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The Yungas Road, popularly known as The Death Road, is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) long cycle route linking the city of La Paz with the Yungas region of Bolivia. It was conceived in the 1930s by the Bolivian government to connect the capital city of La Paz with the Amazon Rainforest in the north part of the country.
After another 20 km, the road meets with Route 25. Continuing on, the road meets the older Yungas Road, [1] the world's deadliest road. [2] It continues on a new, safer but still windy road. Bypassing Cororico, the road meets Route 40, which runs through Cororico and meets Yungas Road, and follows the Cororico River to Caranavi, where it meets ...
Nestled high among the hills of La Paz, Bolivia, it is widely regarded as one of the most dangerous roads in the world. The threat of fog, landslides, frequent steep cliffs and hairpin turns have ...
The region around Coroico has remained a traditional coca growing area and is the smallest of three areas of coca production in Bolivia. New highway: On a part of the road from La Paz to Coroico a new highway has been opened at the end of 2006, and the old Yungas Road is now used mainly for bikers. This Yungas Road is also called the "death road".
STORY: This perilous route through the Bolivian Andes is marked by narrow lanes, sharp turns and deadly cliffs, earning it the name "Death Road."But after Bolivia opened an alternate route ...
Some daredevil decided to not only travel on the road, but do so by motorbike, all while documenting the entire process on camera. GoPro footage from trip down the world's most dangerous road will ...
Death Road may refer to: Yungas Road, a notoriously treacherous route in Bolivia; Kabul–Behsud Highway, ...
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