Route 2 is a National Road in
Bolivia
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. 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 known as Nuestra Señora de La Paz (Spanish pronunciation: ), is the seat of government of the Plurinational State of Bolivia. With an estimated 816,044 residents as of 2020, La Paz is the third-most populous city in Bo ...
suburb of
El Alto
El Alto (Spanish for "The Heights") is the second-largest city in Bolivia, located adjacent to La Paz in Pedro Domingo Murillo Province on the Altiplano highlands. El Alto is today one of Bolivia's fastest-growing urban centers, with an estimat ...
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 ...
, 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