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"A Mountainous Highway in Bolivia"

Bolivia's Yungas Road is officially the most hazardous on earth.
Local people pray before using it and the nearest hospital is a two-hour
drive away. The Yungas road was built by prisoners during
Bolivia's 1932-35 war with Paraguay. For many years it was the only route .

In 1994, 26 vehicles went over the edge - an average of one
every two weeks. In 1995, the Inter-American Development Bank
listed the road as the most dangerous on earth. The new road circumvents
the worst sections but hundreds of vehicles use the old dirt track
as a short cut. In each year since it was built, up to 200 people
have died on this highway.
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