Ruta 60 (Chile)
Autopista 60 in Chile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Basic data | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Autopista Los Andes Autovía Las Palmas Autopista del Aconcagua |
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Overall length: | 189 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Ruta 60 at the Cuesta Juncal pass is also known as caracoles (Spanish snails). | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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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
- End of the Camino La Polvora / junction with Ruta 68
- from here with the name variant Agua Santa , continues in Viña del Mar as Autovía Las Palmas
- Beginning of the Jardín Botanico viaduct / access to Troncal Sur
- Approach Las Palmas continue on Troncal Sur to Peñablanca, where the Autopista Los Andes begins
- The Autopista Los Andes starts in Peñablanca
- End of the Autopista Los Andes in La Calera
- Km 70 Autopista del Aconcagua
- Start of the Autopista Los Andes in Llay Llay
- End of the Autopista Los Andes in El Sauce
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)