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Russian Road In Running For World's Worst
- Published_at:2013-08-15
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:ChristianMantello
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- description: Russian Road In Running For World's Worst || Russian Road In Running For World's Worst || Bloggers have challenged other internet users to come up with a worse example than this dilapidated Soviet-era Olympic highway. | Looking like it has been subjected to an aerial bombardment or major earth tremor this stretch of road has been branded the most dangerous in Russia. While motorists and cyclists in the UK may complain about the state of the nation's highways and byways, spare a thought for those road-users in the area of Yaroslavl, located some 160 miles north east of Moscow. It is known locally as the Olympic road, having been built more than 30 years ago for the 1980 Summer Games, hosted by the then Soviet Union. But its current crater-strewn, lunar-like appearance gives no indication of its former glory. The footage of the dilapidated highway was captured by Russian bloggers, who have challenged internet users to come up with worse examples. Rather than the scene of destruction being the result of military target practice, the extensive damage has been blamed on spring floods. Local authorities have said they are working to rebuild the road. Vladimir Goncharov, head of Rostov District of the Yaroslavl area, said: "This spring, floods were really heavy and this road, as well as many others was severely damaged. We've repaired a number of them, though some still are under construction." The North Yungas Road, also known as The Death Road, is a 61 to 69 km road leading from La Paz to Coroico (Bolivia's capital, to the Amazon region) in the Yungas region of Bolivia. It is legendary for its extreme danger: in 1995 the Inter-American Development Bank christened it as the "world's most dangerous road. Guoliang Tunnel Road (China) The road in Taihang mountains was built by local villagers: it took five years to finish the 1,200 metre long tunnel which is about 5 meters high and 4 meters wide. Some of the villagers died in accidents during construction; undaunted, the others continued. Ruta 5: Arica to Iquique Road (Chile) The road from Arica to Iquique is renowned for being dangerous; you drive past very deep valleys and wind your way through, spotting ever so often tell-tale vehicle skeletons at the bottom. The few times you can see cars and buses passing by, they were doing so at such a speed that you may think they are either tempting fate very foolishly or perhaps they are just ghosts whizzing past. Siberian Road to Yakutsk (Russia) The Russian Federal Highway connects Moscow to Yakutsk, where the coldest temperature ever recorded outside Sichuan-Tibet Highway (China) In China, the number of deaths caused by car accidents has nearly doubled in the past 20 years, climbing from 3.9 to 7.6 per 100,000 of the population between 1985 and 2005. James Dalton Highway (Alaska) The James Dalton Highway is a 414-mile gravel road. It heads straight north from the Livengood turnoff of the Elliott Highway, through arctic tundra to the farthest north reaches of Alaska. Patiopoulo-Perdikaki Road (Greece) This is a narrow busy dirt track that stretches from Patiopoulo to Perdikaki in Greece. This road is a steep climb or decent, it is dangerous because it has huge pot holes and very little grip for the vehicles that travel on it. Trollstigen (Norway) Trollstigen (The Troll Ladder) is a mountain road in Rauma, Norway, part of Norwegian National Road 63 connecting Åndalsnes in Rauma and Valldal in Norddal. A popular tourist attraction due to its steep incline of 9% and eleven hairpin bends up a steep mountain side, the road up is narrow with many sharp bends, and although it has been widened in recent years, vehicles over 12.4 meters long are prohibited from driving the road. At the top there is large parking place which allows visitors to leave their cars and walk for about ten minutes to a viewing balcony which overlooks the road with its bends and the Stigfossen waterfall. Stigfossen is a beautiful waterfall which falls 320 meters down the mountain side. The A682 Road (England) The A682 between junction 13 of the M65 and Long Preston is the worst road in England as it has claimed almost 100 fatalities over the last ten years. The 14 mile single lane A682 between junction 13 of the M65 near Nelson, Lancs, and Long Preston in North Yorkshire, had 22 serious accidents in the past three years - two of them fatal. Experts say it has an average of 0.5 deaths per 10 miles annually. It is a favorite for motorcyclists, especially early on a Sunday morning. Stelvio Pass Road Trollstigen(Italy) The highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps --and the second highest in the Alps, after the Col de l'Iseran (2770 m)--, the Stelvio Pass Road connects the Valtellina with the upper Adige valley and Merano. It is located in the Italian Alps, near Bormio and Sulden, 75 km from Bolzano, close to Swiss border.
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