Spring and summer seasons don’t only bring warm weather. In fact, for many of us, the higher temperatures also bring the urge to get on the road and embark on a scenic road trip. If you’re ready to go on the ultimate road trip this year, take a look at DCH Millburn Audi‘s list of some of the longest roads in the world.
The Pan-American Highway. When the road you’re traveling involves an Arctic Circle crossing point and numerous border crossings in Central America, you’ll definitely want to get an oil change or two along the way. The Pan-American Highway is actually a series of highways that connect to form a 30,000-mile continuous road from Circle, Alaska down to Central and South America. Before you gas up the car and head out, keep in mind that you can only drive the road from Alaska to the bottom of Panama before you encounter the Darien Gap, a large swath of undeveloped swampland. At this point you’ll need to find a cargo boat willing to transport your car down into South America. A road trip from Alaska to Panama is still pretty impressive, though.
US Route 20. So maybe you’re not interested in numerous border crossings or venturing into the Arctic Circle. If you’re hankering to travel the longest continuous road in the United States, head to Boston or Newport, Oregon and start driving. At 3,365 miles, US Route 20 passes through 12 states and four time zones. If you’re looking for some stuff to see along the route, check out the location of the famous Lincoln-Douglas debates in Freeport, Illinois, the General Knox Trail in New York, where General Knox transported cannons during the American Revolution, and there’ll be plenty of beautiful scenery, including Yellow Stone National Park. And you won’t even need your passport. Other similarly long US highways include US Route 6, Interstate 80, and Interstate 90.
Trans-Siberian Highway. References to Siberia produce a spine-tingling chill to those who grew up during the Cold War – but references to the Trans-Siberian Highway may send a spine-tingling chill to those who don’t enjoy long road trips. A drive on the Trans-Siberian Highway will take you all the way from Moscow to Vladivostock. For those of you not familiar with Russian geography, that’s about 6,000 miles.
Golden Quadrilateral Highway. High school geometry teachers, rejoice! India just gave you another reason to teach students what a quadrilateral is. The Golden Quadrilateral Highway Network is a series of highways that connect India’s four largest cities—Delhi, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata—and, as you’ve probably guessed, form a quadrilateral. Each of the highway’s four sections are about a thousand miles long. Of course, unlike the other world’s longest highways, a trip on the Golden Quadrilateral will lead you right back to where you started.
