National Route 22 ( es, Ruta Nacional 22) is a
highway
A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...
located in Argentina, that connects the provinces of
Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires ( or ; ), officially the Autonomous City of Buenos Aires ( es, link=no, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires), is the capital and primate city of Argentina. The city is located on the western shore of the Río de la Plata, on South ...
,
La Pampa
La Pampa () is a sparsely populated province of Argentina, located in the Pampas in the center of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the north clockwise San Luis, Córdoba, Buenos Aires, Río Negro, Neuquén and Mendoza.
History
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Río Negro and
Neuquén
Neuquén (; arn, Nehuenken) is the capital city of the Argentine province of Neuquén and of the Confluencia Department, located in the east of the province. It occupies a strip of land west of the confluence of the Limay and Neuquén river ...
in . The route starts at the connection with
National Route 3 (Argentina), at the west of
Bahía Blanca
Bahía Blanca (; English: White Bay) is a city in the southwest of the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina, by the Atlantic Ocean, and is the seat of government of the Bahía Blanca Partido. It had 301,572 inhabitants according to the . It is th ...
and until 2004 the highway end was in Paso de Pino Hachado, on the border with
Chile
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, but currently ends on the connection with
National Route 40 (Argentina)
National Route 40, also known as RN40 or "Ruta 40", is a route in western Argentina, stretching from Punta Loyola near Rio Gallegos in Santa Cruz Province in the south to La Quiaca in Jujuy Province in the north. The route parallels the Ande ...
in
Zapala. The track between
Las Lajas and Paso de Pino Hachado is now part of the
National Route 242.
The Highway has two lanes, mostly; only the
Cipolletti
Cipolletti ( or ) is a city in north of the Patagonian . With a population of 87,492 inhabitants at the , Cipolletti is the third-most populated settlement in the province, after San Carlos de Bariloche and General Roca. Geography
The city is ...
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Plottier
Plottier is a city located in the Confluencia Department, in Neuquén Province, Argentina.
The population is 40.000 inhabitants. It is about 15 km from Neuquén City, which turns this city into an important place for the population.
Plottie ...
track has 4 lanes.
Tourism in Argentina
National roads in Neuquén Province
National roads in Río Negro Province
National roads in La Pampa Province
National roads in Buenos Aires Province
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