Throughout our history, roads have proved to be the safest and the most convenient way to travel nearby and far off places. Without roads, we wouldn’t have made this much progress in this world.
But sometimes travelling through roads can get really really dangerous, as there are some roads in the world which are known to provide the scariest experiences when you get your cars, travel through them.
5. Atlantic Ocean Road, Norway
Atlantic Ocean Road in Norway is an 8.3 kilometer highway that includes 8 bridges to connect the island of Averøy with the mainland at Eide. The roller coaster-feel and the curvy bridges of this road has made it a favorite destination among the travellers and motor-cyclists.
Its almost like driving through the edge of the Norwegian Sea, as the brutal sea waves just crash upon you and the pavement during storms, making it slippery and difficult to drive through the way. This road is also known for the most famous scenic drive in Norway, but beware it can get you in a real trouble!
4. Karakoram Highway, Pakistan
Karakoram Highway popularly known as the ‘Eight Wonder of the world’, is a 1300 km national highway connecting China and Pakistan via the Karakoram mountain range.
This highway not just took high cost and time to get built, but also accounted for the loss of 810 Pakistani and 82 Chinese road workers, mostly due to the landslides. It requires real guts and stamina to drive through the twists and turns of this road, with wheels sometimes just on the edge.
And thank god for making it even more dangerous! As avalanches, heavy snowfalls and landslides can get in your way anytime. So, a humble tip to you, if you are new at driving, please don’t attempt to travel this road!
3. Transfagarasan, Romania
Transfagarasan is a 90 km paved mountain road crossing the southern section of the Carpathian Mountains of Romania. Known for one of the most scenic drives in the world, this road has endless twists and turns with a highest elevation of 6,699 feet above sea level.
But don’t be fooled by its beauty, as this road is also known for one of the most tunneled drives with longest tunnel of 884 meters. And to make it even worse, this long tunnel has very few lights and is almost dark. This road is usually covered by snow for most part of the year and opens for the travelers, only during the summer.
Transfagarasan is a challenging attraction for hikers, cyclists, drivers and motorcyclists as the average speed here can be 40 km/hr. So, if this road seems an easy good option to travel, then here’s a word of caution for you. Before you even think to travel, this road has no barriers with high sheer drops of more than 1000 feet.
2. Passage du Gois, France
Passage du Gois is a 4.3 km natural and periodically flooded passage in the Atlantic coast leading to the island of Noirmoutier in France. It’s flooded twice a day thus making the surface of roads, really slippery. This passage is only accessible during the low tides, as the passage entirely gets submerged in to water during the high tides. So, you must have an inflatable boat in your car, whenever you’re driving though this road.
Also, you must drive slow to avoid skidding though the passage and you must never park your car on the pavement as this is really recommended to the drivers by the road officials.
Now finally, let’s get you travel through the world’s most dangerous road.
1. Yungus Road, Bolivia
In northern Bolivia this road is most popularly known as the Road of Death. Yes, you heard it right, Road of Death. In 2006, estimates revealed that, around 200 to 300 travellers being killed every year along this road. The road climbs up to 15,260 ft. at La Cumbre Pass, before descending to 3,900 ft. at the town of Coroico.
This road is covered with high fog and low visibility during the rainy season from November to March. So now, if you’re thinking to travel this road in summer then beware again, because it’s not even safe during the summer as rockfalls are common, and dust from vehicles affects the visibility too.