National Route 9 (in Spanish, ''Ruta Nacional PY09'', better known as ''Ruta Transchaco'') is a national

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, which crosses the Paraguayan Chaco, crossing the departments of Presidente Hayes, and Boquerón. It starts at the

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border in

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and ends at the

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n border in Fortín Sgto. Rodríguez, traversing . It is important to note that the last , or so, of the route from Asunción to the Bolivian border which is shown on the accompanying map, no longer represents the ''de facto'' highway between Paraguay and Bolivia. Coming from Asunción the actual asphalt highway turns left (south-west) at a place on ''Ruta 9'' called Estancia La Patria ( ). After turning left the asphalt highway continues south-west and west for to cross the Paraguay-Bolivia border at . From there , or so, of good quality gravel road leads to the first substantial Bolivian town,

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Distances and important cities

The following table shows the distances traversed by PY09 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near).

References

{{National Roads in Paraguay

9 Boquerón Department Central Department Presidente Hayes Department