Spagetti Roads.

[SealLion]

So I was wondering that since this place is an international community with pple from all over Mars and beyond, I was wondering that if anyone here ever traveled to earth lately and maybe had the fortune to have traveled some of these spaghetti roads there.

There is a really neat an interesting website that's there on earth and it shows some very, very cool roads throughout different countries.

Would you please state which one of these roads, if any, you've traveled on and maybe just give a very brief description of your adventure along there. Or at least state what you've heard of it, other than what's stated below the captions.

Here's the link:


The 19 most complex and dangerous roads in the world | By the Waze (http://www.waze.com/blog/the-19-most-complex-and-dangerous-roads-in-the-world/)

Having had a look on some of those roads makes me wanna take my beemer out and cruise on over to Europe and Asia with it.

Though, I don't know if inter-stellar travel agencies allow it.

[kelly]

Fantastic shots!! Those photos sent a chill down the spine of mine ! .
I was in fact scared by looking at The Road of Death! I was like :shockkk!: ..



The single-lane width, extreme drop offs, and lack of guardrails, only add to the danger lurking behind. Further, the fog and rain can make visibility poor and the road surface muddy, loosening rocks from the hillsides above.

Are the Bolivian's Crazy?? :confused:

Well #3 Pic Leh - Manali road is the second highest road.! But it's not that dangerous when compared to the one from Bolivia. There are chances of survival there. if something goes wrong ... but in case of Bolivia...oh man..!! no way!
http://img203.imageshack.us/img203/849/800pxindiatruckoverload.jpg

I came across a flikr which has few pics of the Leh Manali road.

Leh to Manali Drive - Second Highest Motorable Road in the World - a set on Flickr (http://www.flickr.com/photos/natekoechley/sets/605577/)

Oh..and btw..any Bolivian's around here care to share about the "Road of Death " .may be few pics :smile:

[saebrtooth]

These roads look so outrageously dangerous at first look one might think they were photoshoped, but unlikely because of the site's purpose.

Nice find SeaLion ;)

[SBfreak]

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/2461/vanzylpass1.jpg
Is this even a road:tongue:

[slikrapid]

Is this even a road:tongue:

maybe a proto-road, thats just about how they all look like before getting heavier shaping into what we call roads


Are the Bolivian's Crazy??

they probably did only as much as they needed (bare minimum) or financially could afford

[SealLion]

ya. Those roads are heavy-duty. The one's that I liked the most were from Norway snaking up, around, and then back up.
I do recall having gone on a forestry-service road in B.C. Canada that did exactly that: Snake up and around and further up.

In B.C. and elsewhere in the province, there are no standards for forest service roads construction as they're designed for only one thing: To deliver the trees for processing.

And as such the road is strictly for logging and public access is excluded; however, sometimes the adventurous person does travel up these steep inclines of roads, just like in the pics for Norway.

The road was not really a road per se for regular vehicular travel, more intended for 4X4's.
Nevertheless, I managed to get my old cavalier up it and I can state with assuredness, that the view was spectacular. Much like what the view must be like from one of those service roads in Norway that are pictured there on the link above.

Sorry no pix available. Maybe next year.

[Blocker]

El Espinazo Del diablo, Mexico ‘The devil’s backbone’

This is famous in my country and also is in your list

There was many accidents in the past therefore with a new highway people avoid "El Espinazo Del diablo"

http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_rA9Y8Q_K5zA/Rb4LZ6T8hFI/AAAAAAAACaM/qv9la65GfKw/s400/213197888_d5edaa14ff_o.jpg



El Espinazo Del diablo or ‘The devil’s backbone’ is the mountain pass in Durango, Mexico. It’s about 5 hours long, and it was the only road from Durango to Mazatlan Sinaloa for a long time. We have heard many cautionary tales about crossing the devil’s backbone, El Espinoza Del Diablo, But the road is exceptionally well maintained and there are many cautionary signs marking most of the hazards. Of course these are in Spanish, so keep an electronic translator or a dictionary, handy. Pull out spots are frequent, so you can easily stop anytime you want. There are some tight curves, too. So tight that a truck needs all of the road to make it around. These hinder potential two way traffic in these regions. However, stunning rock formations rising around you and the lush, green vistas stretching on for impossible distances make every inch of the drive breathtaking.