Pan-American Highway (North America)
The Pan-American Highway route in North America is the portion of a network of roads nearly 48,000 km in length which travels through the mainland nations of the Americas.
No definitive length of the Pan American Highway exists because the U.S. and Canadian governments have never officially defined any specific routes as being part of the Pan-American Highway, and Mexico officially has many branches connecting to the U.S. border. However, the total length of the North American portion of the highway is roughly 16,000 miles (26,000 km).
Partial lengths (with references):
- Length: 162 miles (261 km) (from Circle to Fairbanks)
- Length: 980 km (610 mi) (from Fairbanks, Alaska to Whitehorse, Yukon)
- Length: 1,890 km (1,170 mi) (from: Whitehorse, Yukon to Prince George, B. C.)
- Length: 778 km (from Prince George, B.C. to Vancouver, B.C.) (unofficial)
- Length: 276.62 miles (total length of I-5 in Washington) (unofficial)
- Length: 308.14 miles (total length of I-5 in Oregon) (unofficial)
- Length: 796.53 miles (total length of I-5 in California) (unofficial)
Read more about Pan-American Highway (North America): United States (Alaska), Canada, United States (Contiguous), Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama
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