Route 5 is a National Road in
Bolivia
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. The road is 898 km long and traverses the
Bolivian Altiplano from northeast to southwest, from the
Cordillera Oriental. The road crosses the departments of
Santa Cruz,
Cochabamba
Cochabamba (; ) is a city and municipality in central Bolivia in a valley in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital (political), capital of the Cochabamba Department and the list of cities in Bolivia, fourth largest city in Bolivia, with ...
,
Chuquisaca, and
Potosí.
Route
Route 5 begins in the north-east as a turnoff from
Route 7 at La Palizada and ends in the south-west at a village of
Hito LX on the
Chilean border.
The first 80 kilometres from La Palizada are paved straight, the following 540 kilometres to
Uyuni
Uyuni ( Aymara, ''uyu'' pen (enclosure), yard, cemetery, ''-ni'' a suffix to indicate ownership, "the one that has got a pen", "the one with a pen") is a city in the southwest of Bolivia.
Uyuni primarily serves as a gateway for tourists visiting ...
are completely paved. The remaining 260km southwest of Uyuni are unpaved.
Route 5 has been declared part of the Bolivian National Road "''Red Vial Fundamental''" by Decree 25.134 of 31 August 1998.
References
{{National Roads in Bolivia
Roads in Bolivia