National Route 3 is a highway

Highway

A highway is any public road. In American English, the term is common and almost always designates major roads. In British English, the term designates any road open to the public. Any interconnected set of highways can be variously referred to as a "highway system", a "highway network", or a...

 in Paraguay

Paraguay

Paraguay , officially the Republic of Paraguay , is a landlocked country in South America. It is bordered by Argentina to the south and southwest, Brazil to the east and northeast, and Bolivia to the northwest. Paraguay lies on both banks of the Paraguay River, which runs through the center of the...

, which runs from Asunción

Asunción

Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...

 to one of the northern cities in the Oriental Region, Bella Vista. It crosses the Capital District and 5 departments

Departments of Paraguay

|Paraguay consists of 17 departments and one capital district . These are, with their capitals indicated in parentheses:- External links :...

. It has many junctions with other national routes.

Distances, cities and towns

The following table shows the distances traversed by National Route 3 in each different department, showing cities and towns that it passes by (or near).

Km	City	Department	Junctions
0	Asunción Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...	Capital District Asunción Asunción is the capital and largest city of Paraguay.The "Ciudad de Asunción" is an autonomous capital district not part of any department. The metropolitan area, called Gran Asunción, includes the cities of San Lorenzo, Fernando de la Mora, Lambaré, Luque, Mariano Roque Alonso, Ñemby, San...
14	Mariano Roque Alonso Mariano Roque Alonso Mariano Roque Alonso is a district and city located in the Central Department, in Paraguay in the Gran Asunción metropolitan area. The city has a population of 85,000 people....	Central Central Department Central is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With its 1,929,834 inhabitants it is the most populated of the 17 departments of Paraguay.-Boundaries:*North: the departments of Cordillera and Presidente Hayes....	Route 9 Route 9 (Paraguay) National Route 9 is national highway in Paraguay, which crosses the Paraguayan Chaco, crossing the departments of Central, Presidente Hayes, and Boquerón...
21	Limpio Limpio The city of Limpio is located in the Central Department, Paraguay. It was founded on February 2, 1785, by the Friar Luís de Bolaños under the name of San José de los Campos Limpios de Tapúa....	Central Central Department Central is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Areguá. With its 1,929,834 inhabitants it is the most populated of the 17 departments of Paraguay.-Boundaries:*North: the departments of Cordillera and Presidente Hayes....
36	Emboscada	Cordillera Cordillera Department -History:During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the Indians from Chaco. The villagers from Tobatí located north of the river Pirapo then called, had to migrate south for the continue attacks by...
65	Arroyos y Esteros Arroyos y Esteros Arroyos y Esteros is a district of the Cordillera Department, Paraguay.-Etymology:Its name describes exactly the real aspect of this place, which is surrounded by swamps and streams...	Cordillera Cordillera Department -History:During the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries this area of the country was going through a serious crisis due to population bellicosity of the Indians from Chaco. The villagers from Tobatí located north of the river Pirapo then called, had to migrate south for the continue attacks by...
116	Veinticinco de Diciembre Veinticinco de Diciembre Veinticinco de Diciembre is a city in the San Pedro department of Paraguay. This city is located 120 km. north of the city of Asunción, with which it communicates through the III National Road, which crosses its territory from east to west....	San Pedro
151	San Estanislao San Estanislao San Estanislao de Kostka is a city and district in the department of San Pedro, Paraguay.- History :...	San Pedro	Route 8 Route 8 (Paraguay) National Route 8 is a highway in Paraguay, which runs from San Estanislao to Coronel Bogado. It mainly connects the north and the south regions of the Región Oriental of Paraguay...  and Route 10 Route 10 (Paraguay) National Route 10 is a highways in Paraguay, which runs from Villa del Rosario to Salto del Guairá...
176	Guayaibí Guayaibi Guayaibi is a town in the San Pedro department of Paraguay. It includes such notable communities as Carayao-i and Dos Mil Fatima.- Sources :* – World-Gazetteer.com...	San Pedro
228	Gral. Isidoro Resquín	San Pedro
249	Lima Lima (Paraguay) Lima is a town of the Department of San Pedro Paraguay. Its capital is the city of San Pedro de Ycuamandiyú.- District of Lima :One of the districts of the Second Department of San Pedro Paraguay, which is more than 330 km from the city Asuncion....	San Pedro
255	Santa Rosa del Aguaray	San Pedro	Route 11
353	Yby Yaú	Concepción Concepción Department (Paraguay) Concepción is a department of Paraguay. The capital is the city of Concepción.- History :Throughout history, this department has suffered a great amount of poblational instability, especially in the times of the colony, due to the advance of the Brazilian “bandeirantes” through the east and the...	Route 5 Route 5 (Paraguay) National Route 5 is a highway in northern Paraguay, it runs from Pozo Colorado to Pedro Juan Caballero...
475	Bella Vista	Amambay Amambay Department Amambay is a department in Paraguay. The capital is Pedro Juan Caballero.The name comes from the way is called a part of the Caaguazú Cordillera, “Amambay Cordillera”...