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Highest paved roads
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Country
|
Elevation
|
Name
|
Route No.
|
Type
|
Remarks
|
Highest point
|
Andorra |
2,408 m |
Port d'Envalira |
Carretera General 2 |
pass |
Highest paved road pass in the Pyrenees. |
42°32′24.2″N 1°43′10.58″E / 42.540056°N 1.7196056°E / 42.540056; 1.7196056 (Port d'Envalira)
|
Argentina |
4,726 m |
San Francisco Pass |
National Route 60 |
pass |
Border pass to Chile. |
26°52′35″S 68°18′05″W / 26.87639°S 68.30139°W / -26.87639; -68.30139
|
Armenia |
2,535 m |
Meghri Pass |
|
pass |
|
39°11′59″N 46°16′12″E / 39.19972°N 46.27000°E / 39.19972; 46.27000 (M2 - Meghri Pass)
|
Austria |
2,829 m |
Rettenbach glacier |
Ötztal Glacier Road |
dead end |
|
46°55′29″N 10°56′40″E / 46.92472°N 10.94444°E / 46.92472; 10.94444 (Ötztal Glacier Road)
|
2,504 m |
Hochtor |
Großglockner-Hochalpenstraße |
pass |
Toll road. |
|
Australia |
1,837 m |
Charlotte Pass |
Great Alpine Road |
pass |
|
|
Bhutan |
3,988 m |
Chelela Pass |
|
pass |
|
27°22′11″N 89°20′50″E / 27.36971°N 89.34731°E / 27.36971; 89.34731
|
Bolivia |
4,680 m |
Chungara–Tambo Quemado |
Ruta 4 |
pass |
|
18°17′05″S 69°04′17″W / 18.28472°S 69.07139°W / -18.28472; -69.07139
|
Bulgaria |
2,552 m |
Vintcheto |
|
dead end |
Highest concrete-paved road on the Balkans. |
42°10′53″N 23°15′23″E / 42.18139°N 23.25639°E / 42.18139; 23.25639 (Vintcheto)
|
2,058 m |
Belmeken Dam |
|
pass |
|
|
Canada |
2,206 m |
Highwood Pass |
Alberta Highway 40 |
pass |
|
50°35′58″N 114°59′16″W / 50.59944°N 114.98778°W / 50.59944; -114.98778
|
Chile |
4,726 m |
San Francisco Pass |
Ruta 31 |
pass |
Border pass to Argentina. |
26°52′35″S 68°18′05″W / 26.87639°S 68.30139°W / -26.87639; -68.30139
|
China |
5,565 m |
Semo La |
Tibet Provincial Road 206 |
pass |
|
30°06′36″N 85°25′54″E / 30.11000°N 85.43167°E / 30.11000; 85.43167
|
Croatia |
1,762 m |
Sveti Jure |
Biokovo Road |
dead end |
|
|
700 m |
Vratnik pass |
D23 |
pass |
|
|
France |
2,802 m |
Cime de la Bonette |
|
loop road |
One-way loop road surrounding Cime de la Bonette (2,862 m). |
44°19′18″N 6°48′25″E / 44.32167°N 6.80694°E / 44.32167; 6.80694 (Cime de la Bonette)
|
2,770 m |
Col de l'Iseran |
|
pass |
Highest paved mountain pass in the Alps. |
45°25′1″N 07°01′51″E / 45.41694°N 7.03083°E / 45.41694; 7.03083 (Col de l'Iseran)
|
Georgia |
2,379 m |
Jvari Pass |
S3 highway |
pass |
|
|
Germany |
1,770 m |
Fellhorn Mittelstation |
|
dead end |
|
47°20′57″N 10°13′37″E / 47.3491°N 10.2270°E / 47.3491; 10.2270 (Fellhorn Ski station)
|
1,407 m |
Riedbergpass |
Riedbergstraße |
pass |
|
|
Italy |
2,757 m |
Passo dello Stelvio |
Strada Statale 38 dello Stelvio |
pass |
Highest paved mountain pass in the Eastern Alps. |
46°31′43″N 10°27′10″E / 46.52861°N 10.45278°E / 46.52861; 10.45278 (Stelvio Pass)
|
Liechtenstein |
1,600 m |
Malbun |
|
dead end |
|
