Bridging the darién gap and connecting the pan-american highway

The aim of this project is to find the least cost path of establishing a road network to connect the Pan-American highway. The Darién Gap interrupts the Pan-American highway between the Panamanian city of Yaviza and the Colombian cities of Apartadó and Chigorodó. The variables, elevation profiles, and cost calculations are found in the methodology page provided below. Click on each map to expand.