Pan-American Highway (South America)

Pan-American Highway (South America)

The project of a Pan-American highway in or before 1923. The main idea was to create a network of wide roads that would connect the major points of interest in North and South America with a single highway.

The longest segment connects the Brazilian city of Macapá in Amapá State to Cayenne in French Guiana, Paramaribo City by the East-West Link Highway in Suriname, Georgetown in Guyana, and Boa Vista city in Roraima Brazilian State. Boa Vista is connected with all the cities in Venezuela such as Ciudad Guayana, its easternmost city. The highway supports trade among these countries. It is crossed by three large rivers, but an international system of ferries helps cross these natural obstacles.