DR-2
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| Autopista 30 de Mayo Carretera Sánchez |
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| Route information | |
| Length: | 147.66 mi (237.64 km) |
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| East end: | Santo Domingo, DR |
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DR-6 near San Cristobal DR-41 in Cruce de Ocoa DR-44 near Azua DR-50 in San Juan de la Maguana |
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| West end: | Comendador, DR |
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| Major cities: | Santo Domingo, Bajos de Haina, San Cristóbal, Baní, Azua, San Juan de la Maguana, Comendador |
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| Highways and routes in the Dominican Republic | |
DR-2 is the second numbered national highway in the Dominican Republic. Its common name is Carretera Sánchez in honor of Francisco del Rosario Sánchez, one of the founding fathers. In the city of Santo Domingo, it is known as Autopista 30 de Mayo. The highway serves as the main connection to the southwestern region of the country. The highway's eastern terminus is located in Santo Domingo and continues on a western route through until its end in Comendador for a total length of approximately 255 kilometers. The route is mainly a two-lane roadway even though it has been recently expanded from San Cristobal to Baní and has been largely replaced by the faster DR-6 route from Santo Domingo to San Cristobal. Due to its locality and heavy traffic DR-2 has been undergoing an expansion project to make it a two-lane expressway and allow better traffic flow. DR-2 has one toll location just outside the boundaries of Greater Santo Domingo before entering the town of Haina.
From it eastern terminus in Santo Domingo to its western terminus in Comendador, the highway travels through the most important cities of the southwest region of the republic known for their arid climate and widespread poverty more prevalent than in other regions of the country.
30 de Mayo begin west of George Washington avenue along the Caribbean coast. For those traveling along the coast it serves as a major artery connecting with the Jimenez Moya (Winston Churchill), Nuñez de Caceres, and Luperon avenue that give fast access to the Downtown area. This highway is unique among the rest of the city because it exhibits characteristics of a controlled-access roadway while at the same time behaving like a regular avenue. Originally, as it was meant to provide a fast connection to the southwestern part of country. In the present it has been largely replaced by the DR-6 which bypasses the city of Bajos de Haina, Haina Port and San Cristobal.
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