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World's longest road networks

Last updated on: May 15, 2013 09:08 IST

Dog walkers walk across a street while walking down Park Avenue in the upper east side of New York.

United States has the world's longest road network.

The total length of the road network includes the length of the paved and unpaved portions.

United States

Rank: 1

Road network: 6,506,204 kms

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

China

Rank: 2

Road network: 3,860,800 kms

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A farmer and his bullocks cross a highway against the backdrop of monsoon clouds in Singur, about 50 km northwest of Kolkata.

India

Rank: 3

Road network: 3,320,410 kms

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Traffic jams in Sao Paulo can total more than 200 km (124 miles).

Brazil

Rank: 4

Road network: 1,751,868 kms

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Vehicles move on a metropolitan expressway in Tokyo.

Japan

Rank: 5

Road network: 1,210,251 kms

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Quebec City comes to life every February for the Quebec Winter Festival.

Canada

Rank: 6

Road network: 1,042,300 kms

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Vehicles drive during sunrise in the Taiga area along the M54 Krasnoyarsk Mongolia highway, south of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk.

Russia

Rank: 7

Road network: 982,000 kms

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A man rides a Velib self-service public bicycle as he makes his way along a snow-covered area at the Champs de Mars near the Eiffel Tower in Paris.

France

Rank: 8

Road network: 951,200 kms

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A helicopter blocks the road to traffic, due to flooding, on the highway to Toowoomba, 80 km (50 miles) southeast of Brisbane.

Australia

Rank: 9

Road network: 818,356 kms

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Truck drivers block the AP-9 highway by slowing down their trucks at CIM Valles, near Barcelona.

Spain

Rank: 10

Road network: 681,298 kms

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Vehicles move slowly along a highway in a traffic jam during snowfall in Berlin.

Germany

Rank: 11

Road network: 644,480 kms

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A general view of Spyker Cars Saab factory in Trollhattan.

Sweden

Rank: 12

Road network: 572,900 kms

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A view of Naples north highway is seen during a truckers' protest against the government's deregulation plans in Naples.

Italy

Rank: 13

Road network: 487,700 kms

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Children play at an electricity pylon in Jakarta.

Indonesia

Rank: 14

Road network: 437,759 kms

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Cars travel on the A2 highway linking Warsaw with Western Europe close to the junction with highway A1 outside the town of Strykow.

Poland

Rank: 15

Road network: 423,997 kms

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A bus and taxi pass Big Ben on Westminster Bridge in London.

United Kingdom

Rank: 16

Road network: 394,428 kms

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Mexico

Rank: 17

Road network: 366,095 kms

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South Africa

Rank: 18

Road network: 362,099 kms

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A view of Istanbul's financial district.

Turkey

Rank: 19

Road network: 352,046 kms

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Men use ropes to try and right a supply truck overloaded with wheat straw, used as animal feed, along a road in Dargai, in the Malakand district, northwest of Pakistan's capital Islamabad.

Pakistan

Rank: 20

Road network: 260,760 kms