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he 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 (54 mi) rainforest gap, 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.
