World’s longest national road in Australia is 14,500 km long and forms a giant loop around the continent, crossing deserts, rainforests and major cities
- Image Credit: Tony Bowden/WikipediaAustralia has the world's longest national highway, which is a marvelous engineering example known simply as ‘Highway 1.
- ’ Spanning approximately 14,500 kilometres, this massive highway covers around the entire mainland continent like a belt, acting as an important transport base that connects every state capital city from Sydney to Perth and Darwin.
- The Pan-American Highway covers more total distance, but it has the roadless Darien Gap in between, which makes the Highway 1 in Australia as the ‘longest uninterrupted national route’ on Eart
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- Image Credit: Tony Bowden/WikipediaAustralia has the world's longest national highway, which is a marvelous engineering example known simply as ‘Highway 1.
- ’ Spanning approximately 14,500 kilometres, this massive highway covers around the entire mainland continent like a belt, acting as an important transport base that connects every state capital city from Sydney to Perth and Darwin.
- The Pan-American Highway covers more total distance, but it has the roadless Darien Gap in between, which makes the Highway 1 in Australia as the ‘longest uninterrupted national route’ on Eart
Sources: Times of India