Beartooth Highway
This 64.4-mile trip on US Highway 212—the famous Beartooth Highway—is one of the most dramatic high-altitude paved routes in North America.
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Twisted Sisters
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Blue Ridge Parkway
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North Cascades Highway
This 128.7-mile route crosses the Northern Cascades via Washington State Route 20, connecting the humid temperate lowlands of Puget Sound with the arid, rain-shadowed Methow Valley.
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