Coastal highways

[MirageBistro]

:) Post pictures of beautiful coastal roads, and please include comments

[Handsome]

http://www.5i5u.cn/introduce/UploadFiles_2110/200602/20060210024634576.jpg http://image2.sina.com.cn/bj/101/2005/0404/U1175P52T101D216F2548DT20050404222549.jpg

[WANCH]

HK's highways are mostly coastal.

Here's one highway that goes from Central to Shau Kei Wan

Eastern Corridor
http://gallery.ilounge.com/albums/userpics/small_CRW_0059.jpg

[hetfield85]

http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_con_highw_pg12_4_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_con_highw_pg34_1_l.jpg
http://www.ijm.com/images/arc_cp_con_highw_pg34_4_l.jpg
http://allmalaysia.info/archives/2004/9/9/state/p02jalan.jpg
http://onthemove.penang.gov.my/image/jeway.jpg

[Jue]

American coastal highway:

http://www.wildnatureimages.com/images%202/040518-070..jpg
http://www.wildnatureimages.com/A%20to%20C3000/C6CT2275..jpg
http://www.wildnatureimages.com/images%202/040519-012..jpg
http://www.cix.co.uk/~gidds/Snaps/America/240_PacificCoastHighway.jpeg
http://roadtrip.arcticcircle.ca/2003/P7254309.JPG

[Bikkel]

Nice pics from America. This the archetype of one from the flatlands:

http://econ.la.psu.edu/~hbierens/AFSLUITDIJK.JPG

http://www.mintha.com/current/images/minthas13.jpg

That's the 'Afsluitdijk' (bardyke), completed 1932 and keeping out salty water and threats of floods.

[diz]

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/mr_2005june/1111-SetC/2005_0501%20Cebu%20Aerial/PICT5331.jpg

Mactan Bridge
http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/img/dpwh_project_pics/Mactan_Bridge%5B1%5D.jpg

[Joshapd]

There is a really nice highway in Italy between Monaco and Livorno (going past Genova) that is coastal. You've breathtaking views over the sea there!

[Minato ku]

There is a really nice highway in Italy between Monaco and Livorno (going past Genova) that is coastal. You've breathtaking views over the sea there!

Autoroute A8 in France
E 80 with european name
and in Italy what is the name of E 80 highway.
http://www.abcdair.fr/images/contact/plan06small.jpg

[DrJoe]

Cabot Trail. Cape Breton Island, Canada.

http://static.flickr.com/43/114846241_9f30df6f34_o.jpg

http://static.flickr.com/26/43719354_357ab5cde1_b.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v339/drjoe12/canada%20scenery/8171417.jpg

The Sea to Sky highway in BC is amazing also.

[m@rco]

The N98 (From Toulon to the Italian border in Menton) is the costal road of the French Riviera. In the same area, there are also the N7 and the A8 (Highway)

The "Promenade des Anglais" in Nice:
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Nice/Top/BaiedesAnges_Nice.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Nice/PromenadeAnglais/N22699.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Nice/PromenadeAnglais/N22716.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Nice/PromenadeAnglais/N22741.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Nice/PromenadeAnglais/N22634.jpg


The "Croisette" in Cannes:
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Cannes/Top/N16447_Croisette_Cannes.jpg
http://photoenligne.free.fr/AlpesMaritimes2/Cannes/Top/Croisette_Cannes2.jpg



The N98 between St Raphael and Cannes:
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/1997.jpg

[TexasBoi]

what the hell? Where in God's name is Lake Shore Drive? I know one of you Chicagoans have one.

