Ruta 60 (Chile)

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Autopista 60 in Chile
Ruta 60 (Chile)
Basic data
Operator: Autopista Los Andes
Autovía Las Palmas
Autopista del Aconcagua
Overall length: 189 km

Región (region):

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The Ruta 60 at the Cuesta Juncal pass is also known as caracoles (Spanish snails).
Course of the road
Región de Valparaíso
port Port of Valparaíso (Camino La Polvora)
Locality Limache and Viña del Mar RN62
Locality La Calera and Llay Llay RN5
Locality San Felipe E-89
Locality Los Andes RN57
tunnel Túnel internacional Cristo Redentor
Border crossing Chile - Argentina

The Ruta 60 (short CH-60 ) is an autopista in Chile . This international road spans the Región de Valparaíso in the Central Valley . The Ruta is divided into three sections, it starts in Valparaíso and ends in Los Andes .

The section Villa Alemana - Quillota - La Calera , La Calera - Los Andes belongs to the operator Autopista Los Andes . After Los Andes, it climbs the Cordilleras and then ends at the Tunnel Internacional Cristo Redentor , where the route in Argentina continues as Ruta 7 to Buenos Aires . The section in Valparaíso is known as Camino la Pólvora or acceso sur . In the overland section Concón - Viña del Mar - Valparaíso , the route belongs to the Autovía Las Palmas (better known as Vía Las Palmas or Autopista Troncal Sur ).

Geographic and urban areas

Border inspection posts

  • fully equipped border complex Los Libertadores , located in the Andes mountain range at 3200 m above sea level ; works non-stop in summer and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. in winter.
  • Snow chains are mandatory

Sections of the road

  • Viña del Mar: Autovia Las Palmas ; only to the beginning of the Jardín Botanico tunnel , further than Troncal Sur.
  • Viña del Mar - Villa Alemana Autovía Troncal Sur
  • Villa Alemana - La Calera: Autopista Los Andes; in La Calera partly three-lane
  • Llay Llay - El Sauce: Autopista
  • El Sauce - Paso Fronterizo Cristo Redentor: asphalt road
  • Los Libertadores - Túnel Cristo Redentor : Caracoles (snails)