Ruta 17 (Bolivia)
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| Operator: | Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras |
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| Overall length: | 200 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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The Ruta 17 is a state highway in the South American Andean country Bolivia .
Routing
The road has a length of 200 km and crosses the northeastern part of the Santa Cruz department in a north-south direction. The road begins in the north at San Ignacio de Velasco on the national road Ruta 10 and runs through the sparsely populated eastern hill country of the Chiquitanía until it ends after 200 km in the city of San José de Chiquitos and here on the national roads Ruta 4 and Ruta 34 meets.
The entire stretch of the national road is currently asphalted (as of 2018), it previously consisted entirely of gravel and dirt roads and was repeatedly impassable in sections during times of high rainfall.
history
Ruta 17 was declared part of the Bolivian national road network " Red Vial Fundamental " by decree 25.134 of August 31, 1998 .
Sections of the route in Santa Cruz Department
- km 000: San Ignacio de Velasco
- km 037: San Miguel
- km 072: San Rafael
- km 200: San José de Chiquitos