Route 1 (Paraguay)

National Route 1 (in Spanish, Ruta Nacional Número 1 "Mcal. Francisco Solano López", or simply Ruta Uno) is one of the most important and one of the first highways in Paraguay, which runs from the capital city, Asunción to Itapua Department's capital, Encarnación. Crossing the departments of Central, Paraguarí, Misiones and Itapua. It starts on Avenida Eusebio Ayala, and ends at the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, on the Paraná River, traversing 370 km (230 mi).

National Route 1
Ruta Nacional Número 1
Mcal. Francisco Solano López
Route information
Length	370 km (230 mi)
Major junctions
North end	Asunción
	Route 2 in San Lorenzo, CE Route 4 in San Ignacio, MS Route 8 in Coronel Bogado, IT Route 6 in Encarnación, IT
South end	Encarnación
Highway system
Paraguay National Routes

Distances and important cities

The following table shows the distances traversed by Ruta 1 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near).

Km	City	Department	Junctions
0	Asunción	Asunción
6	Fernando de la Mora	Central
10	San Lorenzo	Central	Route 2
20	Capiatá	Central
25	Julián Augusto Saldívar	Central
36	Itá	Central
48	Yaguarón	Paraguarí
69	Paraguarí	Paraguarí
83	Carapeguá	Paraguarí
95	San Roque G. de Santa Cruz	Paraguarí
109	Quiindy	Paraguarí
138	Caapucú	Paraguarí
160	Villa Florida	Misiones
178	San Miguel	Misiones
196	San Juan Bautista	Misiones
224	San Ignacio	Misiones	Route 4
243	Santa Rosa	Misiones
252	San Patricio	Misiones
288	General Delgado	Itapúa
320	Coronel Bogado	Itapúa	Route 8
330	Carmen del Paraná	Itapúa
365	San Juan del Paraná	Itapúa
370	Encarnación	Itapúa	Route 6