Background: This twisting road climbs Capulin Volcano, a defunct cinder cone in northeast New Mexico that erupted about 60,000 years ago and has a circumference of about 4 miles at its base. The first road ascending this volcano was completed in 1925.
How It's Unique: The 2-mile-long Capulin Volcano Road is so narrow and sinuous that all traffic must be stopped when a bus is traveling up or down the volcano. Guardrails are missing through most of the route, except on the tight S-curves, and the road has a 6 percent grade. After travelers summit the volcano, which has a peak elevation of 8182 feet, they can follow hiking trails down into the crater.
Excerpt from http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/4338387
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