National Route 4 (Costa Rica)

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National Route 4 (Costa Rica) - Wikipedia

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National Primary Route 4

Ruta nacional primaria 4

Route information

Maintained by Ministry of Public Works and Transport

Length

255 km (158 mi)

History

Finished August 2017

Major junctions

West end

Route 6

East end

Location

Country

Costa Rica

Provinces

Alajuela, Heredia, Guanacaste, Limón

Highway system

National Road Network of Costa Rica

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Route 1

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Route 5

National Primary Route 4, or Route 4, is a national primary road, which covers the northern region of the country, through the provinces of Limón, Heredia, Alajuela and Guanacaste.

The Corredor Noratlántico (North Atlantic Drive) is made from the section between Guápiles and Limón of the Route 32, and this route. It allows direct travel between the Caribbean coast of the country to the northwest canton of La Cruz in Guanacaste Province.^[1]

Description

Route 4 covers the north provinces of the country, and allows to travel between the Pacific Ocean districts and the Caribbean side of the country without going through the Greater Metropolitan Area at the central valley.

Together with Route 32, it forms the northwest end of the Corredor Noratlántico (North Atlantic Drive), which allows to traverse the country from the Pacific Ocean to the Caribbean sea.

According to National Laboratory of Materials and Structural Models (LANAMME) at the University of Costa Rica, Route 4 is not safe for the high vehicular traffic expected, and an intervention is required for further safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and inhabitants of the small villages along the road.^[2]

In Alajuela province the route covers San Carlos canton (Florencia, Aguas Zarcas, Pital, La Fortuna, La Palmera, Venado, Cutris, Monterrey districts), Upala canton (Upala, San José o Pizote, Delicias, Dos Ríos, Yolillal districts), Guatuso canton (San Rafael, Buenavista, Katira districts), Río Cuarto canton (Santa Rita district).

In Heredia province the route covers Sarapiquí canton (Puerto Viejo, La Virgen, Horquetas districts).

In Guanacaste province the route covers La Cruz canton (La Cruz, Santa Cecilia, Garita districts).

In Limón province the route covers Pococí canton (Guápiles district).

History

Road construction from Bajos de Chilamate to Vuelta de Kooper

This is a segment planned since 1973, but construction started until 2013 and was opened in August 2017, it directly connects the then two endpoints of Route 4, at Bajos de Chilamate in Heredia province and Vuelta de Kooper in Alajuela province with a road of 27 km, single lane in each direction, and avoids the previous longer journey of 87.32 km which went through Route 126, Route 140, Route 250 and Route 751, and the towns of La Virgen, San Miguel, Venecia and Aguas Zarcas. This last segment finally concludes the construction of the originally planned Route 4.^[3]

The new section road includes eight major bridges, five junctions at ground level and five elevated bypasses.^[4]

Works were financed by CAF – Development Bank of Latin America and the Caribbean, the central government and municipalities of San Carlos, Grecia, Sarapiquí and the regional North Huetar Special Economic Zone.^[5]^[6]

References

^ Díaz, Rodrigo (24 February 2015). "Conclusión de corredores clave será prioridad" (in Spanish). Retrieved 13 April 2021.
^ "Corredor Norte‐Caribe de Costa Rica" (PDF). LANAMME.
^ Garro-Mora, José Francisco; Valverde-Cordero, Christian; Barrantes-Jiménez, Roy. "Evaluación de la Ruta Nacional 4, tramo entre los poblados de Bajos de Chilamate y Vuelta de Kooper, Costa Rica". LANAMMEUCR. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
^ Madrigal, Luis Manuel (2017-08-23). "Tras 44 años de espera, Solís inaugura ruta Bajos de Chilamate-Vuelta de Kopper" (in Spanish). Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ "Zona Económica Especial Región Huetar Norte". Retrieved 12 September 2019.
^ Chinchilla, Sofía. "Choferes se ahorrarán 60 km con nueva vía entre Chilamate y Vuelta de Kooper" (in Spanish).

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National Primary Routes	1 2 3 4 5 6 10 14 17 18 21 22 23 27 32 34 35 36 39
National Secondary Routes	100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 116 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 163 164 165 167 168 169 170 171 174 175 176 177 180 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 209 210 211 212 213 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 252 253 254 255 256 257
National Tertiary Routes	301 303 304 306 307 308 309 310 311 312 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 322 323 324 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 332 333 334 335 336 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 411 413 414 415 416 417 502 503 504 505 506 507 510 601 602 603 604 605 606 607 608 609 610 611 612 613 614 615 616 617 618 619 620 621 622 623 624 625 700 702 703 704 705 706 707 708 709 710 711 712 713 714 715 716 717 718 719 720 721 722 723 725 726 727 728 729 730 731 732 733 734 735 737 738 739 741 742 744 745 746 747 748 749 750 751 752 753 755 756 757 760 761 801 802 803 804 805 806 807 809 810 811 812 813 814 816 817 901 902 903 904 905 906 907 909 910 911 912 913 914 915 917 918 920 921 922 923 925 926 927 928 929 930 931 933 934 935 936 937 938 939
National Border Routes	1856

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