National Route 81 (RN81) is a road in Argentina, which runs through the province of

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and ends in the eastern province of Salta, joining National Route 11 in the vicinity the city of

with National Route 34 in the area of El Cruce, between the towns of Embarcación and

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. Since 2008 the entire route is paved. Its total extension is . It was completely paved and finished on 13 March 2008, being inaugurated by President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner. This road is part of the Capricorn Axis, defined by IIRSA as one of the three integration axes in Argentina.

Cities

The cities and towns this route passes through from northeast to southwest are as follows (towns with fewer than 5,000 inhabitants are in italics).

Formosa Province

Travel: 497 km (km 1184 to 1681). * Formosa Department:

(km 1184) and ''

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'' (km 1257). *

Pirané Department Pirané is a department of the province of Formosa (Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making ...

: Pirané (km 1282) and Palo Santo (km 1311). *

Patiño Department Patiño is a department of the province of Formosa (Argentina Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making ...

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(km 1356),

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(km 1378), ''

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'' (km 1408), '' Pozo del Tigre'' (km 1437) and

Las Lomitas Las Lomitas is a city in northern Argentina. It is located in the Patiño Department in the center of Formosa Province. It has a population of 12,399 inhabitants as of the . This represented a 20% increase in the population compared to the whic ...

(km 1472). * Bermejo Department: '' Laguna Yema'' (km 1554) and '' Los Chiriguanos'' (km 1582). *

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: Ingeniero Guillermo N. Juárez (km 1627).

Salta Province

Travel: 183 km (km 1681 to 1864). * Rivadavia Department: '' Los Blancos'' (km 1711) and '' Coronel Juan Solá'' (km 1745). * General José de San Martín Department: '' Dragones (km 1798).

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:National Route 081 (Argentina) National roads in Formosa Province National roads in Salta Province