[Jue]

http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/27355/treklens_-_8.jpg
http://i1.trekearth.com/photos/27355/treklens_-_8.jpg

http://www.randolwhite.com/Lakeshore%20Drive%20from%20Hancock%20Tower.jpg
http://www.randolwhite.com/Lakeshore%20Drive%20from%20Hancock%20Tower.jpg

[matthewcs]

Here's some of the afore-mentioned sea-to-sky highway.
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c259/matthewcs/sea_to_sky_highway.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c259/matthewcs/sea_to_sky_highway_bc_canada.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c259/matthewcs/plate4.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c259/matthewcs/lgseatosky.jpg
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c259/matthewcs/highway-picture.jpg

It's currently undergoing reconstruction for the olymics, and there are also small protests by NIMBY groups to certain aspects of this.

http://www.canada.com/vancouversun/news/westcoastnews/story.html?id=d46da4a1-2a11-419d-b406-68214324eecf

[Nephasto]

Doesn't anyone have photo's of the Italian motorway A-10 that runs between the French border and Genoa?

It's probably the most impressive motorway I've ever seen (and believe me, I've seen alot of them all over Europe) and it's allways near the coast.
It's a continuous alternation between tunnels and very tall viaducts over the shore.

[m@rco]

Near Montpellier (southern France):
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/2867.jpg


Quiberon in Britain:
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/2558.jpg


Cap Frehel in Britain:
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/81.jpg


The Rance hydroelectrical dam (tidal power station) near St Malo in Britain:
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/46.jpg


Reunion Island:
http://francefromtheair.free.fr/photos/highdef/4910.jpg

http://blog.doctissimo.fr/php/blog/Le_blog_d_une_zoreille_3/images/Playa%20St-Gilles%20Les%20Bains%20(14).JPG

[Justme]

I agree with those others above about the Genoa (Italy) to Nice (France) Coastal highway.

I have been on many coastal roads all around the world, and this was easily my favourite. It is simply one of the most perfect, spectacular drives you can make. There are basically two roads, a small road (original highway) that follows closer to the waterline, and the newer autoroute higher in the hills. The autoroute passes over so many viaducts and through so many tunnels it's simply breathtaking. The light and views are the most impressive I have seen.

I'll try and find photos, but they simply won't do it justice.

[MirageBistro]

Whats with the houses? Waht ever it is, looks good to me

[Minato ku]

Reunion Island:
http://francefromtheair.free.fr/photos/highdef/4910.jpg

http://blog.doctissimo.fr/php/blog/Le_blog_d_une_zoreille_3/images/Playa%20St-Gilles%20Les%20Bains%20(14).JPG

Information for no french poeple

Reunion island: ( French Departement 974 ) in indian ocean near africa and madagascar island.

[Bertez]

Amazing pics:D

[Bahnsteig4]

The motorway that runs along Sicily's east coast:
http://img195.imageshack.us/img195/1627/kalabrien063507wy.jpg

[m@rco]

Information for no french poeple

Reunion island: ( French Departement 974 ) in indian ocean near africa and madagascar island.

Yes, you're right to add this comment ; last week in heard in a museum an American student that didn't know neither Reunion Island, neither Mauritius Island nor Madagascar... ;)

[Jue]

Yes, you're right to add this comment ; last week in heard in a museum an American student that didn't know neither Reunion Island, neither Mauritius Island nor Madagascar... ;)
I've met somebody that thought California is an independent country here. Forget Reunion Island. :lol:

[MirageBistro]

Nice Road

[Yardmaster]

No-one appears to have presented Victoria's "Great Ocean Road" yet.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/bnw1020.jpg

Although I live half-way along this 200 km or so of road, I don't own a car, and indeed often fall asleep while travelling along it on the bus. I took the photo above, but apart from the last the rest are pirated:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/grd1.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/b26x303.jpghttp://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/grd2.jpg

Interesting thing about the two photos above ... one was from a local tourist authority, whereas the other was from a local motel. They both seem to have the same car in the photo, yet it is driving on the opposite of the road ...

My brother always says: "you can't believe anything you read on the Internet". Trouble is, he's never looked at the Internet. Here's my opinion:

The photo on the left (above) is reversed left to right (no opinion, I know that!) and for some reason they have stuck little glowing balls on the back of what we call a ute (and others know as a pick-up truck) to make it look good. God knows why they reversed it; perhaps they were appealing to the American (or Euro) market, perhaps it was just stupidity.

