10 Most Beautiful Roads of the World

By siliconindia   |   Saturday, 04 February 2012, 01:57 IST
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Overseas Highway- Florida Keys

The Florida Keys are made up of 100 tiny islands, linked by the 128-mile Overseas Highway which was built in 1938. The 181-kilometer drive on the Overseas highway that stretches from Miami to Key West is sure to take your breath away. Besides the natural beauty along the route—tidal flats, blue water dotted by distant islands awes you in its own right as an engineering marvel. Its concrete stretches across impossible expanses of water with the Atlantic spreading out to the left.

Trollstigen – Norway

Trollstigen road is one of the most popular roads which has has a steep incline of 9 percent and consists of 11 hairpin bends up a steep mountainside. Encircling the road are lofty mountains such as Kongen (the King), Dronningen (the Queen) and Bispen (the Bishop). This road is very narrow and leaves very few possibilities for vehicles to pass each other but once you get there at the top its all worth watching cars creeping up the steep and narrow road like ants, taking photos from one of many viewpoints along the way or enjoying the waterfalls (Stigfossen Waterfall ) gushing down the mountainside beside the road is good fun.

 

The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road – UAE

The Jebel Hafeet Mountain Road in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) is one of the greatest driving road in the world and is the challenge for cyclists who frequently come over to get trained. Stretching for 7.3 miles and climbing nearly 4,000 feet, it boasts 60 corners and a smooth surface road. The road has three lanes (two climbing and one descending), the road is called the greatest driving road in the world. The road scales the mountain and ends at a parking lot with only a hotel and a palace belonging to the country's rulers. Part of the climax of the Bollywood film RACE was shot on the Jabel Hafeet mountain. The road was built by Strabag International of Cologne, Germany.