Longest Roads in the World List 🛣️ Dream Road Trips
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Longest roads in the world | Length (miles) | Length (km) | 🛣️Type | Directions, origin and objectives of the longest roads in the world. Dream road trips and holiday routes |
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Pan-American Highway | 16,000 | 25750 | highway | The Pan American highway leads from Alaska via USA, Mexico and Peru to Tierra del Fuego. Construction was decided upon in 1936. By far the longest of all the longest roads in the world. |
Silk Road | 3977 | 6400 | trade route | The Silk Road has existed long before Christianity but it’s heyday was between 5th-9th century AD (during the Tang Dynasty). The Silk Road led from China to India, Kashmir and Iran as far as the Mediterranean islands. |
Ruta 40 | 3246 | 5224 | highway, dream road trips | Ruta 40 is a dream road trip which runs along the Andes in Argentina from north to south and it’s in ADDucation’s top 3 of the longest roads in the world. |
Via Regia | 2796 | 4500 | military road | The ancient Romans built the Via Regia as a transport route for war and trade goods across Europe from Wroclaw (with offshoots to Krakow and Riga) via Leipzig, Frankfurt to Paris (with branches leading to Spain). |
Route 66 | 2448 | 3940 | dream road trips | Established in 1926, The Mother Road leads from Chicago to Santa Monica near Los Angeles, USA. |
U.S. Route 1 | 2369 | 3813 | highway, dream road trips | US Route 1 was established in 1926. Route 1 starts in Key West, Florida as the Overseas Highway, a popular road trip, and runs to Florida City then up the USA east coast all the way to the Canadian border at Fort Kent, Maine. |
Incense Road | 2113 | 3400 | trade route | Incense road is one of the oldest trade routes of the world. The incense road leads from South Arabia (Dhofar in Oman) to the Mediterranean Sea (Gaza). |
Stuart Highway | 1761 | 2834 | highway | Stuart highway is one of the most important north-south connections in Australia. Leads from Darwin to Port Augusta. |
Transromanica | 746+ | 1200+ | Culture route | Transromanica is a European cultural route which passes through seven countries including cultural sites in Saxony, Austria, Slovenia and Italy to the Mediterranean. |
Romanesque Road | 743 | 1195 | Holiday road | Part of the Transromanica. The circuit in the form of a figure eight passes through 65 places in Saxony-Anhalt. On the route are over 80 Romanesque castles, palaces, monasteries and monuments. |
Highway No. 1 | 656 | 1055 | dream road trips | Highway Number 1 is a panoramic road built in 1934 which extends along the Pacific Ocean US coast and connects Garberville (320 km north of San Francisco) with Santa Cruz in the south. It also crosses the Golden Gate Bridge. |
Via Publica | 621 | 1000 | post road | Via Publica is a medieval trade route led originally from Brussels to Prague via Germany along the B8 (from Emmerich on the Rhine to Passau). |
Amber Road | 559 | 900 | trade route | Runs from the North and Baltic Sea over the Alps to the Mediterranean (northern Adriatic Sea). The origins date back to the 2nd century BC when the Celts traded with amber. |
Way of St. James (Camino Francés) | 497 | 800 | pilgrimage | Probably the most famous pilgrimage route, led initially across Europe to Santiago de Compostela on the north – west coast of Spain. The Camino Francés begins in France (Saint-Jean-de-Pied-de-Port). |
Garden Route | 186 | 300 | dream road trips | The Garden Route runs along the south coast of South Africa from Hermanus (near Cape Town) to Port Elizabeth, sandwiched between mountains, forests, and the Indian Ocean, passing Mossel Bay, Knysna and Plettenberg Bay. You’ll enjoy fabulous coastlines, eco-tourism opportunities and world class wine and fine dining. |
Fairy Tale Road | 373 | 600 | Holiday route | The Fairy Tale Road has connected the towns of Hanau (Brothers Grimm Town), Kassel and Bremen (home of the tale Town Musicians of Bremen) since 1975. |
Old Salt Road | 155 | 250 | trade route | The Old Salt Road leads from Prague to Halle an der Saale. In the Middle Ages there were several salt roads, including the so-called “High Salt Road” along which dealers brought their products from Merseburg to Frankfurt on the Main in Germany. |
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- ADDucation’s longest roads in the world list compiled by Robert Junker, last updated 18 Aug 2024.
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