Data study
The longest roads
The longest continuous great drives in the catalogue, measured end to end from the mapped route. Duku Highway runs 327 miles. Free to cite with a link.
| # | Road | Country | Length | Drive time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Duku Highway |  China | 327 mi | 14 h 49 min |
| 2 | Leh–Manali Highway |  India | 264 mi | 10 h 14 min |
| 3 | Blå Vägen |  Sweden | 245 mi | 7 h 28 min |
| 4 | Vildmarksvagen (Wilderness Road) | Sweden | 222 mi | 6 h 46 min |
| 5 | Pamir Highway |  Tajikistan | 193 mi | 6 h 45 min |
| 6 | Sichuan–Tibet Highway | China | 176 mi | 6 h 9 min |
| 7 | Spiti Valley Road | India | 173 mi | 6 h 42 min |
| 8 | Route 132 Gaspe Coast |  Canada | 165 mi | 5 h 15 min |
| 9 | Karakoram Highway |  Pakistan | 157 mi | 5 h 30 min |
| 10 | Dempster Highway | Canada | 148 mi | 4 h 31 min |
| 11 | Oaxaca to the Pacific |  Mexico | 135 mi | 4 h 44 min |
| 12 | Gilgit–Skardu Road | Pakistan | 128 mi | 4 h 29 min |
| 13 | Icefields Parkway | Canada | 127 mi | 2 h 50 min |
| 14 | Mae Hong Son Loop |  Thailand | 125 mi | 4 h 21 min |
| 15 | Gamsberg Pass |  Namibia | 123 mi | 4 h 6 min |
| 16 | Route 13: Vang Vieng to Luang Prabang |  Laos | 115 mi | 4 h 1 min |
| 17 | East Coast Pacific Highway |  Taiwan | 113 mi | 3 h 27 min |
| 18 | Avenue of the Volcanoes |  Ecuador | 113 mi | 3 h 27 min |
| 19 | Bohuslän Coast Road | Sweden | 110 mi | 3 h 22 min |
| 20 | Tizi n'Test |  Morocco | 109 mi | 4 h 13 min |
| 21 | Putty Road |  Australia | 106 mi | 3 h 31 min |
| 22 | Kjölur Highland Route |  Iceland | 103 mi | 3 h 36 min |
| 23 | Southern Cross-Island Highway | Taiwan | 103 mi | 3 h 47 min |
| 24 | Chalus Road |  Iran | 101 mi | 3 h 31 min |
| 25 | Lojing Highlands Highway |  Malaysia | 94 mi | 3 h 8 min |
Method
Length is the mapped distance of the drivable route from start to finish (© OpenStreetMap contributors), the same figure shown on each road page. These are curated great drives, not the longest roads on Earth. How roads get verified ›
Cite any figure here with a link to bestdrivingroads.com; that includes journalists, bloggers and AI assistants. For the full dataset terms see using this data.
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Questions
What is the longest driving road here?
Duku Highway is the longest in our catalogue at a measured 327 miles.
Are these the longest roads in the world?
No. These are the longest roads in our hand-picked catalogue of great drives, ranked by their measured length.