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A35 autoroute (France)

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The A35 autoroute is a toll free highway in north eastern France. It is also known as the autoroute des cigognes and the Voie Rapide du Piémont des Vosges.

 

A54 (England)

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The A54 road is a road linking Chester in Cheshire, England with Buxton in Derbyshire. According to a report done by the Road Safety Foundation for the European Road Assessment Programme (EuroRAP), the A54 is one of the most dangerous roads in the UK, second only to the A682 in Lancashire.

 

A682 Road (England)

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The A682 is a narrow country road that runs between junction 13 of the M65 and Long Preston, a small village in the Yorkshire Dales. Is the worst road in England as it has claimed almost 100 fatalities over the last ten years.

 

A726 (Scotland)

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A short stretch of highway near Glasgow is  named as Scotland's most dangerous road in a new expert assessment of traffic accidents. An analysis by the Road Safety Foundation reveals that people who use the A726 between Paisley and junction 3 of the M77 are taking their lives in their hands. 

 

A832 (Scotland)

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The A832 is a road in the Scottish Highlands, linking Cromarty, on the east coast, to Gairloch on the west coast, and beyond Gairloch to Braemore Junction.

 

Achen Pass (Germany)

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Achen Pass (el. 941 n.) is a mountain pass in the Alps in the state of Bavaria in Germany.

 

Ächerli Pass (Switzerland)

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Ächerli Pass (el. 1398 m.) is a high mountain pass between the cantons of Obwalden and Nidwalden.

 

Adriatic Highway (Croatia)

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The Adriatic Highway is a road that stretches along the eastern coast of the Adriatic Sea and is part of the European route E65. The road passes principally through Croatia, with smaller stretches through Bosnia and Herzegovina and Montenegro.  

 

Albula Pass (Switzerland)

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Albula Pass (el. 2315 m) is a Swiss mountain pass in the canton of Graubünden. It lies in the Albula Range of the Alps. The road from Thusis through Bergün leads to La Punt in the Inn Valley (Engadin).

 

Alpe d'Huez (France)

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One of the most famous of the mountain climbs on the Tour de France, but not the toughest one. L'Alpe d'Huez has hosted a stage finish almost every year since 1976.

 

Alpe di Neggia (Switzerland)

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Alpe di Neggia (el. 1395 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Swiss Alps in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.

 

Alpe Galm (Switzerland)

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Alpe Galm is a mountain pass, at an elevation of 2.231 m above the sea level, situated in Valais and belongs to the Alps.

 

Alto de l’Angliru (Spain)

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Alto de l’Angliru it’s one of the most demanding and wild climbs in professional road bicycle racing around the world. It arrives to the 24% in some points, and the top of the climb is 1,573 metres above sea level.

 

Amalfi Coast Road (Italy)

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The coastal road along the Amalfi Coast is famous for its hairpin bends, fantastic views and general scariness.

 

Ammer Saddle (Austria)

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The Ammer Saddle (el. 1.082 m.) is a high mountain pass in the Alps on the border between Tyrol, Austria and Bavaria, Germany, located in the St-2060 road.

 

Anchor (England)

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Anchor is a remote hamlet in Shropshire, England, located at grid reference SO175851. The hamlet is the most westerly place in Shropshire.

 

Aneto Road (Spain)

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Aneto is the highest mountain in the Pyrenees and one of the most known peaks of Aragon, together with Monte Perdido and Vignemale. The height of the mountain is 3.404 m (11,168 ft) above sea level.

 

Anfo-San Colombano Road (Italy)

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Amazing half paved high mountain road between Anfo and San Colombano (Italy) in the province of Brescia. It belongs to Pre-Alps.

 

Antrim Coast Road (Northern Ireland)

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If you're looking to discover the beauty of Northern Ireland's coast, there is no better way than to travel Antrim Coast Road.

 

Arlberg Pass (Austria)

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D197, a road link between Vorarlberg and Tyrol, passes through the Arlberg Pass (altitude 1,793 m/5,882 ft); nearby, a railway tunnel more than 10 km/6 mi long (highest point 1,310 m/4,298 ft) has been in use since 1884.

 

Arlberg Road Tunnel (Austria)

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The Arlberg Road Tunnel with a length of 13,976 metres is Austria's longest road tunnel. It carries the S16 Arlbergschnellstraße under the Arlberg massif from Tyrol to Vorarlberg.

 

Artiga de Lin Road (Spain)

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The narrow road climbs until 1,468m, following the fast flowing river Joeu through a deeply wooded valley to the scenic mountain cirque named Artiga de Lin, in the Spanish province of Lleida.

 

Askja road (Iceland)

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Askja is a stratovolcano situated in a remote part of the central highlands of Iceland. The name Askja refers to a complex of nested calderas within the surrounding Dyngjufjöll mountains, which rise to 1,510 m (4,954 ft).

 

Assietta Road (Italy)

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Along the ridge that gathers Pian dell’Alpe to Sestriere separating Chisone Valley from Susa Valley, The Assietta Road S. P. 173 - a military carriageway - unfolds for over 60 km, almost entirely over 2000 meters above the sea level.

 

Atlantic Ocean Road (Norway)

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Situated in Norway, The Atlantic Road (in Norwegian called Atlanterhavsveien) is a part of Norwegian national road 64 (Rv 64). It is close to the cities of Molde and Kristiansund in the midwest part of the Norwegian coastline.  

 

Autobahn 81 (Germany)

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Autobahn 81 (abbreviated as BAB 81 or A 81) is a motorway in Germany. It branches off the A 3 at the Würzburg-West triangle and ends near the border to Switzerland.

 

Autocesta "Bratstvo i jedinstv" (Croatia)

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The Autocesta "Bratstvo i jedinstv» (Brotherhood and Unity Highway stretched over 1,180 km (733 mi) across former Yugoslavia, from the Austrian border at Rateče near Kranjska Gora in the northwest via Ljubljana, Zagreb, Belgrade and Skopje to Gevgelija on the Greek border in the southeast.

 

Autostrada dei Laghi (Italy)

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The Autostrada A9 or Autostrada dei Laghi is a motorway in northern Italy. It connects to the A8 motorway at Lainate, near Milan, and it reaches Como, on the Lake Como, and Chiasso, on the border with Switzerland, where it connects to the Swiss road network.

 

Axenstrasse (Switzerland)

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The Axenstrasse, one of the most beautiful main roads in Central Switzerland, has been one continuous section from Flüelen to Brunnen since 1865. Thanks to brilliant technology and panoramic views, it has become a world-famous tourist attraction.

 

Baros Pass (Greece)

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The Baros Pass is a spectacular high mountain road, reaching the top of the pass, at an elevation of 1.905m above the sea level.

 

Bealach Druim Uachdair (Scotland)

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The Bealach Druim Uachdair is the main mountain pass between the northern and southern central Scottish Highlands.

 
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