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Highest Roads in North America
Highest Through Road in North America
The Trail Ridge Road in Rocky Mountain
National Park, Colorado. This is a paved road.
Highest Paved Road in North America
The Mount Evans Byway in Colorado, which runs for twenty-seven miles from
Idaho Springs (on I-70/US6 west of Denver) to the summit of Mount Evans.
We have not yet explored this road.
Highest Road in North America
The toll road which runs to the summit of Pikes Peak
in Colorado. I think that this is an unpaved
road.
Comments
All three of these roads are closed in winter.
As far as I know this information is accurate. Anyone who wishes to
submit any rival claims should please EMail me using the link at the bottom
of this page.
It should be remembered that these are the highest roads in each category
in terms of absolute height above sea level, not relative height above
the neighbouring valleys.
Colorado
Scenic Roads
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