Route 7 is a national road in the South American Andean state of

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 ...

Route description

The road has a length of and connects the two metropolises of

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 ...

and

Santa Cruz de la Sierra Santa Cruz de la Sierra (; ), commonly known as Santa Cruz, is the largest city in Bolivia and the capital of the Santa Cruz Department (Bolivia), Santa Cruz department. Situated on the Pirai River (Bolivia), Pirai River in the eastern Tropical ...

in a northwest–southeast direction. It begins in the valley of Cochabamba at about altitude, accompanies the eastern Andes chain of the

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and finally ends at about altitude in Santa Cruz between the river valleys of the Piray River and the

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. On its way, the road only crosses the two departments of

and Santa Cruz. The entire route of Route 7 is paved.

History

Route 7 was declared part of the Bolivian national road network "Red Vial Fundamental" by decree 25.134 of 31 August 1998.lexivox.or
Decreto Supremo N° 25134, 21 de agosto de 1998
/ref> The Colomi bus crash took place on Route 7.

References

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