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News Featured Stories News Releases- April 06, 2022 455
They'll take your breath away–figuratively and otherwise.
The U.S. has some of the most beautifully scenic drives in the world, and that’s a fact. A long drive through certain regions of the U.S. can transport you to land's most untamable terrains.
Dangerous (or alluring, depending on who you ask) roads are everywhere from the slopes of the highest peaks to the frozen tundra.
Here are three of the most dangerous:
Tail of the Dragon
Near the borders of Tennessee and North Carolina, on the edge of The Great Smoky Mountains National Park, runs this infamous stretch of U.S. Route 129. With a...
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News Featured Stories News Releases- May 20, 2015 120May 20, 2015 | 8:26am
It may soon be possible to take the most epic road trip ever, from one continent to another. Vladimir Yakunin, Russian Railways president, says a superhighway connecting Alaska’s Western-most border to Russia’s Eastern-most border could soon become a reality.
The Trans-Eurasian Belt Development (TEPR) would encompass 12,519 miles of road in addition to a high-speed rail network. The route would be similar to the Trans-Siberian railway, but would cross the Bering Straight to Alaska.
If this becomes a reality, the new highway would run from the...
