Highest Automobile Road in North America

Publication Year: 1942.

Highest Automobile Road in North America is the Mt. Evans scenic drive near Denver, 14,260 ft. above sea level. The highest mountain pass over which a regular highway runs is Independence Pass, near Leadville, Colo., 12,095 ft. Second is Fall River Pass, on Route 34, W. of Estes Park, where there is a 4-mile section over 12,000 ft., perhaps the longest stretch of road ever built at such a height. Fall River Pass is 11,797 ft.; Monarch Pass, Route 50, near Pueblo, Colo., 11,650 ft.; Hoosier Pass, near Breckenridge, Colo., 11,542 ft.; Fremont Pass, near Leadville, 11,320 ft.; Berthoud Pass, Route 40, near Denver, Colo., 11,306 ft., the last-named being on the Continental Divide.