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The national routes of Chile are formed by the set of roads that connect a regional or provincial capital with a longitudinal or variant road to it, which are named by the President of the Republic, according to the road legislation of Chile. The characteristics that are considered to be catalogued as such are:
Duplicate Highways of Chile, in red. Transport in Chile is mostly by road. The far south of the country is not directly connected to central Chile by road without travelling through Argentina, and water transport also plays a part there. The railways were historically important in Chile, but now play a relatively small part in the country's ...
From the north border with Peru to north of Caldera, Ruta 5 is a two lane paved road with a speed limit of 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph).Between Caldera and Puerto Montt, the road was upgraded to a 4-lane freeway with 120 kilometres per hour (75 mph) as speed limit, 20% faster than Chile's common 100 kilometres per hour (62 mph) maximum speed limit.
1946 map of the Pan-American Highway (outside the United States) The concept of an overland route from one tip of the Americas to the other was originally proposed as a railroad. In 1884 the U.S. Congress passed a law with a plan to build an inter-American rail system. [3]
Chile Route 1; Chile Route 5; Chile Route 9; Chile Route 11; Chile Route 12; Chile Route 23; Chile Route 27; Chile Route 60; Chile Route 68; Chile Route 181; Chile Route 199; Chile Route 201; Chile Route 203; Chile Route 206; Chile Route 215; Chile Route 255; Chile Route U-40; Chile Route Y-50; Chilean wine routes
The Carretera Austral (CH-7, in English: Southern Way) is the name given to Chile's Route 7. The highway runs south for about 1,240 kilometers (770 mi) from Puerto Montt to Villa O'Higgins, passing through rural Patagonia. [1] Carretera Austral provides road access to Chile's Aysén Region and southern parts of Los Lagos Region. These areas are ...
Chile Route 27 (Ruta 27 CH) is a main road in the northern portion of Chile. It runs 156.19 km (97.05 mi) [1] from San Pedro de Atacama to Paso de Jama. A short road off Route 27 heads north to Portezuelo del Cajón. Another adjacent road leads to Llano de Chajnantor Observatory, reaching maximum
Chile Route 1, known locally as Ruta 1, is a longitudinal national route that is located in the Norte Grande of Chile, in the regions of Tarapacá and Antofagasta.In its length of 598.6 km, [1] [2] it links Iquique with route 5 through a parallel to the coast of Pacific Ocean joining two of the most important cities in northern Chile.