Route 15 (Paraguay)

National Route 15
Ruta nacional PY15
PY15 highlighted in red
Route information
Length	531 km (330 mi)
Existed	2019–present
Major junctions
East end	Carmelo Peralta
West end	Pozo Hondo
Highway system
Paraguay National Routes

National Route 15 also known as Corredor Bioceánico^[1] (officially, PY15) is one of 22 national routes of Paraguay.
It has an extension of 531 km, in the middle of the Paraguayan Chaco. Along with routes PY14 and , it is one of the three routes that the Alto Paraguay department will possess for the first time, helping it to come out of isolation. At the beginning of the section of this route, the international bridge that will connect Carmelo Peralta with Porto Murtinho (Brazil) is under construction, which will be financed by Itaipu.^[2]
This highway (currently under construction) is expected to become an international logistics center by becoming part of the Bi-Oceanic Corridor, and being the shortest passage between the Chilean ports of Antofagasta and Iquique on the Pacific Ocean and the Brazilian port of Santos on the Atlantic Ocean.^[3]

History[]

With the Resolution N° 1090/19,^[4] it obtained its current number and elevated to National Route in 2019 by the MOPC (Ministry of Public Works and Communications).

Distances, cities and towns[]

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The following table shows the distances traversed by PY15 in each different department, showing cities and towns that it passes by (or near).

Km	City	Department	Junctions
0	Carmelo Peralta	Alto Paraguay
245	Fortín Teniente Montanía	Alto Paraguay
313	Mariscal Estigarribia	Boquerón	PY09
531	Pozo Hondo	Boquerón	PY12

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