Highways and routes in the Dominican Republic

They are built and maintained by the Ministry of Public Works and Communication (Spanish: Ministerio de Obras Públicas y Comunicaciones) or MOPC.

Expansion, widening, tunnels, and elevated viaduct have all been methods used by the Dominican authorities to increase the efficiency of the main arteries of the country.

In addition, the construction of ring roads has reduced the traffic volume in urban centers, such as Santo Domingo, Santiago, San Pedro de Macorís or La Romana.

DR-1 connects Santo Domingo to the fertile Cibao region, Dominican Republic's second most populated city Santiago de los Caballeros and ends in the Dominico-Haitian border close to Monte Cristi.

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