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[[File:PanAmericanHwy.png|thumb|right|350px|Pan-American Highway]]

The Pan-American Highway (see below for its name in all languages) is a network of roads nearly 48,000 kilometres (29,800 miles) in total length. Except for the about 100 kilometer (62 mi) [[Darién Gap]] between [[Panama]] and [[Colombia]] (which is also considered ''very'' dangerous to cross on-land), the road links the mainland nations of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to The Guinness Book of World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest "motorable road".

The Pan-American Highway travels through the following 15 countries:

* [[Canada]] (unofficially)
* [[United States of America|United States]] (unofficially)
* [[Mexico]]
* [[Guatemala]]
* [[El Salvador]]
* [[Honduras]]
* [[Nicaragua]]
* [[Costa Rica]]
* [[Panama]]
* [[Colombia]]
* [[Ecuador]]
* [[Peru]], where it goes through [[Lima]]
* [[Chile]]
* [[Argentina]]

Important spurs also lead into [[Bolivia]], [[Brazil]], [[Paraguay]], [[Uruguay]] and [[Venezuela]]