Courage is required to drive the steep Northern Link Road

Northern Link Road is a sharply winding and precipitous ascent on a steep and narrow zig-zag road, located in Dominica, in the Caribbean Sea. It’s a 1st gear road all the way, with an average gradient of 10.25%.

Northern Link Road

How long is Northern Link Road?

The road is 7.2 km (4.47 miles) long. It is totally paved (with concrete sections) but extremely steep, with hairpins and blind corners.

Where does Northern Link Road start and end?

The road starts at Penville (or Pennville), a village in Dominica's Saint Andrew Parish, at an elevation of 265 m above sea level. After 2.7 km, the road climbs up a mountain pass, reaching an elevation of 542 m (1,778 ft) above sea level. Starting from Penville, the ascent is 2.7 km long. Over this distance, the elevation gain is 277 meters, with an average gradient of 10.25%. The road ends in Tanetane, a small village near Portsmouth, on Dominica's northwest coast.
Pic: Jost Hübner

 

 

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