Route 11 (Paraguay)

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National Route 11
Ruta nacional PY11
Juana de Lara
PY11 highlighted in red.
Route information
Length228 km (142 mi)
Major junctions
West endAntequera
Major intersections PY22 in San Pedro, SP

PY08 in Santa Rosa, SP

PY17 in Capitán Bado, AM
East endCapitán Bado
Location
CountryParaguay
Highway system

National Route 11 (officially, PY11, simply known as Ruta Once) is a highway in Paraguay, which runs from Antequera to Capitán Bado.

Distances, cities and towns

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 11 in each different department, showing cities and towns that it passes by (or near).

Department City km Mile Junctions
San Pedro Antequera 0 0
San Pedro 13 8
Junction with PY22 32 20 PY22
Nueva Germania 60 38
Santa Rosa del Aguaray 87 54 PY08
Amambay Capitán Bado 228 143 PY17

In their 2011 book of correspondence Five Years, authors Christian Kracht and David Woodard discuss traveling along Route 11 to and from Nueva Germania.[1] In Die Südharzreise, Woodard discusses Route 11 in comparison to Bundesautobahn 38 and U.S. Route 66.[2]

References

  1. ^ Kracht, C., & Woodard, D., Five Years (Hanover: Wehrhahn Verlag, 2011).
  2. ^ Woodard, "Autobahn 38, Ruta XI, Route 666", in F. Fischer, Die Südharzreise (Berlin: SuKuLTuR, 2010), p. 83.