A road system initiated in the 1920s to link nations of the western hemisphere from Alaska to Chile. Gaps remain in Panama and Colombia. The Inter-American Highway is the section from the Texas–Mexico border south to Panama City.
Definition of Pan-American Highway in US English:
Pan-American Highway
proper noun
A road system initiated in the 1920s to link nations of the western hemisphere from Alaska to Chile. Gaps remain in Panama and Colombia. The Inter-American Highway is the section from the Texas–Mexico border south to Panama City.