15 MOST EXTREME ROADS in the World

As of 2018, there are 102 million miles of

roads

in the

world

that have been cataloged, and while

most

of those

roads

may be newly paved and smoothed, there are many that stray off the beaten path and require a vehicle and a Durable driver for sailing. but there are roads that are heads that are elevators, sharp curves or the risk of avalanches and earthquakes are difficult to traverse and can claim the lives of those who are unlucky enough to be victims of them, so let's start today's video because here are the 15 best. The

most

extreme

roads in the

world

The Atlantic Ocean Highway number 15.

Well, the start of our list of

extreme

roads is the Atlantic Ocean Highway in Norway, but what makes the history of this dangerous road so interesting is that, While it may be one of the most dangerous in the world, Worldwide, it has also been named one of the best scenic drives, so if you want to do some sightseeing on the roads of the Atlantic Ocean, you'd better buckle up. belt. This Norwegian road is home to the storage bridge, known as the bridge. to nowhere with an interesting approach that looks like a ramp that leads to the sky and when you get to the top you better not look down, so once you manage to overcome your fear of heights, this road will make drivers they stagger. along the seashore and that's where the real fun begins because while the waves of the Norwegian Sea can be a wonderful sight to behold, you can lose a lot more than your lunch here as the brutality of the waves crashing into the road during stormy weather conditions threaten to bring you back into the sea with you as you retreat into the depths number 14.

Kotahuasi Canyon Road The Kotahuasi Canyon Road begins on the Pan American Highway near the city of Arquipa and Much of this path carved into the Canyon is completely unpaved with rocks and pebbles of various sizes often impeding travel, not to mention those that can fall down the rock face at any time and things only get worse during the rainy season. , the road is so intense that it takes around 10 It takes up to 12 hours to travel it from one end to the other, meaning that only the most hardcore travelers can reach the other side and the only cars capable of crossing are those with Traction on the four wheels.

This is one of the roads that are too infamous. Even for tourists and adventurers, Kotohasi Canyon is the third deepest canyon in the world and, to put it in perspective, it is twice as deep as the American Grand Canyon, which is located a long way down Kotahuasi Canyon Road and is full of some of the most challenging. and world-shattering hairpin bends and dangerous drop-offs, don't think you're going to roll down your window on a hot day to breathe in the breeze because this extreme road tops out at 15,000 feet above sea level, where the air is nice and thin. , and catching your breath here is almost as difficult as driving unscathed.

Taroko Gorge Road number 13 located in Taiwan. Taroko Gorge Road stretches for just under 12 miles and, while it can be a difficult journey, it also offers some of the most beautiful scenery in the world, Taroko Gorge Road is carved along the mountains as it winds and, despite the dangers of braving the road, it has become a popular attraction for the bravest tourists, so don't be surprised to see a large number of tour buses, cars, scooters, cyclists and even pedestrians, all competing and fighting for their space on the same narrow Stone Road, it's a little scary to think about it, but people do it every day despite the tight curves and blind spots along the road, not only are there tight and blind corners, But Taroko Gorge Road is subject to more than a few random floods from Rock Falls, landslides and even earthquakes, so crossing this 12 mile stretch in one piece is a true miracle, but all of these natural occurrences make it incredibly difficult. to maintain. the Toroko Gorge road in good condition with heavy rain and typhoons ravaging the area leaving sections of the road almost passable.

The Karakoram Highway number 12 that takes travelers on an 810-mile stretch between China and Pakistan. The Karakoram Highway has been considered the eighth wonder. in the world and while it's not hard to see why, as the road offers beautiful views, it's the perfect example of how some of the most beautiful things in nature are also the deadliest. The Karakoram Highway reaches over fifteen thousand feet above sea level at its highest point where the air is nice and thin and can literally take your breath away and if that's not enough for you, there are plenty of landslides, Rock falls, floods, full-blown avalanches and plenty of sheer cliffs to fall from, it's quite a harrowing journey.

Despite being such a popular road, in fact, much of the Karakoram Highway even follows the ancient Silk Road, one of the most important trade routes in human history, but the highway as we know it today is It was first built in 1959 and approximately one thousand workers died. during construction due to dynamite explosions and subsequent landslides, on another occasion 17 people died when their bus fell into a gorge after the driver took a sharp bend in the road too quickly and just a month before that unfortunate incident, a tourist was killed when a landslide hit his truck number 11.

Fairy Meadows Road Don't let the name of this road fool you because Ferry Meadows Road is anything but sweet. Located in Pakistan, this incredible and dangerous mountain trail continues for just under 10 miles, but the dangers. of the trip will make it the longest 10 miles of your life Fairy Meadows Road is mostly unstable gravel roads at a treacherous altitude reaching up to about 8,000 feet and many tight curves that have been hit too fast and cannot be be careful enough. smell the end of your trip, yes, it's a gorgeous destination, but paying too much attention to the scenery could mean that you'll notice the complete lack of guardrails too late and that there's nothing to stop a vehicle from going over the cliff.

