page_title: Transport in El Salvador
section_title: Highways
hierarchical_section_title: Transport in El Salvador / Highways
caption_attribution_description: photo taken by Scott Schaffter, 2005
context_page_description: El Salvador has transport links by road, rail, sea and air.
  El Salvador has over 10,000 km of roads, and one passenger rail service. There are several seaports on the Pacific Ocean, and two international airports.
context_section_description: total: 10,029 km
  paved: 1,986 km (including 327 km of Highways)
  unpaved: 8,043 km (1999 est.)
  The RN-21 (Bulevar Monseñor Romero) (East–West) is the very first freeway to be built in El Salvador and in Central America. The freeway passes the northern area of the city of Santa Tecla, La Libertad. It has a small portion serving Antiguo Cuscatlan, La Libertad, and merges with the RN-5 (Autopista Comalapa) (East–West, Boulevard de Los Proceres/Autopista del Aeropuerto) in San Salvador. 
  The total length of the RN-21 is 9.95 kilometres (6.18 mi) and is currently working as a traffic reliever in the metropolitan area. The RN-21 was named in honor of Monseñor Romero. The first phase of the highway was completed in 2009, and the second phase in November 2012.
caption: The bus running between Santa Ana and San Salvador.
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