Bolivia's Road of Death, World's Most Dangerous Road
Sunday, December 16, 2007
(Updated. Thanks to Anonymous for the comment.) Bolivia's Road of Death or the North Yungas Road (also Grove’s Road, Coroico Road, Camino de las Yungas, "El Camino de la Muerte", "Death Road") is considered as the world's most dangerous road in 1995 by the Inter-American Development Bank. The road was built in the 1930s during the Chaco War by Paraguayan prisoners. One estimate is that 200-300 travelers were killed yearly along the road. The road descends from approx. 14,100 ft (4300 m) to 6200 ft (330 m), transitioning quickly from cool altiplano terrain to rain forest as it winds through very steep hillsides and atop cliffs. Link
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The picture is erroneous, being from a chinese road - impressing indeed, but not that dangerous
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