Pan-American Highway

noun

1. a road system proposed in the 1920s linking nations of the Western Hemisphere, extending from Alaska to Santiago, Chile, with some gaps remaining in Panama and Colombia. The section between Nuevo Laredo, Mexico and Panama City is known as the Inter-American Highway Total length about 16,000 miles (25,744 km).

Example Sentences

Protesters blocked the Pan-American highway and other key roads, causing fuel and food shortages in some regions.

From BBC

It is known as the 'gap' on Panama's Darien isthmus because it is the only missing section, running about 60 miles, on the Pan-American highway that stretches from Alaska to Argentina.

From Reuters

The South American country’s risk management agency estimated that 500 people and 163 homes were affected by the disaster, which also destroyed a portion of the Pan-American Highway.

From Seattle Times

At just 17 years old, Liam Garner started his trip on the coast of the Arctic Ocean in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska and cycle the Pan-American highway.

From BBC

The death toll from the unrest rose to 26 on Monday after security forces firing tear gas dispersed thousands of informal miners who cut off the Pan-American Highway at two vital chokepoints for more than a week, forcing truckers to dump spoiled food and fish bound for market.

From Seattle Times