The Highest Highway

[MirageBistro]

Pictures, Comments, stories, etc.
Thank you for looking into this project.
Highways are interesting, not only because its above ground but also because of the toll!
Welcome all! :master: :master: :master: :master: :master: :master: :master:

[emutiny]

Highways around here are typically only elevated when they interchange, and theres not a single toll road in north carolina. Im going to go crazy if the proposed toll on the eastern wake expressway takes effect, tax those freakin passer-by's on 95 that dont spend any other money in the state.

[kbboy]

This is an incredible highway in pakistan linking it to China. Its some 700-800 kms long and passes through some of the worlds highest mountain ranges reaching an altitude of 4733m(15524 ft).

It is labelled as the "highest metalled border crossing in the world".

At some of the places, it reaches heights of around 2000ft of vertical drop with the Indus river.

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/karakoram01.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/kkh.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/kkh2.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/kkh23.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/kkh9.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/kkh21.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/normal_010Karakoram20Highway20Indus.jpg

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/kkh28.jpg

[kbboy]

Sorry, i messed up the pics in the posting above
anyone out there with " posting pix for newbies"
:lol: :runaway:

and this is a highway bridge in france

http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h53/kbboy101/showletter13sh.jpg

[Alargule]

^^ In reality, it doesn't make that impressive curve, of course: this shot was probably taken through a fish-eye lens.

Another shot:

http://www.azurs.net/photos/viaduc_millau.jpg

[superchan7]

Millau bridge is amazing. But only two suspension spans? I always thought there were more.

EDIT: nevermind, it was still under construction in that picture. I see the steel support towers.

[kbboy]

Finally got it right and edited the first post :)

^^ In reality, it doesn't make that impressive curve, of course: this shot was probably taken through a fish-eye lens.


Donno, havent seen it yet... but it is surely one of the highest highways bridges.. but one thing though, it is technically a bridge not a simple elevated highway..so donno if it counts in it or not

[Alargule]

And there are (as you can see on the picture I linked). The above one shows the bridge u/c.

[huahuahua_321]

Imigrantes Highway, São Paulo, Brazil:


http://img138.imageshack.us/img138/2171/30mz.jpg



http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/7875/22pe.jpg



http://img238.imageshack.us/img238/39/12uf1.jpg

[nathanh6686]

Foresthill Bridge - Auburn Ca

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/nathanh6686/foresthill.jpg

[MirageBistro]

Keep it coming
Ill post pictures soon enough :okay:

[sequoias]

Here's the highest interstate in the United States...I-70 in Colorado

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/c/c7/DSCN5526_eisenhowertunneleastentrance_e.jpg

The Eisenhower Memorial Tunnel is located approximately sixty miles west of Denver, Colorado on Interstate 70. It is the highest vehicular tunnel in the world, located at an elevation of 11,013 feet at the East Portal and 11,158 feet at the West Portal. The Tunnel traverses through the Continental Divide at an average elevation of 11,112 feet. The facility lies entirely within the Arapaho National Forest and is divided by two counties, Clear Creek County at the East portal and Summit county at the West portal.

More info on this link

http://www.dot.state.co.us/Eisenhower/description.asp

[sbarn]

Trail Ridge Road in Colorado is pretty high... (U.S. 36)

http://morninglight.us/photos/standard/rmnp/spring/Trail%20Ridge%20Road.jpg

[Handsome]

I think the highest highways are in Tibet.

[kbboy]

I think the highest highways are in Tibet.

perhaps some jeepable roads.

But as far as i know, there is one highway in south america and the other is the karakoram highway in pakistan, that qualify as highest highways(paved roads).

Sbarn, any idea how high is that road in colorado?

[Handsome]

perhaps some jeepable roads.

But as far as i know, there is one highway in south america and the other is the karakoram highway in pakistan, that qualify as highest highways(paved roads).

Sbarn, any idea how high is that road in colorado?
how stupid.
Tibet has very high qulity expressways.I will post some pics later.

