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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.
In 2017 a 52-kilometre (32 mi) paved road was constructed between the villages of Chisumle and Demchok by the Border Roads Organisation of India. The elevation at Umling La of 19,024 feet (5,799 m) surpassed the record previously held by the 18,953-foot (5,777 m) Uturuncu volcano road, Bolivia, making it the world's highest motorable road and pass. [2]
The height according to the Tibet Department of Transportation is 5,565 m (18,258 ft); [1] however, the signage at the road rounded it up to 5,566 m (18,261 ft). In 2005, a Catalan cartographic expedition certified the height to be 5,565.1 m (18,258 ft). [4] [2] At 5,565 metres (18,258 ft), Semo La may be the highest asphalted road in the world.
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.
This is a list of highways or other major roads around the world. International highways are listed first; after that, roads are listed by continent, and then by ...
The highest paved road in Ireland. [12: 780 m: Route 910: Mid-Atlantic Ridge Iceland: pass: Egilsstaðir & Kárahnjúkar [13] The highest paved road in Iceland (there are several higher unpaved roads, often requiring 4x4 cars, of which the highest is F821 at 944m) [14
Bettmeralp, Riederalp and Fiescheralp are car-free resorts. Highest paved roads: Bettmeralp (2,037 m) is a cattle farm, located above Bettmersee (2,009 m) and Bettmeralp village (1,970 m). Riederalp (1,905 m) village is generally located lower, but there is a steep concrete-paved road to near Hotel Riederfurka, to 2,064 m.
The access road that takes one to approximately 10 metres below the summit is the highest paved road in Europe across the mountains from Granada to the western Alpujarras. This road was built before the creation of the Sierra Nevada National Park in 1999. [4] It has since been closed to general traffic beyond Hoya de la Mora, just above the ski ...