Highways in Honduras
The network of highways in Honduras is managed by the Secretariat of public works, transport and housing, through the General Directorate of Roads, which is responsible for planning construction and maintenance work on the country's roads. Honduras has more than of roads. Up to 1999, only had been paved.
The main motorway of the country is that from Puerto Cortés on the Caribbean to San Pedro Sula, joining the CA-5 from San Pedro Sula to Tegucigalpa, and continuing to Nacaome and Choluteca in the south of the country, where it crosses the Pan-American Highway towards Nicaragua.
Classification
The road network is divided into primary, secondary, tertiary and local networks. The primary network connects the main cities, and has a total length of 3,275 km. The secondary network joins main cities to surrounding small towns and villages, and links the 18 Departments of Honduras; its total length is 2,554 km. The local network consists of all the routes linking the small towns and villages; it is important for the 118 municipalities of Honduras, and has a total length of 8,214 km.There is also a "tertiary" network, built by organizations such as the National Coffee Fund, the Honduran Coffee Institute, the Honduran Council for Forest Development, the Honduran Social Investment Fund, the Ministry of Agriculture and Livestock, in addition to municipalities, certain private companies, and any other organization not affiliated to the Road Fund nor to SOPTRAVI. This network has a length of between 7,000 and 12,000 km.
Main routes
Panamerican Highway CA-1
The Panamerican Highway, the world's longest road, crosses the American continent from Alaska to Patagonia. The Honduran sector begins at the El Salvador frontier at El Amatillo and runs through Nacaome, Jícaro Galán – where it meets the Carretera del Sur – Choluteca, San Marcos de Colón to the Nicaraguan frontier at El Espino.CA-5
Carretera del Norte – CA-5 is a four-lane paved road 350 km in length linking Tegucigalpa with Comayagua, Siguatepeque, El Lago de Yojoa, Potrerillos, Pimienta, Búfalo, Villa Nueva and San Pedro Sula.Carretera del Sur – CA-5 is a 100-km two-lane motorway in some parts three-lane linking Tegucigalpa with Sabanagrande, Pespire, finishing in Jícaro Galán, where it joins with the CA-1 Panamerican Highway.
CA-13
Carretera CA-13 is a paved road 350 km in length linking San Pedro Sula with Omoa, Puerto Cortes, El Progreso, Tela, La Ceiba, and other towns on the Atlantic coast. It also links Puerto Cortés with Omoa, Cuyamel and Corinto.Carretera La Ceiba-Trujillo begins at La Ceiba and runs through Jutiapa, Balfate, Sabá, Tocoa and Corocito to Trujillo, finishing at Puerto Castilla. It has branches from Sabá to Olanchito and from Corocito to Bonito Oriental.