Conquering kilometers of roads is an exciting experience. Especially if the track has a modern coating and allows you to easily drive along the longest route.
Today we offer the Top 10, which included the longest motorways in the world. Any of them is of particular importance for those countries through which it runs.
10. Highway NH010, China
By the total length of the road network, China ranks second in the world after the United States. The National Highway 010 main highway is 5,700 km long. The route starts in the northeast of the continental part of the country, and ends on the island of Hainan, where cars are ferried.
9. Tarim Desert Track, China
This highway is the longest road in the desert. The road is important for oil producers, who several years ago began to develop a large oil and gas field in the desert.
8. Interstate 90, USA
The American road network is the longest and most extensive on the planet. Interstate 90 begins on the Canadian border and ends in Boston. It is noteworthy that the highway passes through the world's longest pontoon bridge. Most of the highway is paid.
7. US Route 20, USA
The longest track in the USA has a length of 5,500 km. The road connects the East Coast of the USA with the West. US Route 20 runs through Yellowstone Main National Park.
6. Karakorum highway, Pakistan-China
The route almost completely repeats the route of the ancient Great Silk Road. Highway is the highest mountain in the world. Due to the dangers lurking in the steep cliffs, almost 1,000 workers were killed in the construction of the road.
5. Trans-Siberian highway, Russia
On official maps, such a highway simply does not exist. However, if you combine several routes from the Baltic to the Sea of Japan into a single whole, you will get a single federal road with a length of 11,000 km.
4. Trans-Canada Highway, Canada
This highway connects 10 Canadian provinces. The length of the route is 8030 km. Having traveled the entire route, you can get from the Pacific coast directly to the Atlantic coast. The road was built over 20 years.
3. Highway 1, Australia
Australia's main state highway stretches for a record 14,500 km. The route does not go deep into the continent, but stretches along the coast all the time. More than a million cars drive through Highway 1 daily.
2. Highway AH1, Japan - Turkey
Asian Highway No. 1 is a special UN project for which billions of dollars have been allocated. The route connecting Japan, both Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Burma, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Iran, Pakistan and Turkey is 20 557 km. Today, steam is transported from the Japanese part of the highway to the mainland, but an underwater tunnel project is being developed.
1. Pan American Highway, Americas
The longest motorway in the world is listed in the Guinness Book of Records. The road is 48,000 km long and runs through 15 states. The construction of the Pan American Highway began in 1889. It is noteworthy that on the official maps of the USA and Canada there is no track called the “Pan American Highway”, although in fact the road passes through the territory of these countries.
