Santa Cruz de la Sierra to Puerto Quijarro highway?

by Marcin

Hello, We're considering to enter Bolivia from Brazil and travel along from Puerto Quijarro to Santa Cruz, stopping on the way in Santiago de Chiquitos. The "death train" is obvious option, but is there any alternative? I found some informations that paved highway has been complied, if so are there any shared taxies available covering this route? I imagine that this can speed up travel time at least twice.
If you have any information about it please share ;-)


Best regards,
Marcin

BTW Sorry if this is double post, my other comments are visible, so I'm trying again with this one.