[Handsome]

perhaps some jeepable roads.

But as far as i know, there is one highway in south america and the other is the karakoram highway in pakistan, that qualify as highest highways(paved roads).

Sbarn, any idea how high is that road in colorado?

Some Tibet roads，I think at least they are much better than the roads in your pics.

http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/01.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/02.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/03.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/04.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/05.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/06.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/07.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/08.jpg
http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/09.jpg

[Handsome]

http://files.photojerk.com/chinaphoto/Tibetroad/12.JPG

[kbboy]

how stupid.

:bash:


Some Tibet roads，I think at least they are much better than the roads in your pics.

We are not comparing quality here but elevation. I think 4733m is more than 4659m.

So tibet has some beautiful high mountanious roads , but not the highest.

Any1 from south america, plz confirm the highest highway there?

[Handsome]

:bash:



We are not comparing quality here but elevation. I think 4733m is more than 4659m.

So tibet has some beautiful high mountanious roads , but not the highest.

Any1 from south america, plz confirm the highest highway there?

the pic show 4659m,then you will say this is the highest of Tibet?

of course not the highest of Tibet.just not taking photoes of higher place.

the average of a road in Tibet is 4000 meters.and the highest place may reach 5000 meters or more.

[kbboy]

would be wonderfull if u could confirm that and post some pics of the 5000M+ highway

[MirageBistro]

very good :)

[Qingshui]

There's several passes above 5000 meters in Tibet, i believe the highest is 5348, but there not on the Golmud-Lhasa-Nepali border highway from the pictures above, and the conditions are definetly as good. But some of them will be very soon.
So talking about highways, maybe the Karakoram, but the highest roads are in Tibet although the road from India to Kashmir has >5000 passes aswell.
Sorry i can't post any picturesat the moment.

[Qingshui]

Karakoram being the highest road in the world is a rural legend. :yes:

[kbboy]

^^ i m not claiming kkh to be the highest, though i found some articles which say it is.

the following text appears on the pilot guides website:

"The Karakoram is the highest highway in the world. Linking Pakistan with China, it took 30 years to build and is truly one of the greatest feats of engineering since the Pyramids.
"
SOURCE:http://www.pilotguides.com/destination_guide/asia/pakistan/cycling_the_karakorum_highway.php

btw, even pakistan has a lot of passes upto 6000m and roads that are higher than kkh, but imo they dont qualify for paved highways.

i'm still waiting for some one to confirm the highest highway in south america.

[huahuahua_321]

The highest highway of the American continent:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan-American_Highway

[MirageBistro]

Nice work
BTW: Next time, try to post the original thing if you can

[Sinjin P.]

Foresthill Bridge - Auburn Ca

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y221/nathanh6686/foresthill.jpg

Oh my goodness! I won't dare to go up here, with my fear of heights.... :runaway:

[MirageBistro]

Oh my goodness! I won't dare to go up here, with my fear of heights.... :runaway:
Why fear?

[m@rco]

In France, the highest highway in the "A75" (the viaduc of Millau takes part of this highway). The highest point is the "Col de la Fageole" (near the city of St Flour) with 1114 meters.

http://www2.puy-de-dome.equipement.gouv.fr/images/A75/a75cart4.jpg

http://img125.imageshack.us/img125/2343/a759aa.jpg

The road just beside the Highway:
http://idata.over-blog.com/0/02/81/07/site-meteo.jpg
http://www.skipass.com/photos/imagebank/20491.jpg


In the French alps there is a highway project (A51: from Grenoble to Aix en Provence). The highest point is the "Col Bayard" (near the city of Gap) with 1248 meters:
http://cineandtv.free.fr/a51/carterelief2.png
http://www.geol-alp.com/gap_digne/_photos/_gapencais_photos/781107_bayard_faraud_5.jpg

[DunkleBedrohung]

