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Pan-American Highway

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he [[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 an 87 kilometre the about 100 kilometer (54 62 mi) rainforest gap[[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]]
 
== Experiences ==
 
A Story about [http://www.katwise.com/panamericana.htm hitchhiking the Panamericana].
 
 
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[[Category:Famous Roads]]

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