Rodovia Anhangüera
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| SP-330 | |
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| Rodovia Anhanguera
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| Length | 427 km |
| General direction | South-North |
| From | Marginal Tietê Highway, in the city of São Paulo |
| To | Igarapava - Next to Minas Gerais State Border |
| Major cities | São Paulo,Cajamar, Jundiai, Louveira, Vinhedo, Valinhos, Campinas, Sumaré, Nova Odessa, Americana, Limeira, Araras, Leme, Pirassununga, Porto Ferreira, Cravinhos, Ribeirão Preto, Orlândia, São Joaquim da Barra, Guará, Ituverava, Igarapava. |
| Major highway junctions | - SP 348(Rodovia dos Bandeirantes), km 48 and km 102 =SP 300(Dom Gabriel Couto) -SP 075(Rodovia Santos Dumont) |
| Established | 1940 |
| System | Double lane Highway |
Rodovia Anhangüera (official designation SP-330) is a highway in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It's one of the most important highways of the country and one of its busiest transportation corridors. A survey conducted with truck drivers of all over Brazil in 2005 has awarded to the highway the first place as the best transportation axis in the country.
[edit] History
Its first origins dated of 1774, when it was a dirt road between São Paulo city, Jundiaí and Campinas, serving the cattle troops and voyagers who explored the backlands for gold, precious stones and slaves. The first version of the road (know today as Estrada Velha de Campinas, Campinas Old Road, with the official designation of SP-332) was built in 1914, by a group of 84 forced labor prisoners, who paved 32 km. It was officially inaugurated in 1940 as the first modern, asphalt-paved, four-lane highway in the country.
Anhangüera was the name given by Indians to a famous bandeirante explorer of the 16th century, Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva, who impressed them with tricks of setting fire to a plate full of cachaça. Anhangüera in the Tupi-Guarani language means "old devil".
[edit] Features
The Anhangüera highway connects the city of São Paulo with the Northern region of the state and its main industrial cities and one of the most productive agricultural regions. Its busiest section is São Paulo-Campinas, the first section which was inaugurated. It iss 86 km long, and serves the cities of Cajamar, Jundiai, Louveira, Vinhedo, Valinhos and Campínas. Nearby Valinhos, SP-330 connects to Rodovia Dom Pedro I through the Campinas Beltway (SP-38), and nearby Campinas, it connects with Rodovia dos Bandeirantes (SP-348) through Rodovia Santos Dumont (SP-075).
Beyond Campinas, the second section goes through the cities of Sumaré, Nova Odessa, Americana, Limeira, Araras, Leme, Pirassununga, Porto Ferreira, Cravinhos and Ribeirão Preto. The third section, the last to be doubled-laned, goes to Orlândia, São Joaquim da Barra, Guará, Ituverava and Igarapava, reaching up the border of the state with Minas Gerais at the Rio Grande River, near Uberaba. It is the third longest highway in the state, with 482 km.
Anhanguera is a four lane highway. It has heavy traffic, specially of trucks.
The highway is currently managed by four private companies, and therefore is a toll road:
- AutoBan, from km 0 (São Paulo) to 158;
- InterVias, from km 158 to 240;
- AutoVias, from km 240 to 318, and
- ViaNorte, from km 318 to 482.
