Trail Ridge Road
Trail Ridge Road is a scenic road in USA.
- Type: Scenic
- Country: USA
- Length: 77 km
- Opened: 1932
Overview
The highway across Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado, built between 1929 and 1932, and the highest continuous paved road in the United States at 3,713 m. Around 18 km run above the tree line through alpine tundra, and snow closes it each winter.
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