{{Short description|Highway in Brazil}} {{Infobox road | country = BRA | type = BR | route = 060 | map = BR 060.jpg | image = BR-060.jpg | image_alt = | image_notes = | name = | length_km = 1329.3 | length_round = | length_ref = | established = | direction_a = North | terminus_a =Brasília, Distrito Federal | junction = | direction_b = South | terminus_b = Bela Vista, Mato Grosso do Sul | previous_type = | previous_route = | next_type = | next_route = }}
'''BR-060''' is a federal highway of Brazil.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.transportes.gov.br/bit/02-rodo/3-loc-rodo/loc-rodo/br-060/gbr-060.htm |title=BR-60 |publisher=Ministry of Transport |accessdate=7 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121122064914/http://www2.transportes.gov.br/bit/02-rodo/3-loc-rodo/loc-rodo/br-060/gbr-060.htm |archivedate=22 November 2012 }} </ref> The 1329 kilometre road connects Brasília to Bela Vista, on the Paraguayan border.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130628044448/http://www2.transportes.gov.br/bit/02-rodo/3-loc-rodo/loc-rodo/060.htm BR 060 map]</ref><ref>[https://www.gov.br/dnit/pt-br/download/rodovias/rodovias-federais/nomeclatura-das-rodovias-federais/rodovias-radiais.pdf Rodovias Radiais]</ref>
It is also designated as part of the Belém–Brasília Highway, in its stretch between Brasília and Anápolis.
== Duplication == In the Federal District and in the State of Goiás, the highway has 521 km duplicated, between Brasilia and Jataí. The section between Brasília and Goiânia fully doubled in 2007. The section between Goiânia and Jataí doubled in 2012.<ref>[http://www.dnit.gov.br/noticias/trechos-duplicados-da-br-060-go-serao-liberados-ao-trafego-em-marco Trechos duplicados da BR-060/GO serão liberados ao tráfego em março]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/br-060-entre-brasilia-e-goiania-e-file-mignon-de-leilao/2/ |title=BR-060, entre Brasília e Goiânia, é filé mignon de leilão |access-date=2020-08-05 |archive-date=2019-05-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190531201814/https://exame.abril.com.br/brasil/br-060-entre-brasilia-e-goiania-e-file-mignon-de-leilao/2/ |url-status=dead }}</ref>
== Economic Importance == thumb|left|300px|Bioceanic Corridor, the new road between Brazil, Paraguay, Argentina and Chile
The highway helps in the flow of agricultural production in the Center-West Region, which specializes in: soybeans, corn, sugarcane, tomatoes, beans, in the planting of eucalyptus for the production of cellulose and paper, and in cattle raising. Goiás and Mato Grosso do Sul also have considerable mineral exploration, producing a lot of iron ore, nickel and copper, in addition to gold, manganese and niobium. The BR-060 will in the future serve as a link with the Bioceanic Corridor that is being built with 3 other South American countries, connecting Campo Grande to Antofagasta, passing through Paraguay, northern Argentina and northern Chile. <ref>[http://www.portaldaeducativa.ms.gov.br/cronograma-da-rota-bioceanica-segue-com-obras-em-ritmo-acelerado-no-paraguai/ Cronograma da Rota Bioceânica segue com obras em ritmo acelerado no Paraguai]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.ms.gov.br/encontro-do-corredor-bioceanico-avanca-em-projetos-turisticos-culturais-e-comerciais/ |title=Encontro do Corredor Bioceânico avança em projetos turísticos, culturais e comerciais |access-date=2021-03-13 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223043331/http://www.ms.gov.br/encontro-do-corredor-bioceanico-avanca-em-projetos-turisticos-culturais-e-comerciais/ |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-sala-de-imprensa/2013-agencia-de-noticias/releases/26537-ibge-preve-safra-recorde-de-graos-em-2020 IBGE prevê safra recorde de grãos em 2020]</ref><ref>[https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2020/04/09/ms-deve-registrar-maior-safra-de-soja-da-historia-e-producao-pode-chegar-a-mais-de-11-milhoes-de-toneladas.ghtml MS deve registrar maior safra de soja da história e produção pode chegar a mais de 11 milhões de toneladas]</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.goias.gov.br/index.php/servico/95815-goias-e-o-segundo-maior-produtor-de-cana-de-acucar-do-pais |title=Goiás é o segundo maior produtor de cana-de-açúcar do País |access-date=2021-03-13 |archive-date=2023-04-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230403235651/https://www.goias.gov.br/index.php/servico/95815-goias-e-o-segundo-maior-produtor-de-cana-de-acucar-do-pais |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[https://g1.globo.com/ms/mato-grosso-do-sul/noticia/2019/04/15/com-quarto-maior-rebanho-bovino-do-pais-ms-recebe-evento-para-debater-todos-os-elos-da-cadeia-produtiva.ghtml Com quarto maior rebanho bovino do país, MS recebe evento para debater todos os elos da cadeia produtiva]</ref><ref>[https://www.enfoquems.com.br/ms-se-consolida-como-maior-exportador-de-celulose-do-pais/ MS se consolida como maior exportador de celulose do país]</ref><ref>[http://www.anm.gov.br/dnpm/publicacoes/serie-estatisticas-e-economia-mineral/anuario-mineral/anuario-mineral-brasileiro/amb_2018_ano_base_2017 Anuário Mineral Brasileiro 2018]</ref>
The highway is also of tourist importance, as it connects to Pantanal, the largest wetland in the world, and Bonito, an important Brazilian tourist city. <ref name=Ecohydrology>{{cite book |author=McClain, Michael E. |year=2002 |title=The Ecohydrology of South American Rivers and Wetlands |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ae1OJ-vyKSkC&q=pantanal |publisher=International Association of Hydrological Sciences |isbn=1-901502-02-3 |access-date=2008-08-31}}</ref><ref name="NG">Susan Mcgrath, photos by Joel Sartore, ''Brazil's Wild Wet'', National Geographic Magazine, August 2005</ref><ref name=Keddy2005>{{cite book |author=Keddy, Paul |author2=Fraser, Lauchlan |year=2005 |title=The World's Largest Wetlands: Ecology and Conservation |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=sLJpgAic6FIC&q=pantanal&pg=PA224 |publisher=Cambridge University Press |access-date=2008-08-31 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref><ref name="Mongabay">{{cite web |url=http://news.mongabay.com/2006/0110-ci.html |title=''Pantanal, the world's largest wetland, disappearing finds new report'' |access-date=2006-01-10 |author=Rhett A. Butler |publisher=mongabay.com}}</ref><ref name="Nature conservancy">{{cite web |url=http://www.nature.org/wherewework/greatrivers/samerica/art16176.html |title=''The World's largest wetland'' |access-date=2008-01-21 |publisher=The Nature Conservancy |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080123113438/http://www.nature.org/wherewework/greatrivers/samerica/art16176.html |archive-date=2008-01-23 }}</ref>
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