There are many dangerous roads around the world. Some of these dangerous roads have caused a lot of accidents and a lot of deaths over the years. Where some people find it scary while others think of them as a perfect thrill ride.
Lets have a look at top 5 dangerous roads.
Road of Death, Yungas Bolivia
This road is made of dirt and has a height of nearly 1200 feet. The length of the road is 40 miles and it has no rail guards. The reason why it is so deadly is because nature plays its tricks on you while traveling through this road. There will be sudden occasions when you will encounter blinding fog, rainstorms and even landslides once in a while. If you want to visit the Bolivian rainforests then you must travel through this road as no alternatives exist making a it very dangerous path.
Skippers Canyon Road, New Zealand
If you can see the aerial view of this particular road then you wouldn’t probably want to travel via it. The whole road has been made from a cut of a very narrow cliff face. It is a very windy road and in order to drive through it, you need a special kind of permission. If by some miracle you do get the permission then you better start praying that you can drive through it without colliding or falling off the road.
The Atlantic Ocean Road
As the name suggest, this particular road is located near the Atlantic Ocean and happens to be 8.3 kilometers long. The entire road is built on several islands and is connected with the help of 8 different bridges. The bridge is a very famous tourist spot as people from all over the world come here for a drive or stop by taking pictures. The dangerous part about this road is that it is vulnerable to ocean waves. Whenever strong ocean waves hit the bridge, it can wipe out the vehicles traveling on it.
Sichuan-Tibet Highway, China
If there was ever a road where death rates keep increasing with each year, then it is the Sichuan-Tibet highway. It is a high-elevation road between Chengdu and Tibet and happens to be a common place for rock avalanches and rock slides. It actually has a record of having 7500 deaths for every 100,000 drivers. That number alone should give you an idea how dangerous this path is. Drivers are always advised to drive cautiously due to rock slides, avalanches, and even poor weather.
Taroko Gorge, Taiwan
This may look like a beautiful road but it is quite dangerous. The entire path is very narrow and only one vehicle can pass at a time. There are a lot of twists and turns in this whole road and some blind turns cause a lot of accidents every year. The road is cut through a mountain pass giving a beautiful view but a dangerous trip nevertheless.
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