National Route Number 2 (officially, PY02, better known as ''Ruta Dos'') is one of the most important

highways 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 ...

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, which connects the two major cities in the country,

Asunción Asunción (, ) is the capital and the largest city of Paraguay. The city stands on the eastern bank of the Paraguay River, almost at the confluence of this river with the Pilcomayo River. The Paraguay River and the Bay of Asunción in the north ...

and

Ciudad del Este Ciudad del Este (, Spanish for Eastern City; often shortened as CDE) is the second-largest city in Paraguay and capital of the Alto Paraná Department, situated on the Paraná River. It is located 327 km east of Asunción, the capital, and i ...

. Crossing the

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of Central,

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, Caaguazu and

Alto Paraná Alto Paraná (; ''Upper Paraná'') is a Department (subnational entity), department in Paraguay. The capital is Ciudad del Este (formerly known as Puerto Presidente Stroessner, originally Puerto Flor de Lis). The Alto Paraná department has exper ...

. In 2019, the between Ciudad del Este and Caaguazú were doubled. In 2024, the duplication of of the highway between the cities of Ypacaraí and Caaguazú was completed. So, the first duplicated highway in Paraguay was created. The highway is the most important in the country, as it connects the capital Asunción with the second largest city (Cuidad del Este), with Brazil (the country's largest trading partner) and finally with the

Port of Paranaguá The Port of Paranaguá is one of the main ports of Brazil and Latin America. It is in the city of Paranaguá, in the Brazilian state of Paraná, is the second largest port of Brazil in tonnage and the third in container shipping. It is a main ...

.Obras de la ruta PY02 ahorran más de 1 hora de viaje en el tramo Ypacaraí –Caaguazú
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Distances and important cities

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 2 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near).

References

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