Ruta 31 (Bolivia)
Ruta 31 in Bolivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras |
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Start of the street: |
Oruro ( 17 ° 56 ′ S , 67 ° 8 ′ W ) |
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End of street: |
Ruta 4 junction Cosapa ( 17 ° 49 ′ S , 68 ° 27 ′ W ) |
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Overall length: | 169 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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The Ruta 31 is a national road in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Routing
The road has a length of 169 kilometers and crosses the Bolivian Altiplano north of the salt lake Salar de Coipasa .
The Ruta 31 runs from east to west in the northern part of the Oruro department . The road begins in the city of Oruro as a junction of Ruta 12 and heads west via the villages of Chuquichambi , Huayllamarca and Totora to Curahuara de Carangas , where it joins Ruta 4 north of Curahuara, which leads west to the Tambo Quemado border station at the Chilean border leads.
The Ruta 31 has so far been asphalted for a little more than half of its length (as of 2018), it only consists of gravel and dirt roads on the 41 kilometer section between La Joya and Chuquichambi and on the 29 kilometers between Huayllamarca and Totora .
history
The road was declared part of the Bolivian national road network Red Vial Fundamental with Ley 3020 of April 13, 2005 .
Sections of the route in the Oruro department
Province of Cercado
- km 000: Oruro
- km 026: Sillota Belén
- km 045: La Joya
- km 061: Vilacara
- km 070: Lajma
Nor Carangas Province
- km 086: Chuquichambi
- km 105: Huayllamarca
San Pedro de Totora Province
Sajama Province
- km 164: Curahuara de Carangas
- km 169: junction with Ruta 4