National Route 1 (officially PY01, in Spanish, Ruta Nacional Número 1, or simply Ruta Uno) is one of the most important and one of the first highways in Paraguay, which runs from the capital city, Asunción to Itapua Department's capital, Encarnación. Crossing the departments of Central, Paraguarí, Misiones and Itapua. It starts on the intersection of Choferes del Chaco and Fernando de la Mora Avenues, known as Cuatro Mojones, and ends at the San Roque González de Santa Cruz Bridge, on the Paraná River, traversing 382 km (237 mi).

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National Route 01
Ruta nacional PY01
Mcal. Francisco Solano López
PY01 highlighted in red
Ruta PY01 KM 65.jpg
PY01 sign near the city of Paraguarí.
Route information
Length382 km (237 mi)
Major junctions
North endAsunción
Major intersections PY10 in Paraguarí, PI

PY18 in Carapeguá, PI
PY04 in San Ignacio, MS
PY20 in San Patricio, MS
PY08 in Coronel Bogado, IT

PY06 in Encarnación, IT
South endEncarnación
Location
CountryParaguay
Highway system

Distances and important cities edit

The following table shows the distances traversed by PY01 in each different department, and important cities that it passes by (or near).

Km City Department Junctions/Tolls
0 Asunción Capital District
8 Villa Elisa/Fernando de la Mora Central
13 Ñemby/San Lorenzo Central
19 San Antonio Central
23 Ypané Central
30 Guarambaré Central
37 Itá Central  
48 Yaguarón Paraguarí
69 Paraguarí Paraguarí   PY10
83 Carapeguá Paraguarí   PY18
95 San Roque G. de Santa Cruz Paraguarí
109 Quiindy Paraguarí
138 Caapucú Paraguarí  
160 Villa Florida Misiones
178 San Miguel Misiones
196 San Juan Bautista Misiones
224 San Ignacio Misiones   PY04
243 Santa Rosa Misiones
252 San Patricio Misiones   PY20
288 General Delgado Itapúa
320 Coronel Bogado Itapúa   PY08/ 
330 Carmen del Paraná Itapúa
365 San Juan del Paraná Itapúa
382 Encarnación Itapúa   PY06