Panoramic road
A panorama road is a road that allows numerous views ( panorama ) of scenic beauties. In many places the panorama road is also marketed as a holiday route due to its recreational value. In addition to mountain roads, coastal roads are often among the panoramic roads .
history
With the beginning of motorization at the beginning of the 20th century, the first roads were built in the United States and in Europe (Alpine region), which were not only intended for rapid progress, but in particular should enable a "promising" journey (example Vienna Höhenstraße ) . The basic intention was to make the surrounding landscape accessible to the city dwellers in this way.
After the First World War, other panoramic roads were added, such as the Grossglockner High Alpine Road in Austria or the Susten Pass in Switzerland. In Germany, a cross-alpine road was planned early on to give alpine tourism a boost. This should lead from peak to peak and offer the driver a "chain of views". The National Socialists took over the project in 1933 and quickly began building the German Alpine Road , which, according to Hitler, should be as “promising as possible”.
The main feature of the first panoramic roads was the slow speed. The steep and winding stretches slowed down the pace of traffic and allowed a kind of “car hike”. In this way, it was possible for the driver to experience the landscape with pleasure.
Examples
Some examples of mountain and coastal roads called the Panorama Road are the Amalfitana (the coastal road of the Amalfi Coast ) in Italy, the Road to the Isles in Scotland and the Glacier Panorama Road in Tyrol . In central Switzerland , the road over the Glaubbielenpass is known as a panorama road and is signposted accordingly.
Examples of panoramic roads that are also marketed as holiday routes are the Panorama Route in South Africa, the Fichtelgebirge panoramic road and the Black Forest High Road . In the north of Los Angeles , it is the winding, over the crest of the Santa Monica Mountains leading Mulholland Drive , the numerous views of the sea of houses of Los Angeles and the San Fernando Valley allows. The Skyline Drive is a popular scenic road in the eastern US, the 75 viewpoints on the crest of the Shenandoah Mountains , a mountain range of the Appalachians , together.
In Stuttgart there is a panoramic road as part of the half-height location .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Research Society for Roads and Transport: Definitions, Part: Transport Planning, Road Design and Road Operation . FGSV Verlag, Cologne 2000.
- ^ Hans-Ulrich Schiedt: The modern road. Planning, construction and transport from the 18th to the 20th century . Campus Verlag, Frankfurt 2010, ISBN 978-3-593-39157-1 , p. 266 .
- ↑ Schiedt: The modern road. 2010, p. 270.
- ↑ Schiedt: The modern road. 2010, p. 272.
