Part - 1 CH - 7 Transport and Communication — Geography STD 12 Humanities & Commerce — Question

Highways are metalled roads connecting distant places that are constructed in such a manner for unobstructed vehicular movement.
The significance of highways from different continents are:

• In North America, highway density is high, about 0.65 km per sq km. The Trans- Canadian Highway links Vancouver in British Columbia (west coast) to St. John’s City in Newfoundland (east coast) and the Alaskan Highway links Edmonton (Canada) to Anchorage (Alaska).
• The Pan-American Highway connects the countries of South America, Central America and U.S.A. – Canada.
• The Trans-Continental Stuart Highway connects Darwin (north coast) and Melbourne via Tennant Creek and Alice Springs in Australia.
• Europe has a large number of vehicles and a well-developed highway network.
• The important Moscow-Vladivostok Highway serves the region to the east. Due to the vast geographical area, highways in Russia are not as important as railways.
• In China, highways criss-cross the country connecting all major cities. A new highway links Chengdu with Lhasa in Tibet.
• In India, there are many highways linking the major towns and cities.
• In Africa, a highway joins Algiers in the north to Conakry in Guinea. Cairo is also connected to Cape Town.