The term "highway" may
conjure images of an endless,
unchanging road, dotted by
the same fast food restaurants
and gas stations every few
miles.
But just as automakers have
made endless variations of
vehicles, road builders have
come up with a lot of ways to
get from here to there.
These eleven highways from
all over the world are by turns
high speed, beautiful,
enormous, and deadly, and
they are all worth a drive.

Where they at?

1. The Pan American is
the longest
motorway in the
world.


First proposed in 1923, the Pan
American Highway is the
world's longest highway
system, stretching over
roughly 16,000 miles.
Drivers who take on the entire
route cross through 16
countries, including the United
States, Mexico, Canada, Costa
Rica, and Peru.[b]1. The Pan American is
the longest
motorway in the
world.


First proposed in 1923, the Pan
American Highway is the
world's longest highway
system, stretching over
roughly 16,000 miles.
Drivers who take on the entire
route cross through 16
countries, including the United
States, Mexico, Canada, Costa
Rica, and Peru.[/b]1. The Pan American is
the longest
motorway in the
world.


First proposed in 1923, the Pan
American Highway is the
world's longest highway
system, stretching over
roughly 16,000 miles.
Drivers who take on the entire
route cross through 16
countries, including the United
States, Mexico, Canada, Costa
Rica, and Peru.

2. Highway 401 is the
busiest in North
America.


Highway 401 , also known as
the Macdonald–Cartier
Freeway, is the busiest
highway in North America.
420,000 vehicles drive on its
500 miles every day.
Since its completion in the
1960s, the highway has served
drivers in the southern, central
and eastern parts of Ontario,
Canada.

3. The German
autobahns are the
fastest highways in
the world.


Known as the fastest highway
in the world, the German
autobahns are motorways only
for cars. In fact, bicycles,
mopeds, pedestrians or any
means of transportation
unable to go faster than 38
mph, are prohibited from
entering.
The nationally coordinated
motorway for Germany,
Bundesautobahn (BAB)
translates to the federal way
for cars. Although 52 percent
of the BAB doesn't have a
speed limit,a top speed of 81
mph is recommended.
Due to the high speeds of most
of the vehicles traveling on the
autobahn, it is illegal to stop
unnecessarily on the motorway
— even if you run out of fuel.

4. The Trollstigen
offers amazing
mountain views.


Winding through the
mountains of Norway, the
Trollstigen, or Troll's Path, is a
popular tourist attraction for
the views it affords of local
waterfalls and the bridges that
cross the rivers that feed
them.
The road opened in 1936 after
eight years of construction,
and is closed between October
and May, when winter
weather makes it impassable.

5. The Guoliang Tunnel
is carved into a
mountain.


In China's Taihang mountains,
there is a 4,000-feet long road
called the Guoliang Tunnel
that was built by the villagers
themselves.
In 1972, 13 villagers began the
project to carve a road along
the side of a mountain in
order to link their village to
the outside world. On May 1,
1977, the road was opened for
travelers.

6. The Big Dig is the
most expensive
highway project.


Boston's Big Dig was estimated
to cost $2.8 billion in 1985 and
soared to $14.8 billion, making
it the most expensive highway
project ever undertaken in
history.
Beginning in 1991, construction
for the Big Dig led to the fatal
injuries of four workers and
the death of a motorist, from
the collapse of a concrete
panel.
The expressway system was
finally completed in 2007.

7. Yungas Road is the
deadliest road ever
built.


Barely ten feet wide, Bolivia's
Yungas Road kills an estimated
200 to 300 travelers each year,
even though it's shorter than
50 miles long.
Built by Paraguayan prisoners
of war in the 1930s, the road
leads from the city of La Paz
to the Yungas region. It was
deemed the most dangerous
road in the world by the Inter
American Development Bank
in 1995.

