10 Record Breaking Roads In The World

BANGALORE: Everyone in their childhood must have read the poem “The Road Not Taken” by Robert Frost that tells us the roads we choose in our life decides where life will lead. But do you know there are certain record-breaking roads in the world that every person should take a trip on.

From the gigantic multi-lane expressways to mucky mud tracks, crossing nature’s most formidable natural barriers, these record-breaking roads are implausible example of masterpiece engineering and an long-term evidence to man’s voracious aspirations to drive.

Here is the list of top 10 amazing roads that entitles into the Guinness World Records as compiled by msn.com.

(1) The Highest Road In The World -

Khardung La is a high mountain pass located in Ladakh region of Jammu and Kashmir in India.

Local summit signs claim that it is at an oxygen-starved altitude of 5,602 meters high and that it is the world's highest motorable pass. It has been listed as the highest road in the world in the Guinness World Records.

The road is closed during October to May due to snow and one should anticipate potential long travel delays due to traffic jamming on narrow one-lane sections, washouts, landslides and road accidents.

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