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Trans-Amazon Highway
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Trans-Amazon Highway, road, c.3,000 mi (4,830 km) long, traversing N central Brazil. The highway, stretching from the Atlantic coast to the Peruvian border, is an important factor in the economic development of the Amazon region.


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The Transamazonica, or the Trans-Amazonian Highway BR 230 as it is officially marked on maps, was at the time the biggest road project ever undertaken.
The journey is continued on the well paved Trans-Amazonian Highway until it ends in the frontier town of Santa Elena de Uarien.
 
 
 
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