8. The Katy Freeway is
the widest in the
world.


With 26 lanes in certain parts,
the Katy Freeway, or
Interstate 10, is the widest
highway in the world. It
serves more than 219,000
vehicles daily in Texas.
Built in the 1960s, Interstate
10 expands across a 23 mile
stretch from its intersection
with Interstate 610 to the city
of Katy in Texas.

9. The Karakoram
Highway is the
highest paved
highway in the
world.


Running at 16,000 ft through
the Himalaya, Karakoram, and
Pamir Mountains, Karakoram
Highway is the highest paved
highway in the world. The
Indus River also runs through
some parts of the road.
In 1963, Pakistan and China
signed an agreement to
construct a road that would
mutually benefit the two
countries. In 1986, the
Karakoram Highway officially
opened to travelers and
connected China with central
Asian countries.
The highway runs 500 miles
and connects the Xinjiang
region of China with
Islamabad, the capital of
Pakistan.

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10. Hong Kong's Tuen
Mun Road is known
for high-volume
accidents and being
haunted.


Built in 1977 to connect the
Chinese regions of Tuen Mon
and Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong's
Tuen Mun Road is known for
its high volume of accidents,
and drivers place the blame on
an usual suspect.
Some believe the Tuen Mun
Road is haunted by the ghosts
of those who have been killed
while traveling it; according
the local lore, they appear in
the middle of traffic, sending
cars veering out of control.

The auto bahn is on my bucket list.

11. Or try a racing down
roadway with no
official speed limit
at all.


There are only a handful of
roadways in the world that
have no speed limit at all.
Drivers go as fast as they want
on highways in Nepal, the Isle
of Man, and the states of Uttar
Pradesh and Kerala in India.

Where's our third mainland bridge,or carter bridge,add them,or this list is incomplete.

I've always been fascinated by the autobahns.

Your research is incomplete, add benin-ore express road has no speed limits!
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Asaba-benin express road no speed limits
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Nigeria has so many other crazy roads.

oluFELAxy: 7. Yungas Road is the
deadliest road ever
built.


Barely ten feet wide, Bolivia's
Yungas Road kills an estimated
200 to 300 travelers each year,
even though it's shorter than
50 miles long.
Built by Paraguayan prisoners
of war in the 1930s, the road
leads from the city of La Paz
to the Yungas region. It was
deemed the most dangerous
road in the world by the Inter
American Development Bank
in 1995.

I pray I never have a reason to drive through this Yungas road





All the bad Nigerian roads put together are still not as dangerous as driving here. God Forbid

The North Yungas Road (alternatively known as Grove's Road, Coroico Road, Camino de las Yungas, Road of fate or Death Road) is a 61-or-69-kilometre (38 or 43 mi) road leading from La Paz to Coroico, 56 kilometres (35 mi) northeast of La Paz in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger and in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the "world's most dangerous road". In 2006 one estimate stated that 200 to 300 travelers were killed yearly along the road. The road includes cross markings on many of the spots where vehicles have fallen.

GAZZUZZ: Your research is incomplete, add benin-ore express road has no speed limits!
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Asaba-benin express road no speed limits
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Nigeria has so many other crazy roads.

The many potholes on the roads you mentioned above makes impossible to maintain a high speed for entire journey.

chucky234: The many potholes on the roads you mentioned above makes impossible to maintain a high speed for entire journey.

I doubt you have been on any of these routes in a while.

GAZZUZZ:

I doubt you have been on any of these routes in a while.

Well I drove from Lagos to Delta few weeks back, I just returned from Bauchi last Saturday by road.

chucky234: The many potholes on the roads you mentioned above makes impossible to maintain a high speed for entire journey.

Benin - ore road has become one of the best highways in Nigeria. Maybe u are referring to ijebu ode - ore road which is still in a very bad state.

abatically:

Benin - ore road has become one of the best highways in Nigeria. Maybe u are referring to ijebu ode - ore road which is still in a very bad state.

The road is still riddled with potholes except for Edo portion of the highway.

I crave for the autobahn. Next year awaits