Friday, April 5, 2013

Transfăgărășan Road In Romania

Transfăgărășan Road is can be found in Romania that connects the historic regions of Transylvania and Wallachia and two cities which are Sibiu and Pitesti.
This road is the second highest paved road in Romania. It was served as strategic military route. It has 90 km of twists and turns run north to south across the tallest sections of the Southern Carpathians, between the highest peak in the country. The road was made between 1970 and 1974 , the time when the President of Romania was Nicolae Ceausescu. 6 million kilograms of dynamite were used on the northern face and reported 40 soldiers dies there in building accident. The road climbs to 2, 034 metres altitude and from the north is the most spectacular route.

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