The Ruta Nacional 14 General José Gervasio Artigas (Decree Law 26859/10 jun 2013) is a major road in

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. It has its starting point in the small city of

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, in the Entre Ríos province. Route 14 diverges from Ruta Nacional 12, following the

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coast and ending in the city of

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. It is one of the most transited roads of the country, mainly because of tourists going to

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and

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, and because it receives most of the former's trade. The road is being widened between Gualeguaychú and

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.La "ruta de la muerte" se transformará en autopista
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stretch, which is due to be paved in February 2011. The road's length is 1.127 km. Lately, this road has gained a bad reputation due to frequent car accidents, being colloquially dubbed "La Ruta de la Muerte" (The Road of Death). This route passes by the

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, which is known for its Yatay Palm trees, whose entrance is 6 km south of Ubajay, in the Entre Ríos province. It also passes by the Parque Provincial Cruce Caballero northeast from the city of San Pedro in the Misiones province.

Destinations

These are some of the cities with 5000 inhabitants or more that RN 14 passes by:

Entre Ríos Province

Stretch: 343 km (km 0 to 343) * Ibicuy Islands: There are no cities with more than 5000 inhabitants. *

Gualeguaychú Department The Gualeguaychú Department (in Spanish, ''Departamento Gualeguaychú'') is an administrative subdivision (''departamento'') of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It is located in the south-east of the province, beside the Uruguay River. Th ...

: access to Gualeguaychú by RP 16 (km 56), Urquiza street(km 59) and RP 20 (km 72). * Uruguay Department: access to

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(km 125) * Colón Department: access to Colón ( RN 135) (km 151), San José (Km 156) and Villa Elisa ( RN 130) (km 163) * Concordia Department: access to Concordia (km 253) *

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: access to Federación (km 296) and

Chajarí Chajarí is a city in the northeast of the province of Entre Ríos, Argentina. It has 45.000 inhabitants per the , and it is the largest city in the Federación Department. It lies on Provincial Route 2, about 2 km east of the intersection w ...

(km 329)

Corrientes Province

Stretch: 441 km (km 343 to 784) * Monte Caseros Department: Mocoretá (km 345) and access to Monte Caseros by RP 129 (km 384) * Curuzú Cuatiá Department: There are no cities with more than 5000 inhabitants. * Paso de los Libres Department: access to

by RN 117 (km 496) * San Martín Department: There are no cities with more than 5000 inhabitants, but the road passes through La Cruz (km 592). At km 551 is the RN 122 junction from which people can gain access to the historic town of Yapeyú. * General Alvear Department: Alvear (km 602) * Santo Tomé Department: Santo Tomé (km 683) and

Gobernador Virasoro Gobernador Virasoro (formally ''Gobernador Ingeniero Valentín Virasoro'') is a city in the province of Corrientes in the Argentine Mesopotamia. It had about 30,000 inhabitants at the . The city lies in the north-east of the province, 64 km ...

(km 744) * Ituzaingó Department: There are no cities with more than 5000 inhabitants.

Misiones Province

Stretch: 343 km (km 784 to 1127). *

Apóstoles Department Apóstoles is a Departments of Argentina, department of Misiones Province (Argentina). References

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: There are no cities with more than 5000 inhabitants. *

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: There are no cities with more than 5000 inhabitants. * Leandro N. Alem Department: Leandro N. Alem (km 848) *

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Oberá Oberá, formerly Svea, is a city in the interfluvial province of Misiones, Argentina, and the head town of the Oberá Department. It is located 96 km east of the provincial capital Posadas, on National Route 14, and about 1,150 km nort ...

(km 873) and Campo Viera (km 894) * Cainguás Department:

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(km 914) and Aristóbulo del Valle (km 930) * Guaraní Department: San Vicente (km 975) * San Pedro Department: San Pedro (km 1048). The unpaved section is generally avoided using paved provincial routes 20 and 19 in the town of

in the General Manuel Belgrano Department. * General Manuel Belgrano Department:

(km 1126)

Toll booths and services

References:Estaciones Shell
Guía de estaciones de servicio

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en todo el país. * km 5: Shell Gas Station (Ceibas) * km 48: Shell Gas Station (Gualeguaychú) * km 54
Posta Parador
(Gualeguaychú) * km 56
El Tagüe Hotel & Parador
(Gualeguaychú) * km 83: Gas Station * km 100: Toll booth (Colonia Elía) * km 100: Petrobras Gas station (Concepción del Uruguay) * Km 124: ACA gas station (Colonia Elía) * km 143: YPF Gas station (Colón) * km 150: ACA gas station (Colón) * km 151: Shell Gas Station (Colón) * km 205: Parador Gastiazoro (Ubajay) * km 240: Toll booth (Yeruá) * km 248: YPF Gas station (Concordia) * km 264: Restaurant "El Bagual" * km 296: YPF Gas station (Federación) * km 320: YPF Gas station (Chajarí) * km 321: Esso Gas station (Chajarí) * km 323: Estación de servicio Shell (Chajarí) * km 363: Toll booth (Piedritas) * km 406: YPF Gas station (Cuatro Bocas) * km 469: Gas station (Bonpland) * km 495: Gas station (San Joaquín) * km 744: Shell Gas Station (Gobernador Virasoro) * km 791: YPF Gas station (San José) * km 848: YPF Gas station (Leandro N. Alem) * km 877: Shell Gas Station (Oberá) * km 975: Shell Gas Station (San Vicente) * km 1126: YPF Gas station (Bernardo de Irigoyen)

References

External links

Caminos del Río Uruguay
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