Ruta 6 (Bolivia)

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	Ruta 6 in Bolivia
	Basic data
Operator:	Administradora Boliviana ; de Carreteras
Overall length:	976 km
Departments :	Santa Cruz ; Chuquisaca ; Potosí ; Oruro ;
	Santa Cruz Department
	Chuquisaca Department
	Potosí Department
	Oruro Department

The Ruta 6 is a national road in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .

Routing

The road is 976 kilometers long and crosses almost the entire width of the country in a south-east-north-west direction. It begins in the Bolivian lowlands on the border with Paraguay and runs along almost the entire eastern Andean chain of the Cordillera Central to the eastern edge of the Altiplano near Oruro . The road crosses the departments of Santa Cruz , Chuquisaca , Potosí and Oruro .

The entire route from Oruro to Padilla is or is paved, the area to Monteagudo is still unpaved gravel or dirt road, from Monteagudo to Boyuibe the road is paved, from Boyuibe to the Paraguayan border it is again unpaved.

history

By decree 25.134 of August 21, 1998, the Ruta 6 was declared part of the Bolivian highway network " Red Vial Fundamental " and at that time only comprised the 643 km long section east of Sucre.