Roads in Suriname

The Avobakaweg is a paved 2-lane road connecting Paranam with Afobaka, the location of the Afobaka Dam. The road connects northwards to Paramaribo and the East-West Link.^[1] The Avobakaweg has two major branches: One paved branch leads to Brokopondo, and another paved^[2] branch leads to Pokigron via Brownsweg.^[3] The previous name Afobakaweg was changed in September 2022 to Avobakaweg ^[4]

On 15 May 2020, the Desiré Delano Bouterse Highway opened, and is the first motorway of Suriname, providing a faster connection between Paramaribo and the Johan Adolf Pengel International Airport.^[5][6]

A major road is the 2-lane East-West Link connecting Albina to Nieuw Nickerie. The road was fully paved on 17 December 2009.^[7] There is a Southern East-West Link connecting Paramaribo with Apoera via Bitagron, however it is mainly unpaved.^[8] This road is border to border, however a ferry is needed because there are no bridges.

• total: 4,304 km (2003)^[9]
• paved: 1,119 km (2003)^[9]
• highway: 9.6 km (2020)^[10]
• unpaved: 3,174 km (2003)^[9]

NOTE: Driving is on the left.^[11] Suriname and its neighbour Guyana are the only two countries on the (in-land) American continent which drive on the left.

• Guyana - Yes, ferry from Nieuw-Nickerie to Corriverton.^[12]
• Brazil - None.
• French Guiana - Yes, ferry from Albina to Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni.^[12]