National Route 5 (in Spanish, ''Ruta Nacional Número 5 "Gral. Bernardino Caballero"'', or simply ''Ruta Quinta'') is a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It includes not just major roads, but also other public roads and rights of way. In the United States, it is also used as an equivalent term to controlled-access highway, or ...

in northern

Paraguay Paraguay, officially the Republic of Paraguay, is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the Argentina–Paraguay border, south and southwest, Brazil to the Brazil–Paraguay border, east and northeast, and Boli ...

, it runs from Fortín Pilcomayo to Pedro Juan Caballero. It crosses 3

departments Department may refer to: * Departmentalization, division of a larger organization into parts with specific responsibility Government and military * Department (administrative division), a geographical and administrative division within a country, ...

Presidente Hayes Presidente Hayes () is a Departments of Paraguay, department in Paraguay. The capital is the city of Villa Hayes. The department was named after U.S. President Rutherford B. Hayes, who awarded the territory to Paraguay while arbitrating a bounda ...

, Concepcion, and

Amambay Amambay () is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Pedro Juan Caballero. The name comes from the name of a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, " Amambai Mountains". Amambay is the name of a fern, typical of the forest in the region. Dist ...

Distances and important cities

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 5 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near). {{National Roads in Paraguay 5 Presidente Hayes Department Concepción Department, Paraguay Amambay Department