Annex:List of longest highways

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This article lists the world's longest road routes that are either officially numbered or otherwise known under a single name. Some of the roads may still be partially planned or under construction.

Longest highways overall

Name Length (km) Length (mi) Location From To Notes
Pan-American Highway 30,000 19,000[1] Americas Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, United States Puerto Montt or Quellón, Chile or Ushuaia, Argentina Longest road according to the Guinness Book of Records.[2]

Incomplete at the Darién Gap, causing the northern and southern segments to be actually about 11,500 and 9,600 km long respectively.

Asian Highway 1 20,557 12,774 Eurasia Kapıkule, Turkey Tokyo, Japan Broken up by the Sea of Japan.
Highway 1 14,500 9,000 Australia Loop route Longest route within a single country by joining partial roads. Not a straight single road.
Asian Highway 2 13,177 8,188 Asia Denpasar, Indonesia Khosravi, Iran Broken up by Bali Strait, Java Sea, and Karimata Strait.
Trans-Siberian Highway 11,000 6,800 Russia St. Petersburg Vladivostok Longest non-loop route within a single country.
Asian Highway 6 10,475 6,509 Eurasia Busan, South Korea Belarusian border, Russia
Asian Highway 5 10,380 6,450 Eurasia Shanghai, China Bulgarian border, Turkey
National Highway 219 10,000 6,200 China Kom-Kanas, Xinjiang Dongxing, Guangxi Longest route in China.

Parts still under construction.

Asian Highway 9 10,000 6,200 Eurasia St. Petersburg, Russia Lianyungang
National Highway 331 9,200 5,700 China Dandong, Liaoning Altay, Xinjiang Parts still under construction.
European route 40 8,690 5,400 Eurasia Calais, France Ridder, Kazakhstan Longest E-road.
European route 60 8,200 5,100 Eurasia Brest, France Irkeshtam, Kyrgyzstan
National Highway 228 7,800 4,800[3] China Dandong, Liaoning Dongxing, Guangxi Parts still under construction
Trans-Canada Highway 7,476 4,645 Canada Victoria and Haida Gwaii, British Columbia St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador Longest road route in Canada.
Asian Highway 3 7,331 4,555 Asia Ulan-Ude, Russia Chiang Rai, Thailand Divided into two unconnected sections.
European route 45 5,190 3,220 Europe Alta, Norway Gela, Sicily, Italy Longest north–south European route.
Golden Quadrilateral 5,846 3,633 India Loop route Longest road route in India.
U.S. Route 20 5,415 3,365 United States Newport, Oregon Boston, Massachusetts Longest road in the United States.[4]
Interstate 90 4,861 3,020 United States Seattle, Washington Boston, Massachusetts Longest Expressway.
BR-101 4,658 2,894 Brazil Touros-RN São José do Norte-RS Longest highway in South America.
National Highway 44 4,658 2,894 India Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu Longest national highway of India.
National Highway 27 3,507 2,179 India Porbandar, Gujarat Silchar, Assam East - West National highway in India
Chile Route 5 3,364 2,090 Chile Peruvian border at Arica Puerto Montt Part of the Pan-American Highway.
Pan-Philippine Highway (AH26) 3,380 2,100 Philippines Laoag Zamboanga Longest highway in Southeast Asia.
National route 1 3,087 1,918 DR Congo Boma Lubumbashi Longest highway in Africa.

Longest expressways

Name Length (km) Length (mi) Location From 1 To Notes
Interstate 90 4,861 3,020 United States Seattle, Washington Boston, Massachusetts Longest Interstate Highway in the United States
Interstate 80 4,666 2,899 United States San Francisco, California Teaneck, New Jersey
G30 Lianyungang–Khorgas Expressway 4,244 2,637 China Lianyungang, Jiangsu Khorgas, Xinjiang Longest expressway in China
Interstate 40 4,119 2,559 United States Barstow, California Wilmington, North Carolina
Interstate 10 3,960 2,460 United States Santa Monica, California Jacksonville, Florida
G6 Beijing–Lhasa Expressway 3,718 2,310 China Beijing Lhasa, Tibet Sections between Nagqu and Golmud still incomplete
G15 Shenyang–Haikou Expressway 3,710 2,310 China Shenyang, Liaoning Haikou, Hainan
G25 Changchun–Shenzhen Expressway 3,580 2,220 China Changchun, Jilin Shenzhen, Guangdong
Interstate 70 2,151 1,337 United States Cove Fort, Utah Baltimore, Maryland
G7 Beijing–Ürümqi Expressway 2,540 1,580[5] China Beijing Ürümqi, Xinjiang
North–South expressway 1,941 1,206 Vietnam Hanoi Cần Thơ Majority of the route still planned or under construction

See also

References

  1. ^ "A Gap in the Andes: Image of the Day". earthobservatory.nasa.gov. 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2017-01-22.
  2. ^ "The longest roads in the world". www.dangerousroads.org. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  3. ^ "竖屏财经丨7800公里长的228国道 怎一个壮观了得 - 21财经". m.21jingji.com. Retrieved 2021-09-30.
  4. ^ Weingroff, Richard (October 17, 2013). "Ask the Rambler: What Is The Longest Road in the United States?". Federal Highway Administration. Retrieved December 4, 2014.
  5. ^ "G7京新高速公路全线贯通-图片报道-中华人民共和国交通运输部". 17 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 November 2017.
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