Panamericana
The Pan American and its trunk route linking the cities of Prudhoe Bay, in the State of Alaska, USA, in Ushuaia, Argentina.
The Pan American Highway, or Route Pan “is a collective system of roads, approximately 48,000 km long, linking nearly all countries in the Western hemisphere of the Americas with a combined stretch of road. Was conceived in the V International Conference of American States in 1923, celebrated the first Pan American Highway Congress in Buenos Aires in 1925, followed the 1929 and 1939.
The Pan American Highway is almost complete, and extends from Alaska in North America to Patagonia in South America. The remarkable stretch that prevents the road is completely connect a stretch of 87 km of mountainous jungle hard, located between the east end of Panama and northwestern Colombia called plug Darien. Has emerged as an alternative construction of an elevated viaduct that runs parallel to the coast.
There is opposition, particularly from Panama to complete the portion of the road Darien for various reasons, including the desire to protect the rainforest (as this area constitutes a Biosphere Reserve – known in Colombia as the Choco biogeographic -) contain diseases, protect the culture of the indigenous peoples of the area and to prevent the disease from entering North America.
The Pan American Highway passes through different climates and ecosystems, from dense jungles to the frozen mountains. Is patchy, some sections are not passable during the rainy season in many regions and travel by car is a risk. The parties include the famous Alaska Highway and the Interamerican Highway. The Inter-American Highway between the United States and the Panama Canal, and is popular with American tourists who drive to Mexico. In all, the Pan American Highway passes through the following 13 countries:
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