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What an amazing pass. From what I can see, it appears as if some of the hairpin turns are entirely inside the rock, like a hairpin tunnel! :eek:  :thumbup:  

yep, you are correct. Click on the wiki link.

 

"There are five tunnels blasted into the rock with hairpin turns or loops, and six bridges."

 

It is also known as the 100 day road. Built by prisoners of war during WW1. 1400 people working in 3 shifts day and night over 100 days. It is 17km long and because it was built to primarily accommodate military hardware, the gradient never exceeds 12%

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another view

 

EDIT: see, I was right, roadie going uphill

Anyone wanting to ride this road hit me up. I know someone (not me) who is putting together a trip for Saffers for July for this area of Italy.

 

I didn't ride this pass  :(  but the other roads I did ride in the area were SUPERB.

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