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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.
The United States road network is the largest in the world, with 6.4 million km (4 million mi) of roadways. 75,360 km (46,830 mi) of those are Interstate Highways, and around another 200,000 km (120,000 mi) are U.S. Highways. The Interstate Highway system is almost completely composed of multi-lane, dual-carriageway freeways.
The system includes 4% of the nation's roads, but carries more than 40% of all highway traffic, 75% of heavy truck traffic, and 90% of tourist traffic. [2] All urban areas with a population of over 50,000 and about 90% of America's population live within 5 miles (8.0 km) of the network, [2] which is the longest in the world. [9]
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.
The Pan-American Highway is a vast network of roads that stretches approximately 30,000 kilometers (about 19,000 miles) from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in the northernmost part of North America to Ushuaia, Argentina, at the southern tip of South America. It is recognized as the longest road in the world and serves as a significant overland route ...
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Close to 43,000 people died on the roads in 2021, up from 39,000 deaths in 2020, according to National Highway Traffic Safety Administration data. Traffic deaths increased in 44 states, Puerto ...
The most dangerous road in Malaysia. [7] Trans Sumatra Toll Road [8] 2,048 km (1,272 mi) Indonesia: Banda Aceh: Bakauheni: It is expected to be completed in 2029. Length is the total planned network length. North–South expressway: 1,941 km (1,206 mi) Vietnam: Hanoi: Cần Thơ: Majority of the route still planned or under construction