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Default Moscow-Yakutsk highway :-)

On Sep 14, 12:43*pm, Ignoramus5013
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I have never seen roads like this on this continent... The worst was
gravel roads with puddles, or beat up concrete roads.
i


They are out there but no longer go anywhere important, and only the
4WD etc crowd plays on them. When I was in a trail riding club we used
an unpaved turnpike built around 1804.

It's said that in the winter when the swamps are frozen a snowmobile
can follow marked trails and dirt roads the entire north-south length
of New Hampshire, Mass to Canada. I've run rallys that went 100 miles
in dirt and mud.

jsw