Top 10 Longest Highways in the World

1. Pan American - Covering a vast stretch, this is the world’s longest highway, constructed in 1936, also said to be the longest motorable road by the Guinness Book of World Records running through the Northern and Southern parts of America.

2. Highway 1, Australia - Besides ranking second in terms of length, it also happens to be the longest of all national highways, beating the Trans-Siberian and Tans-Canadian. It came into being in the year 1955, developed from the local tracks and roads that existed in the state.

3. Trans-Siberian - The third longest highway in the world, this has a federal highway network encompassing the whole of Russia. A portion of the route intersecting the Asian Highway Network has been named as AH6. A part of the highway stretching from the cities of St.

4. Trans-Canada - This highway has a transcontinental network of roads maintained by the provincial as well as the federal government. After receiving approval in 1949, its construction, inauguration, and completion happened in 1950, 1961 and 1972 respectively.

5. Golden Quadrilateral Highway Network, India

6. China National Highway 010

7. US Route 20 - The sixth largest highway in the world, this is said to be a coast-coast network denoted through the number “0”, running parallel to the I-90 highway of the United States. Accredited as the country’s official highway in 1926, it is said to be the longest road of the U.S.

8. US Route 6 - Ranked as the eighth longest highway in the world, it was initially referred to as the Grand Army of the Republic Highway, to honor the veterans association of the American Civil War.

9. I-90 - Ranked ninth in the world’s list of longest highways, this transcontinental freeway is the longest interstate highway of the United States. Constructed in 1956, and completed in 1985 this highway has existing roads like the New York State Thruway, the Massachusetts Turnpike, Indiana Toll Road, and Jane Addams Memorial Tollway. Lacey V.

10. I-80 - Another transcontinental freeway, its construction began in 1956 and was opened in 1986 for traffic. This is the world’s tenth longest highway and ranks second after the I-90 in terms of the interstate highways in the United States.

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