They should be seen at least on computer screens.
In our world, just an incredible amount of amazing things. Quite often “amazing” become the seemingly most ordinary things, such as a road. Here and in the new review, the reader will be presented from 10 unusual roads from all over the world.
1. Baldwin Street
The street is Baldwin Street located in Dunedin, New Zealand. First and foremost, this street is known as the steepest in the world. The coolest – literally. The factor of road slope is 1:5. This means that after five meters horizontally, you average will go down on a one meter vertically. The maximum slope of the street is 1:2.86 and occupies 35% of the entire road.
2. Lombard Street
Lombard Street is known throughout the world as the curve. This fame is partly sad because down the street is quite dangerous. This monument is located the “road architecture” in the United States, in the glorious city of San Francisco.
3. 9 de Julio Avenue
In Buenos Aires in Argentina is, perhaps, the widest street in the world, yet the wide road. This, of course, talking about the infamous 9 de Julio Avenue. A street is named in honor of the day of independence – 9 July 1816. Avenue long 1 km has seven car lanes in each direction.
4. Spreuerhofstraße
Not a road, but still way worthy of attention. Street Spreuerhofstraße located in Germany Reutlingen is the narrowest in the world. Street appeared in 1727. Officially, the street is listed at number 77. In the narrowest place its breadth is only 50 cm.
5. Yonge Street
The road Yonge Street, Ontario, Canada and the pan-American highway is the longest in the world. It passes through the territory of North and South America. On this segment is the longest street in the world. Its length is 1 km. 896 Street lies on the territory both North and South America. Of course genuine the way a lot length. Most of it is highway 11, but it does not apply to the street.
6. Lærdal Tunnel
The tunnel connecting Lærdal and Aurland in Norway, is the longest on Earth. Its total length is 24.5 km. It is part of passing in the place of the highway. The tunnel has two lanes. Thanks to this tunnel transport without ferries.
7. The Death Road
“Road of death” is perhaps one of the most famous attractions of Bolivia. Today is considered the most dangerous in the world, and not without reason, every year it killed 200-300 people. The road passes in the mountains.
8. Millau Viaduct Bridge
The highest road in the world can be considered a bridge Millau Viaduct Bridge is located in France. Already enough to say that the height over which the car ride is about 340 meters.
9. McMurdo South Pole Highway
At the South pole of our planet, in Antarctica you can find the snowy road on Earth with a total length of 601 km. in 1 This way, as you can guess, no dirt and certainly not paved, out of the snow. It is marked with flags. Does this “path” to the station Amundsen–Scott.
10. The Eyre Highway
Highway, The Eyre Highway connects the southern and Western part of Australia. Today it can be considered the most monotonous on the ground. The length of the road is 1 664 km Almost all the way the driver will see anything around him. The exception is only three cities on the way.
