BR-156 is a federal highway of

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. The road consists of 552 km between

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and Macapá, and 271 km between Macapá and Laranjal do Jari (except via

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city), totalling 823 km of road through forest and savannah. Only the road between Macapá and

Calçoene Calçoene () is a municipality located in the east of the state of Amapá in Brazil. It is located on the Atlantic Ocean in the Amazon jungle basin near French Guiana. Calçoene covers and has a population is 11,306. The name Calçoene is a corru ...

is paved with asphalt. The rest of the road has a dirt surface. Because of the road conditions, it takes around 10-12 hours to drive between

and Macapá. With the Oyapock River Bridge (linking the cities of

and

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) open to traffic starting from 20 March 2017, it is now possible to drive from Macapá to

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, the capital city of

References

Federal highways in Brazil Transport in Amapá {{Brazil-road-stub