Chile Route 1

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Route 1
Ruta 1
Location
CountryChile
Highway system

Chile Route 1, known locally as Ruta 1, is a longitudinal national route that is located in the Norte Grande of Chile, in the regions of Tarapacá and Antofagasta. In its length of 598.6 km,[1][2] it links Iquique with route 5 through a parallel to the coast of Pacific Ocean joining two of the most important cities in northern Chile. It serves as an alternative to the passage through Route 5 in the middle of Atacama Desert.

During its construction several archaeological sites corresponding to tombs were destroyed.[3] Metal objects are known to have been retrieved from the tombs.[3]

  1. ^ Red vial en la Región de Tarapacá en Dirección de Vialidad Chile Archived August 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Red vial en la Región de Antofagasta en Dirección de Vialidad Chile Archived August 31, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Salazar, Diego; Figueroa, Valentina; Mille, Benoit; Morata, Diego; Salinas, Hernán (2010). "Metalurgia prehispánica en las sociedades coster as del norte de Chile (quebrada Mamilla, Tocopilla)". Estudios Atacameños (in Spanish). 40: 23–42.