Ruta 21 (Chile)
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| Overall length: | 196.3 km | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Development condition: | 1 × 2 lanes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Course of the road
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The Ruta 21 (short 21-CH ) is a national road in the Región de Antofagasta in the great north of Chile. In its 196.3 km route, it connects Calama with the Paso Salar de Ollagüe border pass near Ollagüe on the border with Bolivia . This is where Ollagüe customs control is located. Later the road in the neighboring country continues as Ruta 5 to Uyuni and Oruro .
This highway fulfills the function of an international connection, which is necessary to develop trade and infrastructure between Bolivia and Chile. It also serves the need to connect the villages of the Altiplano and the inner settlements with the centers as well as the accessibility of touristically attractive sectors.
The first section of the road between Calama and the area around Lasana is paved. From this village to Puerto de Montaña it has a paved ceiling. The current condition of the path is a moderate blanket of gravel and earth and harbors problems in terms of reliability and drivability, for example because the road is interrupted in several places; for example through driveways, eroded embankments, floods during the “Bolivian winter” and crossing watercourses.
The official function of this Ruta was ratified in 2000 by Decree Nº 2136 by the Ministerio de Obras Públicas de Chile (MOP).
Cities and towns
The towns, villages and settlements along the section from south to north are:
Antofagasta region
- Length: 196 km (km 0 to 196).
- Provincia de El Loa : Calama (km 0), San Francisco de Chiu Chiu (km 29–32), connection to Pucará de Lasana and Lasana (km 39), connection to Estación San Pedro (km 78), Estación Ascotán and police control ( km 120), Estación Cebollar (km 147), connection to Amincha (km 193), Ollagüe (km 193).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Red vial de la Región de Antofagasta en Dirección de Vialidad Chile ( Memento of the original from August 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
