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Chongqing Token Stone Highway This road is called the "Token Stone" road, named after the two rock-like shapes on both sides of the road. Looking from a distance, two mountains rise from the ground and stand on the top of the mountains, with their backs from east to west, the outer sides are like flat walls, the bottoms are like giant bricks falling to the ground, and the tops are like an ax facing the sky, with a majestic momentum. The token stone is more than 1,000 meters above sea level, with a wide field of vision and beautiful scenery. The mountains are often accompanied by clouds, mists, and breezes.
Guoliang Village Cliff Road It was built in 1972 and completed in 1977, all of which were excavated by hand by villagers in Guoliang Village. It is known as one of the "10 Most Dangerous Roads in the World" and one of the "18 Most Strange Roads in the World". Nujiang 72 turn This is the Yela Mountain Highway at an altitude of 4,618 meters on the Sichuan-Tibet line in China. The slope is steep and dangerous. It is the section with the largest altitude difference on the Sichuan-Tibet line. Although this distance is only 12 kilometers, the altitude difference is more than 2,000 meters, and the temperature difference is also more than 20 degrees. It is a test for the driver himself. Jinxiu
Dayao Mountain Wall Hanging Highway The road started construction in the winter of 1966. After 16 years of hard work by the masses of 5 village committees and 48 natural villages in the township, it was completed and opened to traffic in 1982, with a total distance of 29 kilometers. Nine peasant brothers fell off a cliff while trying to build the road. Tianmen Mountain Panshan Highway This highway is known as "Tongtian Avenue". The total length of the Panshan Highway is 10.77 kilometers, and the altitude has risen sharply from 200 meters to 1,300 meters. The cliffs on both sides of the avenue are thousands of meters, and the empty valleys are deep. There are a total of 99 bends, 180-degree sharp bends. . Construction began in 1998. Due to the unique geology and climate of
Tianmen Mountain, it was not fully completed until 2005. It is known as "the first highway wonder in the world". Hubei Diaoya Highway Built in the late 1970s, it was excavated entirely by manpower, which is a miracle in the history of highways in Enshi Prefecture. When the road was built in those years, more than ten people dedicated their lives to digging a three-kilometer road on the carved cliff of Wanzhang. Luzhou wall hanging highway In Luzhou, Sichuan, there is a wall-hanging road chiseled on a cliff. It took villagers three years to excavate and it is 800 meters long. The roads are so narrow that only one motorcycle can ride on them.