National Road Network of Costa Rica
| National Road Network Red Vial Nacional | |
|---|---|
National Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Routes shield examples. | |
Map of the routes as of May 2020. | |
| System information | |
| Maintained by Ministry of Public Works and Transport | |
| Length | 35,330 km (21,950 mi) |
| Formed | 1948 |
| Highway names | |
| Ruta 1..39 | National Primary Route |
| Ruta 100..257 | National Secondary Route |
| Ruta 301..939 | National Tertiary Route |
| System links | |
National Road Network of Costa Rica (Spanish: Red Vial Nacional), are a series of numbered road routes that are managed through Costa Rica by the Ministry of Public Works and Transport (MOPT) and its subagency the National Road Council (Conavi).
According to the Inter-American Development Bank, in 2019 Costa Rica had the worst road network in Latin America, due to being under maintained, and having structural defects and deterioration in around 49% of the National Primary Routes network. Other countries in the area report an average of 20% in the same metric.
There are no high speed express routes but there are some two-lane trunk roads. Potholes are common in primary road routes. Many of the secondary or tertiary road routes are made of gravel or dirt.