Not for the faint of heart Fairy Meadows Road starts at the Karakorma Highway and leads to the village of Tato and can accommodate a vehicle much larger than a jeep and eventually reaches a point so narrow that the rest must be completed of the harrowing journey. walk number 10 99 Bend Road to Heaven We've all heard of The Stairway to Heaven, but wait until you hear about 99 Bend Road to Heaven located in China. 99 Bend Road to Heaven is a horrible road that whips and winds. I drive through Tiananmen Mountain National Park and as the name suggests, this extreme road features 99 death-defying hairpin turns built hundreds of feet in the air.

The construction of the highway took eight years to complete and construction finally finished in 2006, but this is an interesting highway that manages to combine culture and history with human ingenuity. To reach this road, you must first drive to Tongchang Avenue or Heavenward Avenue, but the 99 curves of this extreme road are not random, in fact, they represent the nine palaces. from the sky and when you reach the top you will certainly feel that you have ascended to the realm of divinity and celestial beings, but the icing on the cake is the Gate of Heaven, which is the natural rock Arch that was believed to be the link between the gods and the mortal world number nine gualian tunnel in the day the only way to get to the chinese village of gualayang was to take the narrow and treacherous road that was dug right into the side of the taehang mountains and although that may have been a route Incredibly scenic, the walk was as long as it was arduous and one wrong step meant sudden doom and the local villagers weren't waiting for government help to get things done, a small group of people banded together. and in 1972 they began to dig a tunnel because, why go around the mountains when you could go directly through them?

The group was small, consisting of only 13 humble people, and although they wanted this tunnel to be dug in more modern times, the people of Guanyang did not do so. They didn't have access to things like excavators, bulldozers, or anything as seemingly trivial as dynamite, so all they could do was dig by hand. Yes, that's right, it took 26 hands five years to dig a tunnel about three-quarters of a mile long, 16 feet high and 13 feet wide, so the Gualion tunnel may not be the largest in the world , but considering how it was built, you have to take your hat off to the people who created it with their own hands and, at the most difficult stage of the excavation, the group.

He could only dig about a meter a day, the entire Endeavor was so hard that even three people died in the process. In the end, this tunnel in the mountain not only changed the lives of the villagers, giving them better access in and out, but also The tunnel has also become a major tourist attraction in recent decades, but it lacks barriers and lamps, so drivers enter at their own risk, especially at night. It has become such a harrowing road that locals affectionately refer to it as the road that will not tolerate. quite threatening mistakes number eight the Pan-American Highway alone the Pan-American Highway does not offer the typical dangers of extreme roads such as sharp curves, steep cliff sides with long drops or even unpaved roads, so what makes it so dangerous?

Well, it's the people. most of the Pan American Highway is an average road, however there is a stretch of road that exists in a highly contested area and the chances of encountering local rebel forces increase the further you go and although mother nature is known for being unpredictable and relentless. Unfortunately, humans tend to share some similarities with her. There is no shortage of Travelers who have been intercepted along the Pan-American Highway by insurgents, kidnapped and held for ransom, sometimes for years, while others simply become prisoners for the rest of their days. It is the type of Highway. where, if you absolutely have to drive it, you'd better put the pedal to the metal and don't stop until you get where you need to go.

Number seven Dalton Highway drivers getting ready to hit the road and head to the Dalton Highway in Alaska are It is recommended to bring as much as you can because there is not a single restaurant or gas station in the Hospital hotel for a 400 mile stretch. Much of the Dalton Highway is unpaved and made of gravel, making for an incredibly dangerous trip, especially in inclement weather conditions. and it's not easier on steep slopes either, it's not uncommon for a car to slip and slide up and down the road if the driver is not on tiptoe sitting behind the wheel of an all-wheel drive vehicle, but that's not all that nature has in store for drivers because this 400-mile stretch is so barren and so devoid of human life outside of the casual traveler.

Wildlife feel safe enough traversing roads and split-second decisions are the only thing standing between hitting an animal and some kind of safety. but if you try to go off the road, the unpaved road will have other plans for you, it is quite a difficult place and driving above the speed limit is not recommended in winters, Dalton High, my road gets so bad and so on. slippery that even the toughest and most experienced Ice Road truckers will steadfastly refuse to cross it and avalanches certainly don't make the Dalton Highway more attractive either number 6. amuria kudz kaiway Siberia has earned a reputation throughout its history as a One of the toughest places on the planet and the people who have endured it are undoubtedly as tough as nails and while living there can be tough, even getting there is a challenge in itself, like a precursor of what awaits us, nicknamed the path of Bones.

The Amor yakutz highway will take you to one of the coldest regions in the world through a combination of two highways: the R504 Colmia highway and the A360 Lena highway, both subject to the same dangers no matter how well maintained they are. They are linked by the Lena River Ice Road, which is what looks like a makeshift road across the river and is open between December and April, when the ice is frozen enough to drive on, but nothing is guaranteed and the unfortunate Amuria Coots Highway truth. Dozens of lives are lost here every year when their vehicles fall through the unreliable ice.

