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Worlds Scariest Roads : Most

Wonderful Mountain Passes & Amazing

Interchanges

Every country has such highways and roads that are known throughout the world and

appear in movies or film series. Some of them are very exciting to ride; others are

way too scary and even dangerous. Inside this post you will find the most wonderful

mountain passes and amazing interchanges.

Col de Turini, France
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Situated more than 1 mile above sea level, Col de Turini is a mountain pass situated in

south of France in the Alps. Its also part of a 20 miles rally stage of the Monte Carlo

Rally of WRC, which combines 34 challenging hairpins and long stretches where cars

top 111 mph. It is one of the most exciting roads on Earth.

The pass was featured in the very first episode of Top Gear series 10, when the

presenters went in search of the greatest driving road in the world.

At its highest point, Col de Turini is 1607m high. In the north, the Col de Turini starts

with a dazzling series of hairpins. Finally, we end up riding in a gorge, with a wild

river on the left, and a steep rock-wall on the right.

Stelvio Pass, Italy
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Located in the Eastern Alps in Italy, the Stelvio Pass Road connects the Valtellina

with Merano and the upper Adige valley.

This mountain road pass is situated at an altitude of around 1.7 miles above sea level.

The road is particularly challenging to drive due to the presence of 48 hairpin bends,with the road becoming exceedingly narrow at some points, and some very steep

inclines.

With a height of 2757 meters, it is the highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern

Alps and the second highest in the Alps, after the 2770 m high Col de lIseran. While it

might not be as dangerous as the other routes, it is certainly breathtaking.

The toughest and most spectacular drives are from the Prato side. The mountain pass

is one of the best continuous hairpin routes in the world.
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Leh Manali Highway, India

The Leh-Manali Highway is situated in India and spans over a length of 297 miles

among the Himalaya mountain range. It passes through some of the worlds highest

mountain passes in the world, with a mean altitude in between 2 to 3 miles above sea

level.

The road is one of the most complicated and challenging roads in the world, with

snow, landslides and terrain making the journey exceedingly difficult for anything

other than a capable four wheel drive vehicle. The road was built and is maintained by

the Indian Army.

The Road of death, Bolivia
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The North Yungas Road (also known as the El Camino de la Muerte, Road of Death

in Spanish) is a 43 mile road connecting La Paz and Coroico, 35 miles northeast of LaPaz in Bolivia. Famous for its extreme danger, it was christened as the world most

dangerous road in 1995 by the Inter-American Development Bank.

The single-lane width, extreme drop offs, and lack of guardrails, only add to the

danger lurking behind.

Further, the fog and rain can make visibility poor and the road surface muddy,

loosening rocks from the hillsides above. It is estimated that 200 to 300 travelers are

killed per year on this treacherous road. Although, the old North Yungas Road is

much less used by traffic nowadays, an increasing number of adventure bikers travel

it for the thrills.

Los Caracoles Pass in Andes
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This road passes though the Andreas Mountains on the way between Chile and

Argentina. Los Caracoles is a series of hard switchbacks on an extremely steep

incline. The road has many steep inclines and hairpins without any safety guard rails.

The road is covered with snow for the most part of the year.

The snow together with nature of the road requires extreme patience and skill to

negotiate. However, this road is maintained pretty regularly and does not have a

morbid accident record. Cargo trucks and even double-Decker tourist buses travel

through the road on a daily basis, and its quite an experience.

Russias Lena Highway, The Highway from Hell
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The last 600 miles of the Russian Federal Highway from Moscow city to the Siberian
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city of Yakutsk is called the Lena Highway. This bizarre road runs parallel to the

River Lena on the final leg to Yakutsk. As if the road of mud was not a big problem,

Yakutsk is considered one of the the coldest cities on earth, with January temperatures

averaging -45 AF.

But surprisingly, it is only in the summertime that the road becomes impassable.Whenever it rains in summer, the road virtually becomes a slush pit making it

impossible for the vehicles to pass through it. This being the only road to Yakutsk

makes the traffic heavy and even more complicated to negotiate.

Russian-Georgian Military Mountain Roads
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When they are not covered in sheets of snow, then its the thick, grueling mud. These

remote highways would probably swallow your car in the snow or mud. Though

neither affect the locals who drive their Lada cars down it regularly.

Situated in the Caucasus mountains, these roads are to be tackled only by the Russian

military which probably explain why they lack any official designation.The harsh surface, along with the problems posed by snow, makes this road almost

inaccessible during winter. The seldom used road connects Russia and Georgia and

assumes of strategic importance for both countries.

Guoliang Tunnel Road, China
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The magnificent tunnel road in the Taihang mountains was built by 13 local villagers

headed by their chief, Shen Mingxin, and took around five years to finish. Many

villagers lost their lives in accidents during construction of the tunnel but the others

continued relentlessly. The tunnel was opened to traffic on May 1st, 1977. The 1200

meter long tunnel is about 5 meters high and 4 meters wide. It is located in the Henan

Province of China.

The Guoliang tunnel is another addition to most dangerous and complicated roads to

travel. Dubbed as the road that does not tolerate any mistakes, most accidents in the
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tunnel are primarily caused by the neglect of the traveler. Nonetheless, it is an

extremely scenic route and is a key destination on the Chinese tourism map.

Taroko Gorge Road in Taiwan (Chungheng)
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The Taroko Gorge Road in Taiwan is another mountain route made by carving out

rocks, like the Guoliang Tunnel road. The road passes through the Taroko national

park alongside the Taroko Gorge. The road is an appeal to the tourist, as well as a

mode of transportation of marble found abundantly in the Gorge.

