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[[ImageFile:Bolivia Yunga Road.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Yungas Road at San Pedro [[waterfall]]]]

The '''North Yungas Road''' (alternatively known as '''Grove's Road''', '''Coroico Road''', ''{{lang|es|'''Camino de las Yungas'''}}'', ''{{lang|es|'''El Camino de la Muerte'''}}'', '''Road of Death''' or '''Death Road''') is a {{convert|61|km|adj=on}} or {{convert|69|km|adj=on}} road<ref>Length varies, depending on source</ref> leading from [[La Paz, Bolivia|La Paz]] to [[Coroico]], {{convert|56|km}} northeast of La Paz in the [[Yungas]] region of [[Bolivia]]. It is legendary for its extreme danger and in 1995 the [[Inter-American Development Bank]] christened it as the "world's most dangerous road".<ref>[http://wheels.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/02/08/the-most-dangerous-road/ "The Most Dangerous Road?"]</ref><ref>[http://www.darkroastedblend.com/2006/11/most-dangerous-roads-in-world.html "The Most Dangerous Roads in the World "]</ref><ref name="bbc">{{cite news |first=Mark |last=Whitaker |title=The world's most dangerous road |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/from_our_own_correspondent/6136268.stm |work=[[BBC]] |date=2006-11-11 |accessdate=2007-05-10 |format=Podcast}}</ref> One estimate is that 200 to 300 travellers were killed yearly along the road.<ref name="bbc" /> The road includes crosses marking many of the spots where vehicles have fallen.

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==Description==

[[ImageFile:Yungas Road Bolivia.JPG|thumb|right|200px|The Yungas Road, as it descends into the [[rainforest]]]]

The road was built in the 1930s during the [[Chaco War]] by [[Paraguay]]an prisoners. It is one of the few routes that connects the [[Amazon rainforest]] region of northern Bolivia, or Yungas, to its capital city. Upon leaving [[La Paz]], the road first ascends to around {{convert|4650|m}} at La Cumbre Pass, before descending to {{convert|1200|m}} at the town of Coroico, transiting quickly from cool [[Altiplano]] terrain to [[rainforest]] as it winds through very steep hillsides and atop cliffs.

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==Replacement route==

[[ImageFile:Coroico.jpg|thumb|right|250px|The new Yungas Road, as seen from [[Coroico]]]]

The Yungas Road was modernized during a 20 year period ending in 2006. The modernization included enlarging the carriageway from one to two lanes, constructing [[asphalt]] pavement, and building a new section between Chusquipata and Yolosa, bypassing to the north one of the most dangerous sections of the old 'Death Road'.

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