Editing Transport in Colombia (section)

===Roads===
{{See also|Highways in Colombia}}
[[File:Mapa de Colombia (red vial).svg|thumb|200px|Main roads in Colombia]]

The three main north–south highways are the Caribbean, Eastern, and Central Trunk Highways (troncales). Estimates of the length of Colombia's road system in 2004 ranged from 115,000 kilometers to 145,000 kilometers, of which fewer than 15 percent were paved. However, according to 2005 data reported by the Colombian government, the road network totaled 163,000 kilometers, 68 percent of which were paved and in good condition. The increase may reflect some newly built roads. President Uribe has vowed to pave more than 2,500 kilometers of roads during his administration, and about 5,000 kilometers of new secondary roads were being built in the 2003–6 period. Despite serious terrain obstacles, almost three-quarters of all cross-border dry cargo is now transported by road, 105,251 metric tons in 2005.<ref name=cp/>

Highways are managed by the [[Ministry of Transport (Colombia)|Colombian Ministry of Transport]] through the [[National Roads Institute]]. The security of the highways in Colombia is managed by the [[Highway Police (Colombia)|Highway Police]] unit of the [[Colombian National Police]]. Colombia is crossed by the [[Panamerican Highway]].