In particular, because of high construction costs and Brazil financial crisis in

the late 970s, only a part of the highway was paved, from its beginning to 200

km ahead of Marabá. The lack of a fully sealed road causes many problems. Travel

on the non-paved stretches of the highway is extremely difficult during the

region's rainy season between October and March. In the wet season cars often

get stuck in the poorly constructed road and in the dry season there are often

pot holes in the dry mud roads that damage vehicles.