Route U-40 is a primary regional road in

Osorno Province Osorno Province ( es, Provincia de Osorno) is one of the four provinces in the southern Chilean region of Los Lagos (X). The province has an area of and a population of 221,496 distributed across seven communes ( Spanish: ''comunas''). The provi ...

Chile Chile, officially the Republic of Chile, is a country in the western part of South America. It is the southernmost country in the world, and the closest to Antarctica, occupying a long and narrow strip of land between the Andes to the eas ...

. It is the main access road to the coast of Osorno Province. The road runs from Rahue to

Maicolpue Maicolpue or Maicolpué is a settlement and beach located on the coast of Osorno Province, southern Chile. Its economy revolves around tourism subsistence farming Subsistence agriculture occurs when farmers grow food crops to meet the needs ...

passing by

Bahía Mansa Bahía Mansa is a settlement and bay located on the coast of Osorno Province, southern Chile. It is the main port between Corral Bay and Maullín River and the only port of Osorno Province. The town's economy revolves around tourism and fishing. ...

. In 2013 a series of new road safety improvements on the road next to Rahue begun.

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