National Road Network of Costa Rica

National Road Network of Costa Rica (Spanish: Red Vial Nacional), are a series of numbered road routes that are managed through Costa Rica by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) and its subagency the National Road Council (Conavi).[1]

National Road Network
Red Vial Nacional
National Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Routes shield examples.
Map of the routes as of May 2020.
System information
Maintained by Ministry of Public Works and Transport
Length35,330 km[1] (21,950 mi)
Formed1948
Highway names
Ruta 1..39National Primary Route
Ruta 100..257National Secondary Route
Ruta 301..939National Tertiary Route
System links
National Road Network of Costa Rica

The national road network is under maintained, and as of 2019, and according to the Inter-American Development Bank, Costa Rica has the worst road network in Latin America, because around 49% of the National Primary Routes network have defects and deterioration, which is below the average of 20% in the other countries.[2]

There are no high speed express routes but there are some two-lane trunk roads. Potholes are common in primary road routes. Many of the secondary or tertiary road routes are made of gravel or dirt. [3]

  • Primary roads (Spanish: Carreteras Primarias): Are those that connect the main roads in the Greater Metropolitan Area and provide a link between mainly the urban centers (head cities of main cantons), airports, and industrial, commercial or recreative zones of national importance. [4]
  • Secondary roads (Spanish: Carreteras Secundarias): Are those that link the main urban centers of the Greater Metropolitan Area, which are not linked by primary roads. [4]
  • Tertiary roads (Spanish: Carreteras Terciarias): Are those that collect traffic bound for primary or secondary routes, as well as a link between urban centers of second order (head cities of small cantons and big districts). [4]
  • Traverse routes (Spanish: Rutas de Travesía): A group of national public roads that traverse the quadrant of an urban area, or streets that link two sections of a national road. They were created to expedite the traffic in city centers. (By Article 3, Law 5060). [4]
  • Cantonal road network (Spanish: Red vial cantonal): Is the network of public roads, streets, avenues, diagonals and transversals (calles, avenidas, diagonales, transversales, respectively in Spanish) that are not part of the National Road Network, their administration is responsibility of the local government (municipality) of each canton. [4] They are not numbered at the national level, but are named either by given names or with numerical values, which might be used by another canton as well.
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References
  1. "GeoPortal". Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Transporte. Retrieved 20 May 2020.
  2. Garza, Jeffry (10 August 2020). "Costa Rica es el país de Latinoamérica con la red vial pavimentada en peor estado". La República. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. Canales, Danny (16 June 2008). "Diez causas alimentan huecos en las carreteras". La República. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
  4. "Definiciones relacionadas con el Capítulo de Vialidad. Plan Regular Urbano Distrital". Sistema Costarricen de Información Jurídica. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
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