Road According to the New York State Thruway Authority, some sample per-mile costs to construct multi-lane roads in several US northeastern states were: The United States has the largest network of roads of any country with as of 2009. The Republic of India has the second largest road system in the world with 4,689,842 kilometres (2,914,133 mi) of road (2013). The People's Republic of China is third with of road (2007). The Federative Republic of Brazil has the fourth largest road system in the world with (2002). See List of countries by road network size. When looking only at expressways the
A590 road "the longest cul-de-sac in the world". From east to west, the A590 originally terminated at the A6 road near Levens. Its route followed a number of country roads via a series of Turn Off To Stay On (TOTSO)'s, passing through a number of villages including Lindale, High and Low Newton, Newby Bridge and Greenodd into the larger town of Ulverston. This road formed a large part of the southern boundary of the Lake District National Park upon its formation in 1951. This stretch of road has now undergone a series of improvements and route alignments. In the mid-1970s, the A591