BR-307 (Brazil highway)

BR-307 is a Brazilian federal highway in the municipality of São Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas that goes from the main town on the Rio Negro to the Cucuí district some 200 kilometres (120 mi) north at the triple border with Venezuela and Colombia.

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BR-307
Route information
Length205 km[1] (127 mi)
Major junctions
south endSão Gabriel da Cachoeira, Amazonas
north endCucuí, Amazonas
Location
CountryBrazil
Highway system

Route

The road goes through indigenous land such as the Balaio Indigenous Territory and Cué-cué/Marabitanas Indigenous Territory as well as Pico da Neblina National Park.[2][3] It passes through the 36,900 hectares (91,000 acres) Morro dos Seis Lagos Biological Reserve, created in 1990.[4]

The 205 kilometres (127 mi) unpaved road is largely impassible due to neglect, destroyed bridges, and heavy rainfall.[5][6]

History

Along with the Trans-Amazonian Highway (BR-230) and the Perimetral Norte (BR-210), BR-307 was originally planned in the late 1960s by the military government, as part of the Plano de Integração Nacional ("National Integration Plan"). This plan had as one of its goals populating Amazônia with displaced or landless residents from the drought-prone Northeast. None of the three massive road projects were ever completed. BR-307 is still officially listed in government documents as being planned to extend a total of 1695.3 km from Marechal Thaumaturgo, Acre north to the Venezuelan border.[1] None of the route south of the Rio Negro was ever operational.[7]

In 2015, the former mayor of São Gabriel da Cachoeira was accused of misappropriating funds that were designated for road maintenance on BR-307.[8]

See also

References
  1. "Rodovias Diagonais" (PDF). dnit.gov.br (in Portuguese). Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (DNIT) — Sistema Nacional de Viação. Retrieved 29 February 2016.
  2. "Infra-estrutura de transportes" (map). ibge.gov.br (in Portuguese). Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE). 2005. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. "SNV 2015 Completo". dnit.gov.br (in Portuguese). Departamento Nacional de Infraestrutura de Transportes (DNIT) — Sistema Nacional de Viação. 2015-12-15. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  4. REBIO Morro dos Seis Lagos (in Portuguese), ISA: Instituto Socioambiental, retrieved 2017-02-23
  5. Heringer, Carol (7 May 2009). "São Gabriel a Cucui - Parte I" (video). youtube.com (in Portuguese). carolheringer. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  6. "Ônibus cai em barranco e deixa 40 soldados do Exército feridos no AM". g1.globo.com (in Portuguese). G1 AM. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  7. Netto, João Pedro (30 August 2012). "Aventuras na História: Conheça a história da rodovia Transamazônica". guiadoestudante.abril.com.br (in Portuguese). Editora Abril. Archived from the original on 2016-04-26. Retrieved 3 March 2016.
  8. "Justiça bloqueia mais de meio milhão de ex-prefeito de São Gabriel da Cachoeira". d24am.com (in Portuguese). Rede Diário de Comunicação. 24 August 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-06. Retrieved 3 March 2016.


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