47°6′7.2″N 9°36′28.8″E / 47.102000°N 9.608000°E / 47.102000; 9.608000 (Malbun)
|
713 m |
St. Luzisteig Pass |
Neue Churerstrasse |
pass |
|
47°2′17″N 9°31′38″E / 47.03806°N 9.52722°E / 47.03806; 9.52722
|
Montenegro |
1,907 m |
Prevoj Sedlo |
|
pass |
|
|
Morocco |
2,260 m |
Tizi n'Tichka |
National Route 9 |
pass |
|
31°17′9″N 7°22′51″W / 31.28583°N 7.38083°W / 31.28583; -7.38083
|
Norway |
1,434 m |
Sognefjellsvegen |
Norwegian County Road 55 |
pass |
Highest mountain pass road in Northern Europe. |
|
New Zealand |
1,076 m |
Crown Range Road Summit |
Crown Range Road |
pass |
|
|
Pakistan |
4,693 m |
Khunjerab Pass |
Karakoram Highway |
pass |
Border pass to China. |
36°51′00″N 75°25′40″E / 36.85000°N 75.42778°E / 36.85000; 75.42778
|
Peru |
4,818 m |
Ticlio |
National Route 22 |
pass |
|
|
Poland |
1,198 m |
Przełęcz Karkonoska |
|
pass |
|
40°19′19″N 7°36′47″W / 40.321867°N 7.612967°W / 40.321867; -7.612967 (Torre (Serra da Estrela))
|
Portugal |
1,993 m |
Torre (Serra da Estrela) |
Regional Road 339 (R 339) |
pass |
|
50°46′48″N 15°36′30″E / 50.78°N 15.6084°E / 50.78; 15.6084
|
Romania |
2,145 m |
Urdele Pass |
Transalpina |
pass |
|
|
Russia |
2,340 m |
Azau Meadow |
A-158 |
dead end |
|
|
2,130 m |
Roki Tunnel |
R-297 |
pass |
|
|
Slovakia |
1,232 m |
Čertovica |
I/72 |
pass |
|
48°54′20″N 19°44′09″E / 48.90556°N 19.73583°E / 48.90556; 19.73583
|
Slovenia |
2,055 m |
Mangart Saddle |
|
loop road |
|
|
1,611 m |
Vršič Pass |
|
pass |
|
46°26′8″N 13°44′40″E / 46.43556°N 13.74444°E / 46.43556; 13.74444
|
Spain |
3,300 m |
Veleta |
|
dead end |
|
37°03′21″N 03°22′09″W / 37.05583°N 3.36917°W / 37.05583; -3.36917 (Sierra Nevada)
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2,356 m |
Base del Teide |
Autovía TF-21 |
pass |
|
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Switzerland |
2,501 m |
Pass Umbrail |
|
pass |
Near Passo dello Stelvio |
46°32′35″N 10°26′02″E / 46.54306°N 10.43389°E / 46.54306; 10.43389 (Umbrail Pass)
|
Tajikistan |
4,655 m |
Ak-Baital Pass |
M41 highway |
pass |
|
38°33′39.4″N 73°35′51″E / 38.560944°N 73.59750°E / 38.560944; 73.59750
|
Taiwan |
3,275 m |
Wuling |
Provincial Highway 14A |
pass |
|
24°08′14″N 121°16′33″E / 24.137212°N 121.275711°E / 24.137212; 121.275711 (Wuling)
|
Turkey |
3,148 m |
Karakaya Hill |
|
dead end |
|
|
2,994 m |
Karabet Geçidi |
|
pass |
|
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United Kingdom |
670 m |
Cairnwell Pass |
A93 road |
pass |
|
|
United States |
3,687 m |
Independence Pass |
Colorado State Highway 82 |
pass |
Pass on the Continental Divide. |
39°06′29″N 106°33′52″W / 39.10806°N 106.56444°W / 39.10806; -106.56444
|
Uzbekistan |
2,268 m |
Kamchik Pass |
Tashkent-Osh international highway (A373) |
pass |
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41°06′0″N 70°31′5″E / 41.10000°N 70.51806°E / 41.10000; 70.51806
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