Ruta 16 (Bolivia)
Ruta 16 in Bolivia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras |
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Overall length: | 921 + 115 = 1036 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bridge over the Río Tahuamanu in the north of Ruta 16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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The Ruta 16 is a national road in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Routing
The road has a length of 1036 kilometers and crosses northwest Bolivia in a south-north direction, from Lake Titicaca in the Andean highlands to the Río Acre on the Brazilian border. The road crosses the departments of La Paz and Pando , within the department of La Paz, a junction of Route 16 leads to San Buenaventura on the Río Beni . The road begins in the south at Huarina on the highway Ruta 2 , leaves the high mountains after about 300 kilometers and ends in the north in the city of Porvenir , where it meets the highway Ruta 13 .
The southern section of the road is paved for the first hundred kilometers, the rest of the route in the northern lowlands consists of gravel and dirt roads. The Apolo - Tumupasa route is still being planned, as is the route from Ixiamas via Alto Madidi to Chivé.
history
The Ruta 16 was declared part of the Bolivian national road network " Red Vial Fundamental " by decree 25.134 of August 31, 1998 .
Section 1
La Paz Department
- km 000: Huarina
- km 023: Achacachi
- Km 059: Ancoraimes
- km 084: Puerto Carabuco
- km 098: Escoma
- km 148: Pumazani
- km 185: Charazani
- km 349: Apolo (Apolo-Tumupasa only in planning)
- km 457: Tumupasa
- km 518: Ixiamas (Ixiamas-Alto Madidi-Chivé only in planning)
- km 605: Alto Madidi
Pando Department
- km 767: Chivé
- km 839: San Silvestre
- km 921: Porvenir
Section 2
La Paz Department
- km 000: Tumupasa
- km 054: San Buenaventura