Pasubio (Vicenza), Northern Italy
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This is a hiking trail made out of an ancient road trail. The road serves mostly for

motorcycles and certain types of car. The road is dangerously narrow and slippery,

spanning many cliff faces and tunnels with stunning scenery, making this a popular

destination for adventurous travelers.
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The Halsema Highway in the Philippines
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The Halsema Highway runs through the Central Cordillera Valley in Philippines. It is

also called the Baguio-Bontoc Road. The road is approximately 150 miles long and is

mostly unpaved. The road runs through steep cliff faces which barely have any guardrails or other safety devices installed. The narrow roads and steep cliff faces make the

road almost impassable during the rainy season.

Its known for the rock slides and mud slides and buses driving dangerously fast on its

narrow passage. There are plenty of accidents and many overturned buses on a yearly

basis. There are sheer drop offs of more than 1000 feet without a safety guard rail.

This route is for sure one of the most dangerous roads in the world.

Trollstigen in Norway
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The Fjord in Norway has many roads that attract tourists. The most notable among

them is the Trollstigen which is a series of stunning roads with a breathtaking view of

a few waterfalls. The word Trollstigen means the Troll Ladder. The road, though not

lacking in safety standards, takes a lot of concentration and driving skill to conquer.

The vertigo-inducing steep inclines, intense set of hairpins and narrow roads leave no

margin for error.

However, once you are at the top, the view is just breathtaking. The narrow road

leaves us with extremely few possibilities for vehicles to pass each other. The

frequent rockfalls in the region have resulted in some upgrades to the road in 2005. At
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the top, there is a viewing balcony which overlooks the road and the Stigfossen

waterfall, a 320 m long waterfall which falls down the mountain side.

Lysebotn Road, Norway

This is probably the most fun you can have on four wheels, and then on your two legs

checking out various hiking trails leading from the area. In fact, this just might be themost breathtaking place in Europe (on par with Swiss Interlaken area). It all starts

with the narrow road up the fjords steep walls.

This is the Lysebotn Road in Lysefjord, Norwaycomplete with 27 switchbacks and

a 1.1 kilometer long tunnel at the bottom, also with three switchbacks inside. This is

the view 900 meters down, once you get on top. So it only make sense to continue

furtherand hike to the most spectacular piece of rock in the Universe Prekestolen,

or the Pulpit Rock.
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Iroha-zaka winding road, Japan

Iroha-zaka winding road is the main route that connects central Nikko and Oku-

Nikko.

The First Iroha-zaka is used to come down, and the Second Iroha-zaka to go up. Each

corner has an ancient Japanese alphabet, and you will see it in alphabetical order

starting from I-ro-ha and hence the name.

The road was used by ascetics in the past. The number of curves on the road was 48,

matching the 48 letters of the ancient Japanese alphabet. Therefore, the tourist guides

started to call the slope Iroha-zaka. After the construction of the second Iroha-zaka

there were 50 curves, but 2 were decreased to remain corresponding with the 48

letters. Hows that for complicated?

Van Zyls Pass, Namibia
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Van Zyls Pass, or the DR3703, located in Namibia, is a classic extreme road.

It is not exactly a road, just a route made over the mountain by the travelers over time.

The outrageously steep pass provides a pure adrenaline rush, but the route that leads

up to it is a 10-15km of tough driving where one has to dodge their way through

rocks, boulders, badlands and ravines.

At the end, the road descends to the ancient glacial valley called Marienfluss valley,

which is one of the planets most beautiful sights that await onlythe brave-hearted.
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El Espinazo Del diablo, Mexico
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El Espinazo Del diablo or The devils backbone is the mountain pass in Durango,

Mexico. Its about 5 hours long, and it was the only road from Durango to Mazatlan

Sinaloa for a long time. We have heard many cautionary tales about crossing the

devils backbone, El Espinoza Del Diablo, But the road is exceptionally well

maintained and there are many cautionary signs marking most of the hazards. Of

course these are in Spanish, so keep an electronic translator or a dictionary, handy.

Pull out spots are frequent, so you can easily stop anytime you want.

There are some tight curves, too. So tight that a truck needs all of the road to make it

around. These hinder potential two way traffic in these regions. However, stunning

rock formations rising around you and the lush, green vistas stretching on for

impossible distances make every inch of the drive breathtaking

The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange, LA1

The Judge Harry Pregerson Interchange is situated in Los Angeles, CA and is one ofthe most complicated interchanges in the country. It permits entry and exit in all
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directions between the I-105 and the I-110. Its a stack interchange with layers of

bridges making a complicated network of roads allowing smooth flow of traffic

though both the interstate highways.

This interchange was opened in 1993. It is a 4 level interchange with a restricted

access lane that can be used by high-occupancy vehicles.

Gravelly Hill Interchange, Birmingham, UK

Gravelly Hill Interchange, nicknamed the Spaghetti Junction, is the 6th junction of the

M6 motorway, where it joins the A38 Aston Expressway in Birmingham, UK. The

name Spaghetti Junction was coined by Roy Smith, a journalist from the Birmingham

Evening Mail in the 1970s. The areal view of the junction sure tells us why it is called

the Spaghetti Junction.

Spanning an impressive 30 acres, the junction serves 18 routes and includes 4 km of

slip roads. Across 6 different levels, there are 559 concrete columns, reaching up to

24.4 m in height. The engineers had to elevate 13.5 miles of the motorway to

accommodate 2 railway lines, 3 canals, and 2 rivers. Its the most complicated

junction in United Kingdom.
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The Puxi Viaduct, Shanghai

This is one of Shanghais busiest and largest interchange that caters to thousands of

vehicles every hour. It has five levels of bridges that help connect two of the cities

busiest highways, directing vehicles without much fuss.
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