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Page 1: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

The Most Amazing Roads in the World

Page 2: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese Hiragana alphabet.

Page 3: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Estrada de Los Caracoles, in the Chilean Andes.

Page 4: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Bridge Road Storseisundet Atlantic (Atlanterhavsveien), Norway.

Page 5: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Highway 163, heading towards Monument Valley near Navajo, Utah

Page 6: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

James Dalton Highway, built parallel to the Alaskan pipeline to support the project.

Page 7: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Millau bridge, highway Paris-Barcelona.

Page 8: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Corridor of snow on the road to Mount Tateyama, called the Japanese Alps.

Page 9: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Troll Road (Trollstigen), Norway.

Page 10: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Curves of the "S" on the road to Jiufen in Taiwan.

Page 11: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Bridge "inverter“ between China and Hong Kong because traffic drives on the left in

Hong Kong.

Page 12: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Bridges, tunnels into the Chesapeake Bay, which allow the passage of warships of the base in Norfolk.

Page 13: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Estrada da Serra do Rio do Rastro in Lauro Müller, Santa Catarina, Brazil.

Page 14: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Passage of Stelvio (Stelvio Pass), in the Italian Alps.

Page 15: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Turini Pass (Col de Turini), France.

Page 16: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Tian Men Shan Road, Hunan province, China.

Page 17: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Coastal road in Cape Town, South Africa

Page 18: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

As the village of Guoliang was isolated in a valley,13 residents opened a tunnel in the

rock on their own, using only picks.

Page 19: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Road Kill (camino a los Yungas), from La Paz to Coroico, Bolivia (average of 96 deaths per year).

In fall, the drivers use the opposite order to see the abyss.

Page 20: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Judge Harry Pregerson intersection, between Interstates I-105 and I-110, Los Angeles

Page 21: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

The flawless finish of the bridges in Japan.

Page 22: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Intersection spiral in Shanghai, China.

Page 23: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Bridge spiral: the solution to descend a very steep mountain in Kamazu, Japan.

Page 24: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Highway 17, the stretch of Beaufort County, South Carolina, USA.

Page 25: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Siberian Road to Yakutsk, the coldest city in the world (record of 64 º C below zero).

Page 26: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Garganta del Dades, Morocco.

Page 27: The Most Amazing Roads in the World. On the Iroha-zaka road in Japan, there are 48 curves. Each curve has a plate with one of the 48 syllables of Japanese

Picture on the Internet identified this as a bridge. But it is actually a gazebo on Hiyoshi

Dam in Kyoto, Japan.