OMG! I WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME RELAXING PILL BEFORE TO TAKE THIS ROAD ,BECAUSE THIS CAN BE CALL A EXTREME TRAVEL,I THINK THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE THAT LIKE FEEL EXTREME ADRENALINE
GABY 8)”
Pretty sure this is what we grew up calling “The W road”. I guess we never knew the correct name for it. Nice ride up the mountain but would make me sick at my tummy going around all of the curves. Proud to be from there. Chattanooga, TN and Fort Oglethorpe, GA rock!!
It goes up Signal Mountain, on the north side of Chattanooga. I grew up there and drove it many times. Sometimes you have to wait for the car coming from the other direction to come out of a curve before you can go.
Thank you so much for the information, I have driven it also, but wasn’t sure if that was the same highway.
See my Oct 1 post below– this AP photo was taken by Junichi Iwamoto and is of the Nichon Romantic Highway west of Nikko, Japan.
OMG would love to ride the Ultra Classic on the hiway.
Look at the number of hairpin turns in the photo, and the peak to the left. Compare that with both south and northern ends of W Rd. Are you sure the road in the photo is the ‘W Rd.’?
This is definitely not a road in/or near Chattanooga, Tennessee as has been so widely attached to this picture. Using Google Earth and entering Nikko, Japan brings up the satellite image of this section of road easily when you zoom in on it. It is known as the Nichon Romantic Highway (120) West of Nikko,Tochigi Prefecture Japan due west of Tokyo.
I would love to drive this highway.
OMG! I WILL HAVE TO TAKE SOME RELAXING PILL BEFORE TO TAKE THIS ROAD ,BECAUSE THIS CAN BE CALL A EXTREME TRAVEL,I THINK THAT THIS IS ONLY FOR THOSE THAT LIKE FEEL EXTREME ADRENALINE
GABY 8)”
Pretty sure this is what we grew up calling “The W road”. I guess we never knew the correct name for it. Nice ride up the mountain but would make me sick at my tummy going around all of the curves.
Proud to be from there. Chattanooga, TN and Fort Oglethorpe, GA rock!!
I am not sure of the correct name either. I have driven on it and the photo is beautiful.
Nice picture, but not likely Chattanooga. What are the lat/long coordinates?
This photo has been circulating for a number of years on the net. I have tried to find more specific information but can’t find the exact location.
It goes up Signal Mountain, on the north side of Chattanooga. I grew up there and drove it many times. Sometimes you have to wait for the car coming from the other direction to come out of a curve before you can go.
Thank you so much for the information, I have driven it also, but wasn’t sure if that was the same highway.
See my Oct 1 post below– this AP photo was taken by Junichi Iwamoto and is of the Nichon Romantic Highway west of Nikko, Japan.
OMG would love to ride the Ultra Classic on the hiway.
Look at the number of hairpin turns in the photo, and the peak to the left. Compare that with both south and northern ends of W Rd. Are you sure the road in the photo is the ‘W Rd.’?
It is not the W Road. See here:
http://sceniccity.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=photo&thread=31036&page=1#263604
This road is in Nikko, Japan see pix at: http://talashme.tripod.com/pictures.htm
This is definitely not a road in/or near Chattanooga, Tennessee as has been so widely attached to this picture. Using Google Earth and entering Nikko, Japan brings up the satellite image of this section of road easily when you zoom in on it. It is known as the Nichon Romantic Highway (120) West of Nikko,Tochigi Prefecture Japan due west of Tokyo.