Highway
Major highways are often named and numbered by the governments that typically develop and maintain them. Australia's Highway 1 is the longest national highway in the world at over and runs almost the entire way around the continent. China has the world's largest network of highways followed closely by the United States of America. Some highways, like the Pan-American Highway or the European routes, span multiple countries. Some major highway routes include ferry services, such as U.S. Route 10, which crosses Lake Michigan.
Hereward Highway
Hereward Highway, located in Blacktown, Sydney is an Australian suburban thoroughfare that has been unofficially recognised as being the shortest highway in the world. At 0.6 kilometres long, it is 0.8 kilometres shorter than the closest contender, Chandler Highway, located in Southbank, Melbourne.