THE SCARIEST ROAD
Yahoo! Travel has released an article titled America’s Scariest Drives, and the results are frightening. Here is a brief list of some of the roads:
Highway One that travels off the Big Sur Coast in California is both beautiful and breath-taking. This 122 mile stretch travels over 30 bridges with many of them as much as 30 stories straight down, the web author calls a drop from here to be a fall into "liquid oblivion."
Do you like volcanoes? Then take a trip on Saddle Road, located on the Big Island in Hawaii. Much of the route is narrow and one way, and there is always the chance of an explosion if the season is just right.
You had better gas up ahead of time if you are driving to Dalton, Alaska. The "nation’s loneliest road" has steep grades, wild animals, and no stops for 414 miles. I suppose a helicopter could be called to save troubled travelers.
The phrase "Tail of the Dragon" sounds like a Japanese movie. Instead, it is a treacherous 11 mile stretch of highway is tucked below the Smokey Mountains on the Tennessee border. This little stretch of road contains 318 curves, many of them S-shaped and hairpins and even one nicknamed "The Slide," and we all can only imagine the meaning behind that name.
My person favorite of those roads listed is a 3-hour Colorado highway connecting the ski resorts from Aspen to Leadville. This road features an elevated peak of 12,000 feet, mountain roads without guardrails, and the greatest suspension bridge in the world that goes over the Royal Gorge, a drop from there would be 1,053 feet straight down.
But, I am here to proudly proclaim some truth, and the truth is that the scariest road taken from those in our nation in my opinion has little to do with a Colorado Mountain, a Hawaii Volcano, Alaskan Ice, or even some Dragon hidden away
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