Route 2 is a National Road in
Bolivia
Bolivia, officially the Plurinational State of Bolivia, is a landlocked country located in central South America. The country features diverse geography, including vast Amazonian plains, tropical lowlands, mountains, the Gran Chaco Province, w ...
. It connects La Paz to Khasani via Batallas and Copacabana,
is paved for its entire length.
Route description
Route 2 has a length of 155
kilometers and runs in mostly west-east direction. Starting in the
La Paz
La Paz, officially Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Aymara language, Aymara: Chuqi Yapu ), is the seat of government of the Bolivia, Plurinational State of Bolivia. With 755,732 residents as of 2024, La Paz is the List of Bolivian cities by populati ...
suburb of
El Alto
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at
Route 1
The following highways are numbered 1.
For roads numbered A1, see list of A1 roads.
For roads numbered B1, see list of B1 roads.
For roads numbered M1, see List of M1 roads.
For roads numbered N1, see list of N1 roads.
For roads numbered S ...
, the road continues out to the Route 41 beltway on the western fringes of the city. Upon reaching the town of Batallas, the road turns north. Roughly 13 km north of the town of Batallas,
in the town of Huarina,
the road meets Route 16, which continues north towards the Bolivian Amazon and allows through traffic to bypass the cities of Puno and Juliaca in Peru. Route 2 continues west towards Copacabana,
where it runs along the edge of the formal townsite.
The last 8 kilometers
of the road is generally southbound, ending at the Khasani Border Crossing, across the border from the Peruvian city of Yunguyo.
History
This road was included in the Fundamental Road Network by Supreme Decree 25,134 of August 31, 1998.
References
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Transport in Bolivia
Roads in Bolivia