The Transoceanic Highway

Boys push an Ox and cart near the Acre River, where three South American nations meet: Brazil (where the cart is), Bolivia (top left) and Peru (top right). The Transoceanic Highway crosses from Brazil into Peru near the location. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Transoceanic Highway in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which borders Peru. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Transoceanic Highway in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which borders Peru. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Transoceanic Highway in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which borders Peru. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
The Transoceanic Highway in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which borders Peru. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A sign in Inapari, in the Peruvian Amazon, announces the completion of a segment of the Transoceanic Highway. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Acre River, which separates Peru, right, from Brazil, from the international bridge where the Transoceanic Highway passes. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A Brazilian federal Police office waits to check buss passengers arriving into Brazil from Peru on the Transoceanic Highway in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which borders Peru. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of a portion of the town of Assis Brazil, in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which bordering Peru, where the transoceanic highway passes. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of a portion of the town of Assis Brazil, in Brazil's Amazonian state of Acre, which bordering Peru, where the transoceanic highway passes. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Acre River, which separates Bolivia, right, from Brazil. Just upstream, the river also is the Brazil-Peru Border, where an international bridge carries the Transoceanic Highway. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Acre River, which separates Peru from Brazil, near the place where the Transoceanic Highway connects the two countries. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Acre River, which separates Peru from Brazil, near the place where the Transoceanic Highway connects the two countries. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the international bridge across the Acre River, which separates Peru from Brazil, and where the Transoceanic Highway passes. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Acre River, which separates Peru, left from Brazil, near the place where the Transoceanic Highway connects the two countries. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A view of the Inapari, Peru, from the international bridge where the Transoceanic Highway crosses into the country from Brazil. passes. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
An amazonian sunset on the Peru-Brazil border, where the Transoceanic Highway connects the two nations. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)
A man navegates the Acre River, which separates Peru from Brazil near where the Transoceanic Highway passes. Financed in part by Brazil, and built by a consortium which includes Brazilian construction company Oderbrecht, the US$1.3 billion highway will link Peru's Pacific ports, and thus China, with the regional powerhouse of Brazil, poised to become the 5th largest economy in the world. (Australfoto/Douglas Engle)