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BR-316 | |
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Route information | |
Length | 2,062.2 km (1,281.4 mi) |
Major junctions | |
East end | Maceió, Alagoas |
West end | Belém, Pará |
Location | |
Country | Brazil |
Highway system | |
The BR-316 is a Brazilian federal highway that connects the cities of Belém, in the state of Pará, and Maceió in Alagoas. [1] It has a total length of 2,054 km. [2] [3]
The section between Belém and Santa Maria do Pará is a designated part of the Belém–Brasília Highway. [4]
The highway passes through the driest area and one of the poorest in the country. In Alagoas, however, there is the largest sugarcane production in the Northeast Region of Brazil. [5]