arequipa's urban road network has a radiocentric structure with four main avenues: avenida ejército, avenida jesus, avenida alcides carrion and avenida parra; which allow the movement of the population between the intermediate and peripheral areas and the downtown. these avenues are connected, in turn, by other avenues such as avenida venezuela, avenida la marina, avenida salaverry, avenida cáceres, among others, which almost form a ring around the downtown. other avenues such as: avenida cayma, avenida goyeneche, and avenida dolores link the suburbs and nearby districts with downtown arequipa. interchanges such as the one at avenida la marina and another one at avenida caceres help to relieve urban traffic. a road of 40 km approximately, which goes through the district of uchumayo, connects arequipa to the pan-american highway and coastal cities; another road goes through the district of yura, connecting arequipa to other cities in the southern highlands like puno and cuzco.