Background: Atlanterhavsveien, better known as the Atlantic Road, is a 5.4-mile stretch of road on Norway's west coast that opened in 1989.
How It's Unique: The Atlantic Road consists of eight small bridges that cross over an archipelago of eight different islands. "This is a beautifully done road and it opens up the [scenery]," Mahmassani says, pointing out the way in which it follows the natural terrain of the small islands. Norway's Ministry of Foreign Affairs notes that the region where the road is situated is prone to autumn hurricanes, and its website says that construction teams had to withstand a dozen hurricanes while building the road.
Excerpt from http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/engineering/architecture/4338387
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