The Most Unique Road in the World

Bookmark and Share
9. Ebenezer Place, Scotland



Claim: The road was the shortest in the world
Measures just 2.06 meters (6.8 feet). There is only one house on this road, built in 1883.The building is a hotel (Mackays) and the owner has instructed painting street names on the side. This road was inaugurated in 1887.

8. Pan-American Highway, the Americas



Claim: The world's longest road
with a length of 48,000 kilometers (29,800 miles) and over 15 countries including the United States, Canada, Mexico, Peru, Argentina and El Salvador make this path as the longest street in the world.

7. Parliament Street, UK



Claim: Most narrow road in the world
this is way too narrow in the world with the size of 0.64 meters.

6. Road To Giza, Egypt



Claim: Road asphalt world's oldest
The Road to Giza is the oldest paved road in the world. Built more than 4600 years with a width of 6.5 feet. Connecting to the quarries Southwest of Cairo, to a dock on Lake Moeris which is connected to the Nile. The road used to transport large blocks of basalt to Giza where they are used for building.

5. 9 de Julio Avenue, Argentina



Claims: The Path of the worlds most extensive
has six lanes in each direction and spans the entire city block. There is one building that sits on the Avenue but there are many famous landmarks in addition - like an old French Embassy, the statue of Don, and the famous monument (shown in picture above) and the Plaza de la República.

4. Lombard Street, United States



Claim: The most winding road in the world.

3. The Magic Roundabout, England



Claim: the world's worst roundabout
Built in 1972 and consists of 5 small roundabouts. To make matters worse, you have to travel, anti-clockwise (the opposite of the usual situation of roundabouts in the UK), when you enter the center of a small roundabout.

2. Savoy Court, England



Claim: The only road in the UK which require motorists to walk on the right. As we know that the people in the UK is always running to the left as we in Indonesia (unlike in the U.S. and other Europeans who usually runs on the right), but there is one road in the UK that requires riders to walk to the right, ie in Savor this Court.

1. Steepest Street, New Zealand



Claim: It is the steepest street in the world.


The Most Unique Road in the World.The Most Unique Road in the World.The Most Unique Road in the World

{ 0 comments... Views All / Send Comment! }

Post a Comment