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Originally Posted by pmulcahy11b
I remember some entry from an old Guinness Book of World Records that Australia has the longest straight stretch of highway -- something like 4000 miles or so dead straight (but not necessarily level). Where in Australia is that, and how could be used in a campaign?
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Australia isn't much more than 4000 kilometres at it's widest point. The longest straight stretch of road in Australia is 90 Mile Straight on the Nullarbor Plain (I've driven on that stretch of road a number of times in both directions and can confirm it is arrow-straight). I can't honestly confirm whether that is the world's longest stretch of straight road though. The Nullarbor Plain is unusual in it's geography and flora, in that it's as flat as a billiard table and has no real rivers and no trees (Null Arbor = No Trees) so it's a good candidate because the road builders didn't need to adjust their course to accommodate terrain features.