Incidentally, does anyone outside Australia realise that we have had a medium size macropod called a "euro" for more than a century?

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/Great-OR-BTW-Lorne-Apollo3-Large.jpg

It is a Great Ocean Road ... try a Google Search!

Try "Twelve Apostles" or "12 Apostles". But just remember ... don't trust the Internet! And what's that pile of rock in the centre foreground? Yep, another Apostle bites the dust. Be there or be too late!


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/ooompaloompa123/Otway/IMG_3559.jpg

[Yardmaster]

In this country, we drive on the left.

[Justme]

@Yardmaster, that photo you showed is simply "flipped" horizontally in a program like photoshop. I have no idea why they done this. No other post production was done to it. Try it your self, copy into an image program and flip it - it'll look the same. Although the 2nd photo has had some terrible compression applied when saving which has ruined the photo.

By the way, what do you mean by micropod, other than a type of kangaroo or Wallaby?

[Yardmaster]

@Yardmaster, that photo you showed is simply "flipped" horizontally in a program like photoshop. I have no idea why they done this. No other post production was done to it. Try it your self, copy into an image program and flip it - it'll look the same. Although the 2nd photo has had some terrible compression applied when saving which has ruined the photo.

I realize this... like I said, the original photo was flipped, and it may have been to make the picture look more accomodating to people who drive on the opposite side of the road. The second photo is correct, but in both cases (not surprisingly) the vehicle has what look like headlights in the back. Maybe they're just boxes or something.

The two photos have been cropped differently. The 2nd photo is also darker ... more natural.

By the way, what do you mean by micropod, other than a type of kangaroo or Wallaby?

A "macropod" is any of that family of animals, which includes kangaroos, wallabies, euros, rock wallabies, pademelons, potaroos, bettongs, and (I think) jerboas, amongst others. They all have large hind feet, heavy tails, pouches, and get around on their hind-limbs, using the forelimbs pretty much as arms.

[627]

PCH! pacific coast highway but i have no pictures, heh

[Jue]

PCH! pacific coast highway but i have no pictures, heh
It's okay, I already have you covered... assuming you're talking about California. ;)

[MirageBistro]

Nice Pictures

[laxor]

NSW, Australia

http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/images/lhd/2005_11_lhd_58.jpg

http://photos.mackrotech.com.au/albums/userpics/10003/102_0593.JPG

[Yardmaster]

Stanwell Park?

[MelbourneMan]

"Great Ocean Road" in Victoria, Australia.

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/6541/gor15et.jpg

http://img100.imageshack.us/img100/6373/gor63dh.jpg

http://img101.imageshack.us/img101/4695/gor25hh.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/5392/gor33nl.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/3945/gor43na.jpg

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8886/gor54rf.jpg



Acknowledgements to Travel Victoria.

[Yardmaster]

"Great Ocean Road" in Victoria, Australia.

... images cropped, see above ...

http://img152.imageshack.us/img152/8886/gor54rf.jpg



Acknowledgements to Travel Victoria.

Well done. The photo at the 12 Apostles is now of course obsolete, since you now park on the landward side of the road. But the last image still has the annoying problems previously referred to!

This car is travelling west, towards the horizon. It's an early morning shot, and it's approaching Mt. Defiance, where the road was originally cut by returned WWI Servicemen hanging in baskets suspended by ropes from the top of the cliff. What we see is the rear of the vehicle. If that's not true, then it's on the wrong side of the road.

Incidentally, great photos of the new highway on the Illawarra Coast further up this thread ...

[tr]

Suhua Highway, Taiwan

http://www.yannlin.com.tw/images/album/east/east_3.jpg
Copyright: Yannlin Photo Co.

[Yardmaster]

Suhua Highway, Taiwan

http://www.yannlin.com.tw/images/album/east/east_3.jpg
Copyright: Yannlin Photo Co.

nice photo, tr!

