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Australia's best road segments
Contour scored 1.41 million road segments. Every 300-500m stretch is ranked across 40+ intelligence signals. These are the ones the algorithm keeps finding.
NSW has 24,393 exceptional segments (RQS 9.0+), the highest raw count in Australia.
Each card is a single 300-500 metre stretch of road, scored 0-10 across 40+ signals. Not a route or a journey - one segment of tarmac. These are the highest-scoring out of 1.41 million.
4 roads
Lions Road
New South Wales
Highest curviness in NSW
The highest curviness index in NSW at 757. Sealed tertiary on the NSW-QLD border near Kyogle, climbing 165m per kilometre through range country. No trucks, no shortcuts - Lions Road has no other purpose.
Wootton Way
New South Wales
Sealed tertiary behind the Myall Lakes. Curviness 576, 191m elevation per kilometre - one of the steepest sealed roads in NSW. Best in winter and spring when the bitumen is cool and dry.
Bingleburra Road
New South Wales
Sealed tertiary back road north of Dungog in the Hunter hinterland. Curviness 410, 107m per kilometre elevation change, score 9.84 on sports and moto. Largely unknown - no through traffic, no landmarks, just the road.
Paterson River Road
New South Wales
Sealed tertiary through the Hunter Valley hinterland north of Maitland. Curviness 582, elevation 129m per kilometre, score 9.84 across multiple consecutive segments. A quiet back road with high-density quality all the way through.
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33,000 km of exceptional roads found
The top 3% of Australian roads, filtered by state and vehicle type.