Until quite recently, there was no paved route to Asunción, and the city was nearly isolated during periods of rain.

Others fell into disuse when more level paved routes, either along valley bottoms or cut transversely along hillsides, were built parallel to them.

The current primary paved route up the Mountain, SR 700, was built later, over a different route than the old dirt road.

While the parks have walking and nature trails, the singular draw for runners is their extensive network of paved running routes.

The quarter-mile Touch of Nature Trail is a paved route to an accessible fishing dock.

If only paved routes are used, that distance increases considerably.

Like any developing nation, the Dominican Republic suffers from a lack of good paved routes to connect smaller towns and less populated areas.

All have long dreamed of a paved route out, a promise by successive Peruvian governments since the 1980's.

SH-50 underwent a major realignment on October 6, 1958, bypassing a gravel section with a straighter paved route.

Although some equestrian trails were overlaid by the bicycle trail, many still exist, paralleling the paved route.