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Stunning photos of highways across the world

Last updated on: February 17, 2012 14:20 IST
Cars travel on an almost deserted snow covered downtown highway after an overnight storm dropped five inches of snow in Dallas, Texas.

Roadways form the backbone of a country's economic growth. Highways named and numbered by the governments that develop and maintain them.

Australia's Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world at over 14,500 km. The United States has the world's largest network of highways, including both the Interstate Highway System and the US Highway System.

China's highway network is the second most extensive in the world, with a total length of about 3.573 million km

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Highway One.

A transport truck travels along Highway One in the Canadian Rocky Mountains near Banff, Alberta.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Highway in Australia.

Trucks move in a line during a 'go slow' protest on a highway on their way to Sydney.

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A truck travels along Highway 40 as snow covers the highway and the surrounding plains, west of Hays, Kansas.

Cars travel on an almost deserted snow covered downtown highway after an overnight storm dropped five inches of snow in Dallas, Texas.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Bangalore-Mysore highway.

Spectators watch as McLaren Formula One driver Lewis Hamilton of Britain drives a F1 car through an unused section of the Bangalore-Mysore highway on the outskirts of Bangalore.

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A highway in Karnataka.

A man rides a bicycle on a deserted highway, north of Srinagar.

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A highway in Karnataka.

Karnataka prides to have some of the best and well maintained highways in India.

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Highway in Dubai.

Cars pass through an electronic toll gate on a highway in Dubai. Launched in July 2007, the Salik (open or clear) toll collection system currently has four electronic gates in Dubai.

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A highway in Myanmar.

A policeman salutes on Yazahdani Road as US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's motorcade drives to the President's

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US Highway 1.

An aerial photograph shows traffic on the southern portion of the 18-Mile Stretch, a facet of US Highway 1 that connects South Florida with the Florida Keys in Key Largo, Florida.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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10/110 freeway interchange.

The 10/110 freeway interchange is seen in Los Angeles, California.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Highway 23.

A flock of geese walk near a flooded section of Highway 23 in Wayne, New Jersey.

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Highway in Dubai.

Buildings are seen under construction, along with rush hour traffic as a Dubai Metro train arrives at a station in Dubai.

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Lagos-Abeokuta expressway.

An aerial view shows the Lagos-Abeokuta expressway in Nigeria's commercial capital Lagos.

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Interstate 70.

A sign posted on Interstate 70 warns drivers of animals loose in the area around Zanesville, Ohio.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Highway near Tunis.

A truck transports a pickup truck on a highway near Tunis.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Flyover in in central Shanghai.

Vehicles drive on a flyover during the evening rush hour in central Shanghai.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Highway in China.

Taxis line up to get their tanks filled on a ramp in Chongqing municipality.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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A20 highway.

A car drives along the A20 highway near the northern German city of Luebeck.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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Interstate highway 5.

Rush hour traffic travels north and south along Interstate highway 5 in Carlsbad, California.

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PLUS Expressways.

Motorists use PLUS Expressways along Sungai Buloh outside Kuala Lumpur.

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M54 highway.

Vehicles drive during sunrise in the Taiga area along the M54 highway Krasnoyarsk-Mongolia.

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German Autobahn in Lehrte.

Germany's autobahn network has a total length of about 12,819 km, making it the fifth-longest in the world

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I-5 Interstate Highway.

I-5 Interstate Highway traffic crawls along the Southbound lane into downtown Seattle after an overnight winter storm brought heavy snows to the Puget Sound region.

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Panamerican highway.

A man rides a motorbike down the Panamerican highway in heavy rain.

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Stunning photos of highways across the world

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An aerial view of trucks in Italy.

An aerial view of trucks blocking a highway toll booth during a transport strike on the outskirts of Rome.

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A bridge towards central Melbourne.

Cars drive over a bridge towards central Melbourne.

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A highway in Batroun.

A rainbow is seen in Batroun in northern Lebanon.

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A highway in Lahore.

Men transport a goat on a motorcycle ahead of the Eid al-Adha festival in Lahore.

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Pan-American Highway.

The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads stretching across a distance of 47,958 kilometres.