page_title: Pan-American Highway
section_title: Countries served
hierarchical_section_title: Pan-American Highway / Countries served
caption_attribution_description: English: Map of Alaska Highway (in red) showing surrounding main highways and towns.
context_page_description: The Pan-American Highway is a network of roads stretching across the American continents and measuring about 30,000 kilometres in total length. Except for a rainforest break of approximately 106 km in northwest Colombia, called the Darién Gap, the roads link almost all of the Pacific coastal countries of the Americas in a connected highway system. According to Guinness World Records, the Pan-American Highway is the world's longest "motorable road". However, because of the Darién Gap, it is not possible to cross between South America and Central America with conventional highway vehicles. Without an all-terrain vehicle, the only way to safely navigate this terrestrial stretch is by sea.
  The Pan-American Highway passes through many diverse climates and ecological types – ranging from dense jungles to arid deserts and barren tundra. Some areas are fully passable only during the dry season, and in many regions driving is occasionally hazardous. The Pan-American Highway system is physically mostly complete and extends in de facto terms from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska, in North America to the lower reaches of South America.
context_section_description: The Northern Pan-American Highway travels through 9 countries, including in Central America:
  Canada (Canamex Corridor unofficial)
  United States (interstate highway system official)
  Mexico
  Guatemala
  El Salvador
  Honduras
  Nicaragua
  Costa Rica
  Panama
  The Southern Pan-American Highway travels through 5 countries:
  Colombia
  Ecuador
  Peru
  Chile
  Argentina
  Important spurs also connect with 4 other South American countries:
  Bolivia
  Brazil
  Paraguay
  Uruguay
caption: Map of the Alaska Highway portion (in red) of the Pan-American Highway system.
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