National Route 12 (Argentina)
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National Route 12 （RN12） is a road in Argentina, connecting the northeast section to the rest of the country.
It runs through the provinces of Misiones, Corrientes, Entre Ríos and Buenos Aires.
Starting south of the city of Zárate in Buenos Aires Province, and crossing the Paraná River, through the Zárate-Brazo Largo Bridge, continues to the provincial capitals of Paraná,
Corrientes and Posadas, ending at the Fraternity Bridge, in the city of Puerto Iguazú, bordering with Brazil.
The road continues within Brazil as BR-469.
Its length of 1,580 km （982 mi）, is fully paved.
In the Zárate - Ceibas section, the road is a wide, 4-lane highway.
Before the opening of the Zárate - Brazo Largo bridge, on 14 December 1977.
cars had to cross the Paraná de las Palmas and Paraná Guazú rivers by barge.
The section between the rivers, in Talavera Island, was a treated, unpaved road.
Construction on the second lane （widening） on the 45 km （28 mi） section between Brazo Largo and Ceibas （km markers 115 to 160） was started on May 1997, opening to the public on 12 October 1999.
National Law 25,680 published in the Official Bulletin on 3 January 2003 designates the section from Brazo Largo to Ceibas as David Della Chiesa road.
The cities with more than 5,000 inhabitants crossed by the road （from South to North） are: Unión Nacional railway complex over the Paraná river Length: 30 km （km marker 82 to 112）.
Length: 535 km （km 112 a 647）.
Metal bridge over the Guayquiraró River on the border between the provinces of Corrientes and Entre Ríos, opened in 1938.
On the left, the new bridge under construction.
Length: 678 km （km markers 647 to 1325）.
RN12 is called John F. Kennedy Highway, between the capital cities of Corrientes and Misiones Provinces, Decree 8012 and Law 16484 of 24 September 1964, and Soberanía Nacional on the section Saladas - Goya, Decree 427 ...