The Pan-American Highway Explained

Many call the Pan-American Highway the longest road in the world, but there is a crucial detail in the form of the #Darién Gap which they are missing. Learn about the origins of the Ruta #Panamericana and the reasons why this mega-project hasn't been completed, and hopefully never will be.
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[@TJSaw]

It irks me to no end that North and South American road networks are not connected despite being part of the same landmass.

[@madelynduhon5155]

why am i just hearing about this road, so cool. great video

[@akd0875]

I'm here 37 years old. First time hearing about it.

[@BdCgWgLover313]

Interesting, I've never heard of this highway in all my years. Thank you

[@jonwill]

Extremely well presented; thank you for sharing.

[@ecj4077]

Build a bridge around the gap in the water?

[@carstarsarstenstesenn]

Very expensive, but sure

[@UIOP793]

Or even extend the highway to a port from Panama to Colombia on a ferry

[@TrainTrackToby]

@@carstarsarstenstesennprobably cheaper than building in the Darien gap lol

[@ADViators]

There are a lot of theories as why to this hasn't been done including pressure against it by the US government and Panamanian government.

[@jjgarcia9046]

Thanks for sharing, I learned something useful today.

[@TheBillABCTV]

I was wondering can they build an Ocean Road Crossing that would go around the Darien Gap? Like china have build Ocean crossing that has gone to Hong Kong.

[@rodvarmo]

Cerro de la muerte in Costa Rica has no unpaved parts since decades ago... The name containing the word death is because people died during its construction because temperatures drop below 32° Fahrenheit in the zone

[@Bill-dj9hv]

I live less than a half a miles from the highway. The highway of death has been called that since the 1920s or before.

[@Leo-V]

If I was millionaire I'd wanna travel this route

[@TheMrsAA]

dont need to. Can do it for free just hitch hike :)

[@pahinchao3601]

Once you're a millionaire, you don't want to risk your life.

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

@@TheMrsAA That's a dangerous and foolish way to do it.

[@muhammadibrahim-vm1mu]

Me 2

[@newme2325]

I wonder how long it typically takes to travel the route

[@juantellez7521]

Iohan Georguiev , the bike wanderer , Canadian cyclist and explorer took 4 to 5 years to travel, explore America or the Americas, specially the national parks, coasts, high range mountains, plains, lakes , coasts from Proudhoe bay to Chile and Argentina Patagonia region , from 2014 until 2020 , he stopped and returned home when the COVID 19 pandemic begun all across world . also in 19 century a guy made this trip or journey from new York by horse , i do not know how many horses he used and what time he took for the trip, in 1940s and in 1969 many sponsored explorations were made by cars along this road or these roads, highways , anyway many drivers , specially tourists and truck drivers currently drove or drive from Canada and USA towards panama, panama city where the highway ends , others , Europeans mostly of them but also Americans and Asians send their motorbikes, bicycles, cars, trucks by ship from panama to Colombia, specially Caribbean sea ports in northern Colombia, cities like Cartagena de indias, Santa Marta or Barranquilla or sometimes to Buenaventura city port in pacific coast of south-western Colombia and from there they begin their journey in south America .....

[@Rrathm]

Great

[@Iktius]

It's american lobby fault we don't have a conexion through the Darien Gap. Top World engineering has already built roads in much more difficult terrains!

[@thulanintunja3349]

What "3 continents" are you referring to?

[@hrbeta]

Right, only one continent with three different geographical zones. 🙄

[@naomifisher557]

I was wondering that too 😂 but I think he meant to say countries

[@hayasher]

​@@hrbetadisgusting european, its 2.

[@GregoryJByrne]

Love your Americas neighbour. Close the Darian Gap.

[@tonymurrietta]

Imagine it was a train instead

[@stickynorth]

Like it should have been all along!

[@gmicg]

Environment is a very convenient pretext to do nothing these days.

[@MyBelch]

Yes, we are devolving.

[@joeross8863]

But you could walk it, right?

[@f.n.jc.d8909]

Es highway ka 100km gayab hai incomplete road hai toh Ye dunyia ka sabse lamba highway kaise hua? 🤔

[@Outofthisworldxx]

Light years travel to ant!!

[@AVH8TOR]

The one I saw runs down the west cost of the US

[@blackrock1404]

😮

[@CountryEdits3]

I damn hate jungles

[@spitgiezer]

Didn’t know Central America is a continent

[@sudmuck]

It's a region of a continent or subcontinent, like Europe or India.

[@Dow_v97]

@@sudmuck what continent is europe a region of exactly?

[@baguette3285]

@@Dow_v97geographically Europe is at most a subcontinent of Asia. (Sometimes the whole continent is referred to as Eurasia) The only reason we count it as its own is because of culture. Russia is definitely Asia but is usually counted as Europe

[@arturkarpinski164]

3 continents???

[@jukkauh]

It's "1920s", not "1920's".

[@hrbeta]

Just imagine how much easier illegal immigration into the U.S. would be if that road was completed. 😮

[@f.n.jc.d8909]

Amrica ko daar hai agar wo dairyan gap mein road bana dega toh uske elake mein ghuspet badh jaigi Amrica kabhi nahi chahega ki waha road bane or dairyan ke Forest mein koi kanoon nahi chalta aye din mardar or rab ki ghatnai hoti hai waha drugs Mafia sakriy hai

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

Loop

[@bharatbabu7492]

Please make video in hindi

[@FactSpark]

Unfortunately I don't speak Hindi, but I can add some subtitles

[@ramesh.kkrishna5852]

Why can't you learn english

[@matthewburkholder1076]

Of course mexico was the 1st to finish 😂😂

[@george2198]

So if it was useful to holders of ths factors pf production there will be a road between Africa and Europe.