BR-101

Map of BR-101

The BR-101 (also called Translitorânea, and officially named Rodovia Governador Mário Covas.^[1]) is a longitudinal highway of Brazil. It is the longest in the country with a length of nearly 4,800 km (3,000 mi), and it is considered the second most important.^{[citation needed]}

It crosses 12 Brazilian states: Rio Grande do Norte, Paraíba, Pernambuco, Alagoas, Sergipe, Bahia, Espírito Santo, Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo, Paraná, Santa Catarina and Rio Grande do Sul. It also connects more state capitals than any other "rodovia" (highway) in the country. In total, 12 capitals are directly connected by BR-101.

Its northern terminus is located in the city of Touros-RN and its southern terminus is located in São José do Norte-RS.

It follows virtually the entire east coast of Brazil from Rio Grande do Norte to Rio Grande do Sul. The highway has not been built between two stretches between Peruíbe (SP) and Iguape (SP), and between Cananéia (SP) and Garuva (SC).

It is a major Brazilian highway and part of the Pan-American Highway.

BR-101 is known as BRIOI.

Between Curitiba and Garuva (SC), the highway was replaced by the BR 101 / BR 376 and was widened by the Paraná government, not by the federal government.

The northern section between Curitiba and the border with São Paulo was not built in order to preserve an area of the Atlantic Forest.

The Rio-Niterói Bridge is part of the BR-101.

Improvements

Rodovia BR-101 in Santa Catarina (state), turning lane

In 1973 the first stretch was widened between Rio de Janeiro-RJ and Cubatão-SP. In the 1980s the stretch between Cubatão-SP and Curitiba-PR was widened. In the 1990s the 312 km stretch between Curitiba-PR and Florianópolis-SC has been widened.

The 350 km stretch that connects Florianópolis to Porto Alegre-RS from Palhoça (SC) to Osorio (RS) is being widened.

Also the 404 km stretch between Natal in Rio Grande do Norte and Palmares-PE, is being widened (with about 70 km, cutting the metropolitan area of Recife, being already widened).

One of the next sections to be widened soon is the stretch between Rio de Janeiro and Espírito Santo, and between Palmares-PE and Maceió-AL.

See also

• Transport in Brazil

References

1. ↑ , Lei nº 10.292/01 - Rodovia Governador Mário Covas

v t e Federal highways in Brazil Rodovias radiais 010 (Rodovia Engenheiro Bernardo Sayã) 020 030 040 050 060 070 080 090 Rodovias longitudinais 101 (Translitorânea/Rodovia Governador Mário Covas) 104 110 116 (Rodovia Presidente Dutra) 120 122 135 146 153 (Rodovia Transbrasiliana) 154 156 158 163 174 Rodovias transversais 210 222 226 230 (Trans-Amazonian highway) 232 235 242 251 259 262 265 267 272 277 280 282 283 285 287 290 293 Rodovias diagonais 304 307 308 316 317 319 324 330 342 343 349 352 354 356 359 361 363 364 365 367 369 373 374 376 377 381 (Rodovia Fernão Dias) 383 386 392 393 Rodovias de ligação 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 433 434 437 448 450 451 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 489 490 491 492 493 494 495 496 497 498 499 600 610