Ruta 5 (Bolivia)

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Ruta 5 in Bolivia
Ruta 5 (Bolivia)
Basic data
Operator: Administradora Boliviana
de Carreteras
Overall length: 898 km

Departments :

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Ruta 5 between Potosí and Uyuni
Course of the road
Santa Cruz Department
Further on R7
Locality (000)  La Palizada
Locality (005)  Pulquina
Locality (006)  San Jose de la Capilla
Locality (042)  Saipina
Department of Cochabamba
Locality Peña Colorada
Locality Villa Granado
Locality (129)  Aiquile entrance R23
Locality (132)  Aiquile exit
Chuquisaca Department
Locality (185)  Puente Arce
Locality (201)  Bella Vista
Locality (206)  Surima
Locality (214)  Chuqui Chuqui
Locality (225)  Chaco
Locality (234)  Mojotoro
Locality (269)  Sucre R6
Locality (291)  Yotala
Locality (291)  Puente Mendez
Potosí Department
Locality (354)  Millares
Locality (407)  Betanzos
Locality (438)  Potosí R1
Locality (484)  Porco
Locality (509)  Chaquilla
Locality (534)  Yura
Locality (562)  Ticatica
Locality (626)  Pulacayo
Locality (646)  Uyuni R21 R30
Locality (761)  Julaca
Locality (788)  San Juan de Rosario
Locality (828)  San Pedro de Quemes
Locality (898)  Hito LX

The Ruta 5 is a national road in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Routing

The road has a length of 898 km and crosses the Bolivian Altiplano from northeast to southwest, from the Cordillera Oriental to the Cordillera Occidental . The road crosses the departments of Santa Cruz , Cochabamba , Chuquisaca and Potosí . It begins in the northeast as a junction from Ruta 7 at La Palizada and ends in the southwest at the village of Hito LX on the Chilean border.

The first about 80 kilometers from La Palizada are paved (as of 2018), the next 540 kilometers to Uyuni are completely paved. The remaining 260 km southwest of Uyuni are again unpaved.

history

The Ruta 5 was declared part of the Bolivian national road network " Red Vial Fundamental " by decree 25.134 of August 31, 1998 .

Route sections

Santa Cruz Department

Department of Cochabamba

  • Km 129: Aiquile entrance
  • Km 133: Aiquile exit

Chuquisaca Department

Potosí Department

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