UBob Marley wayekhe wavuma loo nto Ubomi yindlela enye enkulu eneempawu ezininzi . Ukuba wayecula malunga neyona inkulu, wayemele athethe iPan-American Highway.
Ukolulwa usuka kumkhenkce osemantla eAlaska uye kwincam yomkhenkce eArgentina, iPan-American Highway ibaleka ezona mayile — okanye iikhilomitha, ukuba yinto yakho leyo - yayo nayiphi na indlela eMhlabeni.
Ukuqala kwi IPrudhoe Bay , okanye iSagavanirktok e-Inuit, apho i-caribou ihambahamba ngumoya we-Arctic, iPan-American Highway isinge emazantsi ukuya esiphelweni sayo ngokungekho semthethweni e-Ushuaia, ikomkhulu lephondo lase-Argentina iTierra del Fuego.
IPan-American Highway, iAtacama Desert, uMmandla weAntofagasta, eChile, eMzantsi Melika Ityala: Igor Alecsander / Getty Izithombe
Nangona kunjalo, uhola wendlela awunazo izinto ezingafaniyo. I-Alaska Highway, ehamba eAlaska naseCanada, sisiqalo esingafanelekanga sePan-American Highway. Kanye kwiUnited States edibeneyo yonke i-Interstate Highway System ichongwe njengenxalenye yePan-American Highway.
Kukho iindlela ezimbalwa-i-Interstate 35 yeyona idumileyo- ukuya emazantsi usiya eMexico nakuMbindi Merika, apho indlela yaziwa ngokuba yi-Inter-American Highway.
Ngexesha lokufika kwePanama, uhola wendlela uphazanyiswa kabini: yiPanama Canal, apho izithuthi zinokuhanjiswa khona, kunye neDarién Gap, apho izithuthi zingakulungelanga ukuya khona.
I-Darién Gap yindawo ekumgxobhozo yeemayile ezingama-60 ejikeleza umda wePanama neColombia. Akukho ndlela ikhona phakathi kweYaviza, iPanama, neTurbo, eColombia, kuba ulwakhiwo luthathwa njengeduru kakhulu. Kukwakho nexhala lokuba uhola wendlela ohamba kule ndawo ungonakalisa indalo kwaye uphazamise abantu bomthonyama.
IPan-American Highway, Albuquerque, eNew Mexico Ityala: ivanastar / Getty Izithombe
Uhola wendlela emva koko udlula emahlathini, ezintabeni nakwiintlango zonxweme lwePasifiki yoMzantsi Merika. Igqitha e-Ecuador, ePeru, naseChile ngaphambi kokujika isiya empuma iye eArgentina. Kanye eBuenos Aires, indlela ngokungekho mthethweni iyaqhubeka emazantsi ukuya esiphelweni seArgentina.
Apho kwakhona kuphinda kufikelele kwisithintelo: iMagellan Strait, apho isikhephe kufuneka sithathwe siye kwi-archipelago Umhlaba woMlilo . Ukwahlulwa kwesibini kuthatha abaqhubi ngesikhephe ukuwelela eUruguay kwaye kuqhubekeke kunyusa unxweme lwaseBrazil kudlula kwizixeko ezinjengeSão Paulo kunye neRio de Janeiro kwiBrazil Highway 116.
Iikhilomitha ezingama-19,000 zomgaqo wendlela iPan-American zimele eyona ndlela ibanzi eMhlabeni, idlula kulo lonke uhlobo lwendawo kunye neenkcubeko ezahlukeneyo.