Bridge is the longest combined road and rail bridge in Europe.
7. Los Caracoles Snails Pass — In the Andes between Argentina and Chile
It is the most important step between the capital of Chile, Santiago, and the Mendoza region of Argentina. This border crossing is the critical link on the stretch of the the most spectacular and important Paso de los Libertadores. The road is a coil of winding roads cascading down over 10,000 ft in elevation.
6. Highway 99 Sea to Sky Highway — British Columbia, Canada
Highway 99, also known as the Sea to Sky Highway is the major north-south artery running through the Greater Vancouver area of British Columbia from the U.S. border. The number of this highway is derived from the old U.S. Route 99, with which the highway originally connected. The highway currently connects with Interstate 5 at the international border.
5. Hana Highway — Maui, Hawaii
The Hāna Highway is a 68-mile long stretch of Hawaii State Routes 36 and 360 which connects Kahului with the town of Hāna in east Maui. The highway is very winding and narrow and passes over 59 bridges, 46 of which are only one lane wide. There are approximately 620 curves along Route 360 from just east of Kahului to Hāna, virtually all of it through lush, tropical rainforest.
4. Atlantic Ocean Road — Averoy, Norway
The Atlantic Ocean Road is a 8.3-kilometer long section of County Road 64 that runs through an archipelago in Eide and Averøy in Møre og Romsdal, Norway. It is built on several small islands and skerries, which are connected by several causeways, viaducts and eight bridges—the most prominent being Storseisundet Bridge.
3. Beartooth Highway — Montana and Wyoming
The Beartooth Highway is an All-American Road that has been called the most beautiful drive in America, by late CBS correspondent Charles Kuralt. Because of heavy snowfall at the top, the pass is usually open each year only from mid May through mid October, weather conditions permitting.
2. Great Ocean Road — Victoria, Australia
The Great Ocean Road is an Australian National Heritage listed 243 kilometres stretch of road along the south-eastern coast of Australia between the Victorian cities of Torquay and Allansford. Winding through varying terrain along the coast and providing access to several prominent landmarks, including the Twelve Apostles limestone stack formations, the road is an important tourist attraction in the region.
1. Rohtang Pass — Himachal Pradesh, India
The pass is open from May to November. It is not particularly high or difficult to cross on foot by Himalayan standards, but it has a well-deserved reputation for being dangerous because of unpredictable snowstorms and blizzards. This pass is an ancient trade route between the people on either side of Pir Panjal.
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