Yungas Road

National Road in Bolivia, known for its treacherous journey 16°17′25″S 67°49′38″W / 16.290253°S 67.827126°W / -16.290253; -67.827126 (Southern end of the Yungas Road) In red the cycling section, in green the Bolivian National Route 3 The Yungas Road (Spanish: Camino a los Yungas), commonly referred to as Death Road (Spanish: Camino de la Muerte), is a 64-kilometer (40 mi) long cycle and vehicle route linking the city of La Paz with the Yungas region of Bolivia. It was built in the 1930s by the Bolivian government to connect the capital city of La Paz to the Amazon Rainforest in the north part of the country. Large amounts of its construction were done by Paraguayan prisoners during the Chaco War. Several sections of the road are less than 3 meters (9.8 ft) wide. Due to the common occurrence of rain, fog, landslides, cascades, steep slopes and cliffs, it is largely considered the most dangerous road in the world. Unlike in the rest of the country, the Yungas Road is a left-hand traffic road, which allowed drivers to better gauge the distance between their vehicles and the edge of the road. It has since been replaced by a newer, two-lane asphalt road featuring