Francisco Fajardo Highway

The Francisco Fajardo Highway is the most important freeway of Caracas, connecting the west and east sides of the city.

Also in Caracas, the connections between freeways are also given peculiar names - the octopus, the spider and the centipede are examples.

The freeway's respective branches go from Petare and connect with the Grand Marshal Ayacucho Highway (Petare-Guarenas section), and to the southwest of Caracas through the La Paz neighborhood finishing in Las Adjuntas and Macarao.

The main branches are the East Highway that starts from the Centipede connection (in the Chacao Municipality) and finishes in the La Trinidad section of Caracas.

Tunel El Paraiso is a 690 metres (2,260 ft) vehicular tunnel along the Francisco Fajardo Highway .