National Route 126 (Costa Rica)
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| Ruta nacional secundaria 126 | ||||
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 La Paz waterfall is a scenic spot along Route 126. | ||||
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| Maintained by Ministry of Public Works and Transport | ||||
| Length | 73.505 km (45.674 mi) | |||
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| South end |  Route 3 | |||
 Route 119 Route 128 Route 114 Route 127 Route 125 Route 120 Route 140 | ||||
| North end |  Route 4 | |||
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| Country | Costa Rica | |||
| Provinces | Alajuela, Heredia | |||
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National Secondary Route 126, or just Route 126 (Spanish: Ruta Nacional Secundaria 126, or Ruta 126) is a National Road Route of Costa Rica, located in the Alajuela and Heredia provinces.[1] It connects Route 3 and Route 4.
Starting at the downtown area of Heredia canton, at Route 3, this road goes through Heredia, Barva, Carrizal, and Varablanca slightly following the province limit between Heredia and Alajuela, until arriving to Route 4 at Bajos de Chilamate in Sarapiquí.
It allows access to the Poás Volcano National Park when driving from Heredia, by turning at Route 120.
In the southern area of the route, near Barva canton, there are many coffee plantations, and further north in Varablanca there are strawberry orchards.
Making use of the eastern lowlands segment of Route 32 and Route 4, this route connects the Greater Metropolitan Area to the Caribbean districts, which is a recommended alternate route in case of emergency when there are landslides in the Braulio Carrillo national park section of Route 32.[2]
In Alajuela province the route covers Alajuela canton (Carrizal, San Isidro, Sarapiquí districts).
In Heredia province the route covers Heredia canton (Heredia, Mercedes, Varablanca districts), Barva canton (Barva, San Pedro, San Pablo districts), Santa Bárbara canton (Jesús, Santo Domingo, Purabá districts), Sarapiquí canton (La Virgen district).
