Editing Brazilian Highway System (section)

===BR-020===
{{Main|BR-020}}
[[Image:Piauí - BR-020 - (geometria) (8102617191).jpg|thumb|BR-020 in [[Piauí]].]]

The BR-020 connects [[Fortaleza]] in [[Ceará]] to the federal capital [[Brasília]]. Like other BRs that start with the number 0, it leaves Brasília to an extreme point in Brazil.<ref>[https://www.gov.br/dnit/pt-br/download/rodovias/rodovias-federais/nomeclatura-das-rodovias-federais/rodovias-radiais.pdf Rodovias Radiais]</ref> The highway is important because passes through the MATOPIBA region (in the south of Piauí and in the west of Bahia), which is an important producer of [[soybeans]], [[maize|corn]] and [[cotton]], among other products. It connects the interior of the Northeast to the Port of Mucuripe, in Fortaleza.<ref>[https://agenciadenoticias.ibge.gov.br/agencia-sala-de-imprensa/2013-agencia-de-noticias/releases/22648-ppm-2017-rebanho-bovino-predomina-no-centro-oeste-e-mato-grosso-lidera-entre-os-estados PPM 2017: Rebanho bovino predomina no Centro-Oeste e Mato Grosso lidera entre os estados]</ref>