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           [1]  In India

Stretching 2600 km from Calcutta through Delhi to Amritsar into Pakistan and through Kabul in   Afghanistan. Known in 17^th century as The Long Walk.

           [2]  In Canada

This highway runs 2451 km from Dawson Creek, BC to Fairbanks, Alaska. Better known as the Alaska Highway, built mainly between March and October 1942 by 11,000 soldiers and about 16,000 civilians.  Cost to U.S. $147.8 million.

          [3]  In Pakistan

This road runs 33 miles through the Hindu Kush mountain range, connecting north Pakistan with Afghanistan.  At one point the road is said to be only 3 meters (10 feet) wide.

           [4]  In the U.S.

This road was an important caravan route leading from Missouri to New Mexico. The old stage line became the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe railroad.  Its route often merged with the Oregon Trail.

           [5]  In Canada

Probably at home writing books. He is a Canadian author, born in Manitoba, Dec.6, 1951.

           [6]  In Britain

This English road runs from Dover to the Severn River, through Canterbury and St. Albans to Wroxeter in Shropshire. It was well-travelled in the Middle Ages, parts of the road are still in their original condition.

           [7]  In China

This road runs from Lashio to Kunming, China, a distance of 770 miles. Built between 1937-1939, it was the chief supply road to China during WWII.

           [8]  In Burma (Myanmar)

                        The road runs to Mandalay (in the poem written by Rudyard Kipling).

           [9]  In New Zealand

This road runs through New Zealand’s Kahurangi National Park and the Fiordland National Park.

           [10]  In the U.S.

This road runs (or used to run) from Texas to the railheads in Kansas after the Civil War, over which vast herds of cattle were driven through what was called "Indian Territory" (now Oklahoma). Named for John Chisholm, who in 1866 drove his wagon loaded with buffalo hides to his trading post near Wichita, Kansas.

           [11]  In the U.S.

This road runs across the United States from one coast to the other.  It was the first American transcontinental highway, conceived by Carl G. Fisher.  He wanted to have it finished by 1915 so that a motorist could drive to the Panama-Pacific International exposition in San Francisco. Cost $10 million.

           [12]  In Scotland

                        According to the song, these roads lead to the bonnie bonnie banks of Loch Lomond.

           [13]  In Canada

This gravel road, started in 1959, open to the public in 1979, runs 720 km across the Yukon from Dawson to Inuvik, Northwest Territories. Named after RCMP officer, it is one of few highways to cross the Arctic Circle.  Cost $100 million (cdn).

  [14]  In Canada

This road runs along the west coast of Newfoundland from Gros Morne National Park along the shore of the Strait of Belle Isle to L’Anse aux Meadows.

 [15]  In Canada

This road runs across southern Manitoba, from Portage La Prairie just west of Winnipeg, through Saskatoon, Edmonton, Jasper and on through the Rockies to the west coast: about 2600 km. The Trans Canada Yellowhead Highway Association promotes the use of the highway. According to the Association the highway "has only four (4) major elevation changes all under 400 vertical feet (compared to) the Rogers Pass (which has an elevation change of) 3,000 feet in 30 miles." and it "is Canada's most westerly highway, as it is the only official highway on the Queen Charlotte Islands.

          [16] In Rome, Italy

Built by Appius Claudius in 313 BC, this was the most famous of all ancient roads, branching out from Rome to all parts of southern Italy. It was excavated and rediscovered in 1850.