Conquering kilometers of roads is an exciting experience. Especially if the track has a modern surface and allows you to drive along the longest route without interference.
Today we offer the Top 10, which included the longest highways in the world... Any of them is of particular importance for those countries through whose territory it lies.
10. Track NH010, China
In terms of the total length of the road network, China ranks second in the world after the United States. The length of the main road National Highway 010 is 5,700 km. The route begins in the northeast of the continental part of the country, and ends on the island of Hainan, where cars are ferried by ferry.
9. Trail in the Tarim Desert, China
This highway is the longest road in the desert. The road is important for oil producers, who began to develop a large oil and gas field in the desert several years ago.
8. Interstate 90, USA
The American road network is the longest and most extensive on the planet. Interstate 90 starts at the Canadian border and ends in Boston. It is noteworthy that the highway passes through the world's longest pontoon bridge. Most of the highway is toll.
7. US Route 20, USA
The longest track in the USA has a length of 5,500 km. The road connects the US East Coast to the West Coast. US Route 20 runs through the main Yellowstone National Park.
6. Karakorum Highway, Pakistan-China
The route almost completely repeats the route of the ancient Great Silk Road. The highway is the highest in the world. Nearly 1,000 workers were killed in the construction of the road because of the dangers in the sheer cliffs.
5. Trans-Siberian highway, Russia
On official maps, such a highway simply does not exist. However, if you combine several highways from the Baltic to the Sea of Japan into a single whole, you will get a single federal road with a length of 11,000 km.
4. Trans-Canadian Highway, Canada
This highway connects 10 Canadian provinces. The length of the route is 8030 km. After traveling the entire route, you can get from the Pacific coast directly to the Atlantic coast. The road was built for over 20 years.
3. Highway 1, Australia
Australia's main state highway stretches for a record 14,500 km. The track does not go deep into the continent, but all the time stretches along the coast. More than a million vehicles pass along Highway 1 every day.
2. Highway AH1, Japan - Turkey
Asian Highway # 1 is a special UN project for which billions of dollars have been allocated. The length of the highway connecting Japan, the two Koreas, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey is 20,557 km. Today, ferries are transported from the Japanese part of the highway to the mainland, but a project for an underwater tunnel is being developed.
1. Pan American Highway, North and South America
The longest motorway in the world is included in the Guinness Book of Records... The length of the road is 48,000 km; it passes through the territory of 15 states. The construction of the Pan American Highway began in 1889.It is noteworthy that on the official maps of the United States and Canada there is no road called "Pan American Highway", although in fact the road passes through the territory of these countries.