Ruta 7 (Bolivia)
Ruta 7 in Bolivia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Operator: | Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras |
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Overall length: | 488 km | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Course of the road
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The Ruta 7 is a national road in the South American Andean state of Bolivia .
Routing
The road has a length of 488 kilometers and connects the two metropolises of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz in a northwest-southeast direction . It begins in the valley of Cochabamba at about 2500 m altitude, accompanies the eastern Andean chain of the Cordillera Central and finally ends at about 450 m altitude in Santa Cruz between the river valleys of the Río Piraí and the Río Grande . On its way, the road only crosses the two departments of Cochabamba and Santa Cruz .
The entire route of Ruta 7 is paved.
history
The Ruta 7 was declared part of the Bolivian national road network " Red Vial Fundamental " by decree 25.134 of August 31, 1998 .
Route sections
Department of Cochabamba
- km 000: Cochabamba - 2548 m - 625.429 inhabitants ( 2010 )
- km 033: Tolata - 2,711 m - 2,953 inhabitants
- km 044: Paracaya - 2,721 m - 990 inhabitants
- Km 084: Vacas - 3,469 m - 870 inhabitants
- km 110: Pocona - 2,721 - 244 inhabitants
- km 129: Epizana - 2,870 m - 437 inhabitants
- km 163: Totora - 2,800 m - 2,137 inhabitants
- Km 202: Pojo - 1,982 m - 945 inhabitants
Santa Cruz Department
- km 261: Comarapa - 1,825 m - 5,793 inhabitants
- Km 279: San Isidro - 1,577 m - 2,088 inhabitants
- km 282: La Palizada - 1568 m - 382 inhabitants
- km 314: Mataral - 1,387 m - 939 inhabitants
- km 327: Pampa Grande - 1,291 m - 1,084 inhabitants
- km 366: Mairana - 1,330 m - 4,774 inhabitants
- km 382: Samaipata - 1,646 m - 3,478 inhabitants
- km 445: La Angostura - 640 m - 2,052 inhabitants
- km 481: La Guardia - 499 m - 12,913 inhabitants
- km 488: El Carmen - 449 m - 19,382 inhabitants (intersection with Ruta 9 )
- km 500: ( Santa Cruz ) - 437 m - 1,685,884 inhabitants
Web links
- Bolivian road network - overview map 2020 (PDF 1.9 MB)
- Rutas y longitudes - Administradora Boliviana de Carreteras (2006) ( Spanish ) ( page no longer available , search in web archives )