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  2. Yungas Road - Wikipedia

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    The Yungas Road, popularly known as The Death Road, is a 64-kilometre (40 mi) long cycle route linking the city of La Paz with the Yungas region of Bolivia. It was conceived in the 1930s by the Bolivian government to connect the capital city of La Paz with the Amazon Rainforest in the north part of the country.

  3. Bolivia's 'Death Road' sees return of wildlife

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    STORY: This perilous route through the Bolivian Andes is marked by narrow lanes, sharp turns and deadly cliffs, earning it the name "Death Road."But after Bolivia opened an alternate route ...

  4. Coroico - Wikipedia

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    The region around Coroico has remained a traditional coca growing area and is the smallest of three areas of coca production in Bolivia. New highway: On a part of the road from La Paz to Coroico a new highway has been opened at the end of 2006, and the old Yungas Road is now used mainly for bikers. This Yungas Road is also called the "death road".

  5. Death Road - Wikipedia

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    Death Road may refer to: Yungas Road , a notoriously treacherous route in Bolivia Kabul–Behsud Highway , a highway in Afghanistan noted for its frequency of Taliban-related killings

  6. Route 3 (Bolivia) - Wikipedia

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    After another 20 km, the road meets with Route 25. Continuing on, the road meets the older Yungas Road, [1] the world's deadliest road. [2] It continues on a new, safer but still windy road. Bypassing Cororico, the road meets Route 40, which runs through Cororico and meets Yungas Road, and follows the Cororico River to Caranavi, where it meets ...

  7. Lisa Kelly (trucker) - Wikipedia

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    Lisa Kelly (born December 8, 1980) is an American trucker who has been featured on the History channel reality television series Ice Road Truckers and its spinoff series IRT: Deadliest Roads. For seasons 3–5 and 7–11, Ice Road Truckers followed Kelly and her fellow drivers as they make their way along the icy Dalton Highway from Fairbanks ...

  8. List of National Roads in Bolivia - Wikipedia

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    The Bolivian National Road network (Spanish: Rutas Nacionales) comprises 16,029 km (as of 2006) of roadway across all of Bolivia. The National Road network was established with the Decreto Supremo 25.134 of 21 August 1998, with a length of 10,401 kilometres, consisting of 17 national roads. [1] Today, there are 45 national roads in total.

  9. Train of Pantanal - Wikipedia

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    The 'Train of Death' was actually the continuation of the route across the border into Bolivia from Puerto Suarez to Santa Cruz del la Sierra, a true "Trem da Morte." In the absence of decent all-weather roads linking Corumba with Campo Grande, the train offered a decent journey, first and second class, a restaurant car and sleepers across the ...