One of several wildfires raging in California temporarily closed a section of the state's coastal highway.

BBC: California wildfire shuts famous highway

The dune breach forced the closing of a major coastal highway for several hours.

NPR: Late-Winter Storm Sweeps Into New England

Hidden behind a steep ridge, it's nearly invisible from the coastal highway.

FORBES: Gas Guzzler

Once well on your way along the country's rather chaotic coastal highway, make for the far northern city of Tripoli (around 91km from Beirut).

BBC: Lebanon in a week: The ultimate road-trip guide

Although almost all the large towns on the Libyan coast are within easy reach of a port and the coastal highway, it has resurrected an old plan to connect them by railway.

ECONOMIST: Libya

Chevron wanted to build offshore near the environmentally sensitive Coronado Islands, while Marathon Oil won few fans with a plan to build in Tijuana, a few miles down coastal Highway 1 from the site of Donald Trump's new oceanfront high-rise condo.

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Chevron (nyse: CVX - news - people ) wanted to build offshore near the environmentally sensitive Coronado Islands, while Marathon Oil won few fans with a plan to build in Tijuana, a few miles down coastal Highway 1 from the site of Donald Trump's new oceanfront high-rise condo.

FORBES: Gas Guzzler

It's a 180-mile stretch of highway that cuts through the area's marshlands to coastal towns flattened by Hurricane Rita.

NPR: Sabine Refuge Still Reeling from Rita's Wrath

Louisiana's--and America's--energy logistics depend heavily on humble Louisiana Highway 1, which is the only land-based way to access the coastal port and runs less than two feet above water under normal conditions.

FORBES: Gustav Rides Louisana's Energy Highway