This is a list of the highest paved road and the highest paved pass in each European country.
m[1] | dead end | Access road from Granada.[2] Free access until Hoya de la Mora at 2526m.[3] From Hoya de la Mora onwards, the road gets much narrower and access to motor vehicles (not sure if for other vehicles too) is restricted to those previously authorized. Asphalt ends at c. 3300m but the road continues unpaved until reaching c. 3380m | |||||
2830 m | dead end | The highest paved road in Austria. The access road from Sölden to the Rettenbachferner and Tiefenbachferner glaciers | |||||
2802 m | loop | ||||||
2770 m | pass | ||||||
2757 m | pass | ||||||
2750 m | dead end | ||||||
2641 m | Col du Nivolet Colle del Nivolet | dead end | Ceresole Reale (Piedmont) | Highest dead-end road in Italy (the paved road ends 1 km after the pass at the Nivolet lakes, and continues unpaved for some km but with no access to regular traffic). The film location in The Italian Job, including the final bus crash | |||
2509 m | pass | Ötztal Tyrol (state) & Passeier valley (South Tyrol) | The highest pass in Austria | ||||
2501 m | pass | The highest pass in Switzerland | |||||
2408 m | pass | Soldeu & El Pas de la Casa (Andorra) and L'Hospitalet-près-l'Andorre (France) | The highest pass in Andorra. The high-pass is bypassed by the Envalira Tunnel | ||||
2394 m | dead end | Pastra village and Kalin Reservoir | Concrete-paved road to the highest reservoir in the Balkans[4] [5] | ||||
2379 m | Jvari Pass (Georgian Military Road) | pass | Vladikavkaz (Russia) & Tbilisi (Georgia) | highest paved pass in Georgia | |||
2155 m | pass | ||||||
2145 m | pass | highest paved road in Romania[6] new asphalted in 2010 - excellent condition. http://www.transalpina.biz/ | |||||
c.1800 m | Katara Pass (or Metsovo Pass) | pass | The highest paved road in Greece is the road to Voras ski resort with the paved road reaching 2070 meters. | ||||
2055 m | dead end | ||||||
1993 m | pass | The highest pass in Portugal. Highest point in mainland Portugal | |||||
1952 m | dead end | Highest point in Cyprus.[7] | |||||
1946 m | dead end | The highest paved road in Slovakia. | |||||
1853 m[8] | Dead end | Highest road in Norway as well as Northern Europe. The road is private but usable by the public and paved. The last 9 km are tolled. See also . | |||||
c.1910 m | Baros Pass | pass | The Road connects Epirus region with Thessaly region and the villages of Tzoumerka in Epirus to Villages of Aspropotamos in Thessaly. The highest paved road in Greece is the road to Voras ski resort with the paved road reaching 2070 meters. | 39.615257452560975, 21.173689223600785 | |||
1770 m | dead end | Highest road in Germany. Ski area. | |||||
1762 m | dead end | Highest paved road in Croatia. | |||||
c.1750 m | dead end | Possibly the highest paved road in Macedonia. Paved status above and below village of Popova Shapka is not clear. | |||||
1611 m | pass | The highest pass in Slovenia, and the highest in the Eastern Julian Alps[9] | |||||
1609 m | dead end | Highest road on the island of Corsica[10] | |||||
1600 m | dead end | road from Steg and Vaduz, (Triesenberg) | Highest road in Liechtenstein. Ski area | ||||
1520 m | pass | ||||||
1492 m | dead end | Highest paved road in Czech Republic | |||||
1448 m | pass | P34 road from Sovjets'ke and Rozovyi | Highest paved road in Ukraine. Private road. | ||||
1434 m | pass | Highest road owned by the public in Norway as well as Northern Europe. Not tolled. Closed in winter | |||||
1410 m | dead end | Highest road in Poland. Owned by Tatra National Park, available only for pedestrians. | |||||
1340 m | dead end | Highest road on the island of Sardinia[11] | |||||
1232 m | pass | The highest pass in Slovakia | |||||
995 m | dead end | The highest public and the highest paved road in Hungary. Climbs to ski station on Hungary's highest mountain | |||||
876 m | pass | The highest public and paved road in Sweden. (Note that Flatruet at is the highest public road at 975 m but not paved as of 2014). See also . | |||||
840 m | dead end | The highest paved road in England. A private metalled road to Radar station | |||||
796 m | dead end | The highest paved road in Ireland.[12] | |||||
780 m | pass | Egilsstaðir & Kárahnjúkar[13] | The highest paved road in Iceland (there are several higher unpaved roads, often requiring 4x4 cars, of which the highest is F821 at 944m)[14]) | ||||
757 m | dead end | The second highest paved road in Ireland | |||||
710 m | pass | The highest paved pass in Hungary, on Route 24 at the foot of the road to the Kékes ski station on Hungary's highest mountain | |||||
694 m | road | The highest point in Belgium | |||||
670 m | pass | The highest pass in Scotland | 56.8862°N -3.4146°W | ||||
627 m | pass | The equal highest pass in England | 54.7092°N -2.2158°W | ||||
627 m | pass | Cornriggs, (Weardale) & Nenthead, Alston, Cumbria | The equal highest pass in England | 54.7836°N -2.3133°W | |||
566 m[15] | pass | E8 Kilpisjärvi & Kaaresuvanto, Enontekiö | The highest point of Finnish roads | 68.926°N 20.935°W | |||
559 m | road | Wemperhaardt and Huldange | Highest paved road in Luxembourg. It is also possible to drive to the top of the Kneiff (560 m, highest point of Luxembourg) but the last few metres are unpaved. | 50.1615°N 6.0281°W | |||
549 m | pass | The highest pass in Wales. | 52.0101°N -3.1155°W | ||||
545 m | pass | Second highest pass in Wales. | 52.7958°N -3.6131°W | ||||
523 m | R115 road (Ireland) (Sally Gap) | pass | |||||
385 m | road | Occasionally closed during winter storms | 52.4745°N -3.9382°W | ||||
322 m | road | The highest road in the European Netherlands. The tripoint between Germany, Belgium and the Netherlands | |||||
318 m | Suur Munamägi ("Big Egg Mountain") | road up a hill | Haanja Parish, (Võru County) | The highest road in Estonia | |||
312 m | road | The highest road in Latvia. Ski area.[16] | |||||
293 m | road | The highest point in Lithuania | |||||
170 m | Ejer Bavnehøjvej | road | The highest road in Denmark | ||||
160+ m | road | Les Révoires is the highest point in Monaco in the foothills of Mount Agel (1,148 m) (France) | |||||
Elevation | Name | Mountains | Country | type | between | location |
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1875 m | Great St Bernard Tunnel[17] | pass | ||||
1631 m | A13 motorway (San Bernardino Tunnel) | pass | ||||
1440 m | pass | |||||
1340 m | Tauern motorway (Tauern Tunnel) | pass | ||||
1395 m | pass | |||||
1070 m | pass | |||||
970 m | Hemus motorway (Vitinya Pass) | pass | ||||
914 m | Autobahn A 7 (near Nesselwang) | pass | ||||
906 m | D1 Highway | pass | ||||
670 m | European route E55 (Panenská Tunnel) | pass | ||||
372 m | pass | 53.6298°N -2.0186°W | ||||
315 m | A74(M) motorway (Beattock Summit) | pass | 55.4217°N -3.5907°W | |||
305 m | pass | |||||
275 m | pass | |||||
120 m | pass | |||||