[MirageBistro]

nice photo

[Thorin]

"Strada Statale Gardesana Occidentale" - Garda Lake - Italy

http://www.holidaym.ru/italy/garda/garda_4.jpg

http://library.ucsc.edu/slides/decou/lanterns/full/dc1.474.0506r.jpg

http://www.benessere.com/viaggi/images/gar_gardesana.jpg

http://images.google.it/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kriechhammer.at/motorrad/touren/2002_10_gardasee/pa020091.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kriechhammer.at/motorrad/touren/2002_10_gardasee/&h=600&w=800&sz=111&tbnid=myQ-1SsXGseXAM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=142&hl=it&start=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgardesana%26start%3D100%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dit%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

http://www.kriechhammer.at/motorrad/touren/2002_10_gardasee/pa020094.jpg

http://www.ada.ascari.name/galleria/tremosine/images/02.JPG

Old Photos

http://girovagandointrentino.it/puntate/2003/primavera/battello/images/gardesana.jpg

[matherto]

I think we need more from California, like PCH

and what about ones in Washington State, I'm sure there are plenty there

I'm gonna move to America at some point and live in either CA, or WA

[matherto]

"Strada Statale Gardesana Occidentale" - Garda Lake - Italy

http://www.holidaym.ru/italy/garda/garda_4.jpg

http://library.ucsc.edu/slides/decou/lanterns/full/dc1.474.0506r.jpg

http://www.benessere.com/viaggi/images/gar_gardesana.jpg

http://images.google.it/imgres?imgurl=http://www.kriechhammer.at/motorrad/touren/2002_10_gardasee/pa020091.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.kriechhammer.at/motorrad/touren/2002_10_gardasee/&h=600&w=800&sz=111&tbnid=myQ-1SsXGseXAM:&tbnh=106&tbnw=142&hl=it&start=120&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dgardesana%26start%3D100%26svnum%3D10%26hl%3Dit%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

http://www.kriechhammer.at/motorrad/touren/2002_10_gardasee/pa020094.jpg

http://www.ada.ascari.name/galleria/tremosine/images/02.JPG

Old Photos

http://girovagandointrentino.it/puntate/2003/primavera/battello/images/gardesana.jpg

I remember this, Me and my family drove along it in 2001, we stayed near Salo, and drove all the way around Lake Garda, wonderful place

[MirageBistro]

Italy is a wonderful place to live

[m@rco]

Reunion Island:
http://francefromtheair.free.fr/photos/highdef/4910.jpg

http://blog.doctissimo.fr/php/blog/Le_blog_d_une_zoreille_3/images/Playa%20St-Gilles%20Les%20Bains%20(14).JPG

To complete this message, the "Route du littoral":
http://lafrancevueduciel.free.fr/photos/highdef/6250.jpg

[Sinjin P.]

CEBU CITY, PHILIPPINES

http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b366/mr_2005june/1111-SetC/2005_0501%20Cebu%20Aerial/PICT5331.jpg

Mactan Bridge
http://www.dpwh.gov.ph/img/dpwh_project_pics/Mactan_Bridge%5B1%5D.jpg

Any more photos of this?

[acy]

Croatia rijeka

http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/1690/dsc04668ez5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5839/dsc04737uy7.jpg[/IMG] (http://imageshack.us)

http://img137.imageshack.us/img137/7910/dsc04738fk2.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[spotila]

oh man I'd love to take a motorbike out on some of these roads~

[Very Controversial]

Coastal highways are pretty in general.

[Magnus Brage]

Die E4-autobahnstrasse in der Nähe von Jönköping Schweden. Der See von links heisst "Vättern" Der See ist der zweite grösste Schwedens.


http://img427.imageshack.us/img427/7012/myratj193vu8.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Nephasto]

^English please!.... this is an international forum.

[tadeu]

all beautiful

[oriental_horizon]

very scenic roads. thanx.