E45 (Ecuador)

Via E45 in Ecuador
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Basic data
Operator:	Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
Start of the street:	Puerto El Carmen
End of street:	Zamora
Overall length:	701 km
of which in operation:	701 km
Provincias :	Sucumbíos Napo Pastaza Morona Santiago Zamora chinchipe
Course of the road Continue on  San Miguel Colombia Puerto El Carmen Nueva Loja Coca Tena Puyo Patuca Zamora

The E45 or Troncal Amazónica is a road in Ecuador . The road forms the easternmost north-south route in the country, from the border with Colombia on the Amazon to Zamora . The E45 is 701 kilometers long.

Street description

The E45 begins at the border with Colombia, where a bridge crosses the border river; the road continues as a country road to the southeast of Colombia. The E45 heads south and reaches the town of Nueva Loja, the largest town on the route. Here the E10 is crossed. This region is flat and is the only part of the Amazon basin in Ecuador where there is mining. The path then leads south then west near the Andes. Further south, the E45 runs past the foothills of the Andes and rises to around 1,000 meters. The E45 ends at Zamora on the E50, which continues west towards Loja.

history

The E45 is the easternmost north-south route and the only main road in eastern Ecuador in the Amazon region and therefore has a certain importance. To the east of the route is 100 to 200 kilometers of impenetrable jungle on the border with Peru . The E45 is not of great international importance. In 2001 almost the entire E45 is in very poor condition.

Web links

• Information on Wegenwiki.nl (Dutch)