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| − | + | 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 kilometer (54 mi) rainforest gap in [[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: | The Pan-American Highway travels through the following 15 countries: | ||
Revision as of 14:00, 7 October 2007
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 kilometer (54 mi) rainforest gap in 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 (unofficially)
- Mexico
- Guatemala
- El Salvador
- Honduras
- Nicaragua
- Costa Rica
- Panama
- Colombia
- Ecuador
- Peru
- Chile
- Argentina
Important spurs also lead into Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela
Experiences
A Story about hitchhiking the Panamericana.
This article contains text from the Wikipedia article on Pan-American Highway.
