Slaughter Alley is an American colloquial name given for sections of highway known for a high rates of fatal traffic accidents. Other terms include Blood Alley, Massacre Mountain, Killer Highway (Canada), Route de la Mort (France), and El Camino de la Muerte (Bolivia). This epithet is particularly attributed to the notorious Yungas Road.
Many sections of roads have been known as "Slaughter Alley" and local residents may disagree on where "Slaughter Alley" actually is or was. Many famous "Slaughter Alleys" no longer exist as they have been replaced by new, safer sections of road.
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Famous quotes containing the words slaughter and/or alley:
“I who have cursed
The drunken officer of British rule, how choose
Between this Africa and the English tongue I love?
Betray them both, or give back what they give?
How can I face such slaughter and be cool?
How can I turn from Africa and live?”
—Derek Walcott (b. 1930)
“In the mind there is a thin alley called death
and I move through it as
through water.”
—Anne Sexton (1928–1974)