Großglockner Hochalpenstraße (2.576 m)

http://www.foto-julius.at/alps/a60+.jpg

http://www.foto-julius.at/alps/a59+.jpg

http://www.foto-julius.at/alps/a78+.jpg

http://www.foto-julius.at/alps/a79+.jpg

http://www.foto-julius.at/alps/a83+.jpg

http://www.foto-julius.at/alps/a91+.jpg

[BJSH]

very nice

[MirageBistro]

Beautiful work

[m@rco]

The highest point of a French road is 2802m:
http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/2883/cartebonnete6zk.jpg
http://img147.imageshack.us/img147/8523/bonette1rr.jpg


The Europe's highest road is in Spain in the Sierra Nevada at the "Pico del Veleta" (3398m):
http://www.therucksack.net/maps/veleta.jpg
http://www2.uah.es/gifa/fotos/pace8.jpg

[MirageBistro]

Nice :okay:

[Effer]

Great roads! :applause:

[Bertez]

Sweet pics:D:D

[General Huo]

The Qinghai-Xizang highway has an average height of over 4000m, the road to cross over 3 high mountains with some road's highest point as 4700m in Kunlun Range, 4800m in Fenghuo Mountain, 5150m in Tangula Range (Yakou). It's world's highest paved highway.

The Xinjiang-Xizang (Xinzang) highway has an average height of over 4500m. Its highest point is 5433m! (It was mistaken as 6700m, but using GPS to measure as 5433m altitude). It's world highest unpaved highway. It was built in 1957.

Xinzang highway

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_1.jpg

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_2.jpg

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_3.jpg

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_4.jpg

[General Huo]

The world highest paved highway, QInghai-Xizang Highway.

The highest point is Tanggula Mountain section, which is 5231m altitude

google some pictures of this section
http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512168857.jpg

The road sign says it's 5231m in altitude
http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512167764.jpg


http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512163714.jpg


http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512166078.jpg

There is also world's highest railroad!
http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512166078.jpg

It is located on the board of QInghai and Xizang
http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512168139.jpg

http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512167550.jpg


Fenghuo Mountaing
http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512168002.jpg

Road through Kunlun Range
http://blog.tibet.cn/user1/1410/upload/200512163557.jpg

Qingzang highway. The metal sticks are used to prevent frozen of the roadbed
http://photo.tibet.cn/cn/photo/412/228/20050524222243722385.jpg

http://photo.tibet.cn/cn/photo/412/228/20060401090144604200.jpg

Beautiful highways in Xizang
http://photo.tibet.cn/cn/photo/510/283/20060226205659133450.jpg

Near Lasa
http://www.yamaha-motor.com.cn/rally-raid/discover-china/img/pictures/pic_yangbajain001.jpg

[General Huo]

I found this Qinghai-Xizang Highway height diagram. It clearly show all the high points of the road.

The left end is Germu city (2815m altitude) in Qinghai, and the right end is Lasa city ( 3654m altitude) in Xizang (Tibet). The total length of this section of the Highway is 1160 Km!

The 3 high points from left to right are Kunlun Range 4765m altitude, Fenghuo Mountain 5010m altitude, Tanggula Range 5231m altitude

http://www.7880.com/Upload/2004_Pack/6622_06_b13.jpg

[Bahnsteig4]

BTW, IIRC, the first French bridge is not le Pont de Millau.

[D'Transporter]

I think the question should be cleared out if it's at grade highway in terms of elevation or grade separated highway in terms of the difference in elevation of the grade and elevation of highway itself.

