Pan-American Highway
Americas' main artery
The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads stretching from Alaska to the southern tip of South America, spanning roughly 19,000 miles across North, Central, and South America.
It's interrupted by the Darién Gap, a roadless stretch of jungle between Panama and Colombia.
The highway functions more as a concept linking existing national roads than as a single constructed route: They drove the Pan-American Highway from California to Chile.
- migration routesPaths animals travel seasonally
- AlaskaAmerica's frozen northwest
- border checkpointControlled crossing between nations
- scenic routeRoad selected for beauty
- ecotourismConservation-minded nature tourism
indigenous communities · indigenous heritage · Panama Canal · road network · Ecuador · Colombia · border crossings · cross-border trade · Peru · Argentina · rainforest preservation · turnpike · mile marker · road trip · long haul · trucking route · mountain ecosystems · cargo transport
Pan-American Highwaycul-de-sac
Street closed at end
dead-end street · local road · alley · footpath · Silk Road
Pan-American Highwayborder wall
Structure dividing adjacent territories
Berlin Wall · natural barrier · Iron Curtain · blockade · trade embargo
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