Visibility on the road is at an all-time low the only time it's open and getting to the icy River Road means traversing treacherous snow made even more difficult after periods of heavy rain when things get really bad on the road, traffic jams They are 4x4. The vehiclesthey can last for miles and everyone hopes their cars are not swallowed whole by the mud number five zoji la pass the zoji law pass in india is the longest five and a half miles in the life of any traveler, Cliffside Road reaches an elevation maximum of a staggering 11,500 feet and there are no guardrails to help you avoid falling on this side.

The incredibly narrow road passes by the highest point. mountain range in the world the Himalayas and is unpaved from end to end, landslides are persistent in the area and the lack of traffic signs prevent travelers from knowing what awaits them and which areas are more prone to the harshness of nature The Zojila Pass trail zigzags over rugged peaks to connect the cities of Srinagar and lights up the Western Himalayan Ranch and is so treacherous that it is closed during the winter, when 50-foot snowdrifts and strong winds will make the road is impassable. The only consolation here is the The fact that the road is less than six miles long was first built in 1947 for military purposes, it is a critical link between Lakta and Kashmir and during those winter months eyes found themselves completely isolated. from the rest of the world as it crossed.

At Zojila Pass, it is not difficult to notice all the overturned buses and crashed cars that did not reach the end of carnal highway number four, moving towards another area in the risky and rocky Himalayas of western Nepal, we have the heartbreakingCarnally Highway It's so rugged that about 50 people die here each year, making driving along the 155-mile highway something of a death wish, even when it's not the road Monsoon Seasons is one of the most dangerous of the world thanks to the extremely dusty surface. That makes visibility difficult in the narrow stretches, and to make matters worse, kicking up all that dust makes it incredibly difficult to see oncoming landslides, Falling Rocks potholes, flooded sections, and incredibly huge cliff drops. steep.

It's not really for the faint of heart. and it is best avoided at all costs the carnali highway is so bad that the police have even banned driving here at night due to the number of fatal accidents that occur and the fact that 85 percent of the highway is considered unsafe number three Highway youngest of the north all true, if you ever find yourself driving in Bolivia and see signs for the youngest of the north highway, be sure to turn around at all costs. It's also known as the Highway of Death, but the youngest highway in the north is just under 50 miles long and sits in the air at an elevation of 15,200 feet, which means the air is nice enough and thin enough to literally take your breath away and it's not too good for your car's engine either.

From La Paz, this is a single lane road full of vertical drops. from three thousand feet into the Amazon rainforest to a long way down and if the death-defying cliffs in the jungle below aren't enough for you daredevils and thrill seekers, the youngest highway in the north is complete with more 200 hairpin turns, good luck. navigate through the thick fog of the area and at the same time avoid landslides and rock balls, as one cannot help but notice a complete lack of railings until 1994, around 300 travelers died on the death road every year and there are makeshift monuments scattered along the way. road where people rushed over the edge towards The Ravines as time went on, although certain parts of the road have been bypassed to create two lanes to help traffic flow, but cyclists still come from all over the world to braving the highway of death with some failures and falls at your destination, sometimes it is better not to brave nature number two, the Killar Tapangi highway which returns to India for the penultimate entry on our list.

We have the ominously named Kilar to Pangi Road, 70 miles long, this road reaches a maximum elevation of 8,200 feet and offers no guardrails to help travelers from falling over the edge. The fact that this road exists is kind of mind boggling, unless you have nerves of steel and professional driving skills you'd better stay away from this one. The road is only open during the summer months and is not completely paved, which means you drive very slowly over potholes and giant rocks that have fallen over the years and will probably never be removed, but there is a stretch of six miles in particular that features a rocky outcrop. it looks like it's about to collapse at any given moment this road was built hundreds of years ago by local villagers and has been repaired a total of zero times since then the road from kalar to pangney is only wide enough for a jeep at the time Time and one wrong move will send the vehicle two thousand feet off vertical cliff number one Skippers Canyon Road Skipper's Canyon Road is carved into the mountains of New Zealand and, despite being open to drivers, this road is not paved , how was it.

Hand carved by miners over a hundred years ago and still as thin, narrow and hideous as it was all those years ago. Skipper's Canyon Road is just over 16 miles long from the paved Coronet Peak Road to Skipper's Campground and the trail traverses the face of the Canyon High above the Raging shot over River Today, the rocky road is most frequently used by tour buses with incredibly skilled and careful drivers at the helm and adventure companies simply looking to give their guests a thrill while looking down on what could be their downfall if the vehicle's weight shifts just one ounce the wrong way because of course , there are no guardrails here to save you and, to make matters worse, the road becomes too narrow in certain areas, creating choke points that will make it physically impossible for two vehicles to pass each other, so when they happen, what are they going to do? good?

One of you will have to take Skipper's Canyon Road in reverse until things widen enough, and despite the attraction, people lose their lives here every year, with 185 deaths in 2021 alone. our vehicle playlist For more of the top 15 amazing vehicle videos, sit back, relax and binge watch all of our best vehicle videos.