Update: Please also check the second part of Most Dangerous Roads in the World
It’s hard to imagine how many dangerous roads there are. When working on this post I studied about 10 resources to find out that there are over 50 dangerous and scary roads and these are just the most famous we’ve heard of. There are different factors of danger so it’s really hard to say what roads are the most dangerous of all the dangerous roads in the world.
In our post today you will see the roads that are considered the most dangerous and that caught my attention because of the fact that the roads shouldn’t naturally be in those places. What I mean here is that it looks like the Nature has created the borders that shouldn’t be crossed using huge rocks, steep slopes, stones, volcanoes but the human beings were so stubborn that they finally erected the roads and trails, but what we still can’t do is ensure the safety. There’s always the risk that something will happen but the risk has never stopped the human yet.
North Yungas Road also known as the Road of Death is considered the most dangerous road in the world. It stretches for about 40 mountain-hugging miles and is only 10 feet wide.
The highway is made right on the mountains, it’s high, pretty narrow, cloudy and definitely dangerous. The overall length of the highway is 2,028 kilometers.
The Pan American Highway is a network of roads stretching for nearly about 30,000 miles from Alaska to the lower reaches of South America. This is the world’s longest “motorable road,” according to Guinness World Records. Some roads are widely knows by narrow curves, steep cliffs, flash floods and landslides.
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Compared to the other roads from our post, the coastal roads of Croatia may look childish, but that’s not the case. The coastal roads and the fast-driving Croats that crowd them probably account for more deaths and injuries than accidents associated with unexploded ordinance ever do.
The name of the tunnel translates from Chinese as the “Road that does not tolerate any mistakes”. First the tunnel was created by the villagers from the remote area of the Taihang Mountains to get a way out to the outside world. Presently the road is 15 feet high and 12 feet wide which is pretty scary for the drivers. The tunnel has 30 windows to enjoy the scenes.
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Magnificent but dangerous road on the island of Luzon. Apart from the unpaved parts of the roads, landslides and big stones you can be stopped by the clouds.
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Grimsel Pass which is 2165 m. high is a Swiss high mountain pass between the valley of the Rhone River and the Haslital valley. Taking into account you are on a mountain, you can’t expect much safety.
Taroko Mountain is a mountain in Taiwan with an elevation of 3,282 meters and it speaks for itself. Check the photos to get an idea of the little stones that can cross the road.
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Karakoram Highway is the highest paved road on the planet connecting Pakistan with China. It’s a popular tourist route, with motorists stopping to view K2 and other stratosphere-scraping peaks from the pavement.
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The Canyon road is carved from schist rock and travels through some of the most spectacular scenery in the New Zealand. That’s a narrow and unsealed road about 22 km long. Rental car companies warn clients not to take their cars on this dramatic and at times terrifying road which branches off the Coronet Peak ski field road.
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Lol.I used to always drive on the BQE.terrible roads that need to be fixed.I'm a truck driver so I'm 1 of those semis flying down the road.I live in puerto rico now and thesemountain roads are hardly big enough for1 lane nevermind 2.beautiful pics though.you should take pictures of the ice roads.only roads that can drown you.lol
I love that tragic roads in the entire globe, i have already seen pakistan china way most dangerous rout when ever you drive that road you feel very happy, thanks for free journey through this web .
There is a road section between Muramvya Turn-Off to Bujumbura City in Burundi. If you have never seen "flying bicycles" loaded with chunks of bananas cruising downhill, please come here, or just read the book "A Biograpgy of a Little Country Burundi by Nigel WATT"...he explains the dangerous aspects of this road.
I never have been on those roads, but by seeing the pics only we can imagine how danger those roads are. I would like to see a documentry on these roads if its there.
wOw.. i need to be drive in this road...
It´s unbelievable what men can do when they really want.
wow very wonderful dear sharing marvelous road which are known to the world dangerous.
i indeed enjoyed all all
thanks
i really loved lookin at all the roads not only would i love to drive on them it would be fun also to ride horse up and down them!!! thanks so much nancy whitlock
mt Lyell in Tasmania should be included
WOW nice pics ^^ i have a rather ironic story, this is when i was in Tanzania driving from Arusha to Mwanza (africa btw -.-) this road was huge, like 6 metres wide, it was rocky but flattend for cars to cross since its not used oftenly, and stretches for 60 kms with no curves, so everyone tends to go upto the speed limit of 120 km/h its was pitch black but luckily we rented a land cruiser with spot lights, after driving for around 30 mins i got used to it and i was pretty much laid back, next thing you know the road ends with a tight curve to the right...did not hit the brakes because it wud slide on tht surface and braking would not allow me to turn and most probably end up in the trees ahead, as i turned the steering to a full right we skid but dodged the edge of the path because the grip caught the road tht started at the end of the curve, if there was no road who knows where we wud've skidded to....