The Big Gate Road, Tianmen Mountain – The Heaven Linking Road, China. The Big Gate Road, also known as the Heaven Linking Road, is located in the National Park of Tianmenshan in the Hunan province of China. The "Heaven Linking Road" is by far the most dangerous road in China. It starts south of Zhangjiajie city, 200 metres above sea level, and rises to 1,300 metres, with 99 blind turns. Sure, this increases the chances that you might end up in heaven in your car. It is little wonder then that the road, which was started in 1998, took eight years to complete. Its twists and turns are certainly not for the faint-hearted. The road climbs Tianmen Mountain just south of Zhangjiajie City (which was previously called Dayong) and is very much the must-see scenic area in Hunan.
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Tianmen Mountain Road
It is also called the road of 99 turns, as nine is a lucky number in China and symbolises that heaven has nine palaces. If the road is somewhat too scary for you, there is an alternative. A cable car goes from Zhangjiajie City to the top of Tianmen Mountain. It sounds like going from the frying pan into the fire: the cableway is 7455 metres long, which the Chinese claim makes it the longest in the world.
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Tianmen Mountain Road, China
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