Today's Bing image shows an aerial view of the Trans-Taiga Road. It is considered remote. Located almost at the 55th parallel north, it is the northernmost continuous road in Easter North America and is 666 km long. It turns up in the lists of the top 10 most remote roads in the world. What would be the rationale for "daring drivers" to take these remote roads? Remote means far away, distant, far off, lonely, nothing around. That includes gasoline and repairs.
Lonely looks good in comparison to the scariest roads in the world, where the roads have names like "The Road of Death". That one's in Bolivia. The article covers the location, length, maximum elevation and dangers. Usually the dangers include wildlife, but this one has landslides, rockfalls, fog, cliffs, narrow and no guardrails.
And the steepest roads? There are a lot of arguments over this. These are not remote places and are usually found in cities. It seems contradictory that cities would create such dangerous streets.
It is Baldwin Street that captures our attention. The pictures are particularly entertaining. It has the most interesting competitions each year. These are publicity fundraising events like the 2,000 tennis balls released to roll down the hill and the Cadbury Jaffas race where 75,000 red ball-shaped candies roll down the hill at speeds up to 100 kph. We are creative!
Road
Location
Gradient
Canton Avenue
Pittsburgh, USA
37%
Waipio Road
Honokaa, Hawaii
37%
Baldwin Street
Dunedin, New Zealand
35%
Eldred Street
Los Angeles, USA
33%
Hard Knott Pass
Cumbria, UK
33%
Filbert Street
San Francisco, USA
31.5%
Here's Baldwin Street showing off its optical illusion . This Forest Hill garden ornament looks at home on Baldwin Street.