[Bahnsteig4]

Just for the record:
According to my Polyglott Road Atlas Europe, the highest Austrian pass is the Timmelsjoch between the Northern Tyrol (Austria) and Southern Tyrol (Italy)
(2474m don't seem too impressive compared to Tibet, but I liked it.)

http://wwwcs.uni-paderborn.de/StaffWeb/bb/pics/italientour2000/film-4/timmelsjoch-anfahrt.jpg

http://www.toureninfo.de/reiseberichte/dolomiten7-01/timmelsjoch.jpg

http://www.mrtl.ch/Pic/3T2003/Timmelsjoch-2.jpg

http://www.matthias-jung.de/images%202003/timmelsjoch19.jpg

http://www.complang.tuwien.ac.at/anton/photos/alpen2005/small/img_2221.jpg

http://iason.zcu.cz/~lederbuc/bike/alps/photos/176.jpg

If you arrive at the pass from Austria, don't bother visiting the rather ugly restaurant at the border, but get out of the car, walk across the inner-Schengen border and only stop for a break when you are in Italy and arrive at a small inn to the right of the street. It is cosy, it is sunny, you can enjoy a great view, you'll have great local food. And even though you are in Italy you will still hear the same German dialect.

[MirageBistro]

Beautiful :okay:

[m@rco]

BTW, IIRC, the first French bridge is not le Pont de Millau.

What do you mean by "the first French bridge is not le Pont de Millau" ?
The first picture of a bridge in this tread or the first in term of "highest bridge in France", in term of ... ?

[kbboy]

The Xinjiang-Xizang (Xinzang) highway has an average height of over 4500m. Its highest point is 5433m! (It was mistaken as 6700m, but using GPS to measure as 5433m altitude). It's world highest unpaved highway. It was built in 1957.

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_4.jpg

Absolutely great pics there :)

Just one thing though, How comes a highway on 5433m altitude has no snow at all but have grasses around? :?

Coz almost all altitudes above 5000m are perpetually covered in snow even in summers.

Yes that 6700m is definitely a mistake otherwise people wouldnt have to climb the 7000m mountains; they could just drive on them.

[MirageBistro]

Good Job

[MirageBistro]

What do you mean by "the first French bridge is not le Pont de Millau" ?
The first picture of a bridge in this tread or the first in term of "highest bridge in France", in term of ... ?
In term of highway

[raokiranj]

I'm not sure of the statistics.. but i remember reading somewhere that Manali-Leh Highway in India is the highest motorable road in the world.. I mean there is a particular pass which is the highest ( i dont even remember the name of the pass).

By the way, i think that this road has recently been upgraded to "Highway" status.. again not sure .. and at the moment i cannot substantiate with figures, but will try to get more info within next coule of days

[Deus Ex]

Tibet has roads?

[wyqtor]

Just for the record:
According to my Polyglott Road Atlas Europe, the highest Austrian pass is the Timmelsjoch between the Northern Tyrol (Austria) and Southern Tyrol (Italy)
(2474m don't seem too impressive compared to Tibet, but I liked it.)

^^ I don't think your atlas is correct... Hochtor on the Grossglockner Hochalpenstrasse is 2505m high. And you can also take a paved road to the Edelweissspitze, which is over 2600m high.

[Jean Luc]

how stupid.
Tibet has very high qulity expressways.I will post some pics later.
So where are Tibet's expressways? None of the roads shown in your post are expressways.

[Tweety]

Here are some pics i took on the Friendship Highway in Tibet, connecting Lhasa and Kathmandu. In general, the quality of the road is very good (although is has been reconstructed only recently). It has several 5200 meter high passes and there isn't any snow at all.

http://bart.users.balpol.tudelft.nl/hhf/IMG_5878.JPG

http://bart.users.balpol.tudelft.nl/hhf/IMG_5937.JPG
Gyatso-La pass: 5249 metres above sea level.

(For some more pics (including Mount Everest!) see here (http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=501322).)

[Urban Legend]

the highest bridge in the world Milau Bridge in France

http://www.terrasol.com/Anglais/images/millau2004p.jpg

http://www.bernd-nebel.de/bruecken/3_bedeutend/millau/bilder/millau4.JPG

[sojourner truth ™]

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_1.jpg

http://auto.scol.com.cn/html/2005/11/pic/002027001001_523301_2.jpg


Is that car all-wheel drive?
How can it manage that??