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This is a list of countries (or regions) by total road network size, both paved and unpaved. Also included is additional data on the length of each country or region's controlled-access highway network (also known as a motorway, expressway, freeway, etc.), designed for high vehicular traffic.
This is far less highway and road distance than the United States, which is smaller, but has more than 6,000,000 km (3,700,000 mi) of paved roads and highways. However, Canada still has many more roads and highways than Russia, the largest country in the world in land area, with an estimated just 336,000 kilometres (208,000 miles) of paved roads.
A map of the United States' Interstate Highways as of 1 October 1970. Numbered highways in the United States; List of Interstate Highways; List of United States Numbered Highways; Further information: Interstate Highway System; United States Numbered Highway System; Historic trails and roads in the United States
Controlled-access highways by country (49 C, 3 P) + Highways by country subdivision (3 C, 1 P) A. Highways in Albania (1 C, 1 P) Highways in Australia (4 ...
The highway was built in stages. The first, not long after one could drive across the United States on a paved road, was the highway from Laredo, Texas, to Mexico City. The second stage was the Inter-American Highway to Panama City; previously there were no roads, and little commerce between most Central American countries.
A road of such material is called a "metalled road" in Britain, a "paved road" in Canada and the US, or a "sealed road" in parts of Canada, Australia and New Zealand. [ 48 ] A granular surface can be used with a traffic volume where the annual average daily traffic is 1,200 vehicles per day or less.
Highways by country (34 C, 1 P) Historic trails and roads by country (10 C) Limited-access roads by country (11 C) Streets by country (88 C)
Name Length Location From To Notes Pan-American Highway: 30,000 km (19,000 mi) [1] Americas: Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States: Puerto Montt or Quellón, Chile or Ushuaia, Argentina