Route 5 (Uruguay)

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Route 5

Ruta 5

Brigadier General Fructuoso Rivera

Route information

Maintenance: Ministry of Transport & Public Works

Length:

501 km (311 mi)

Major junctions

South end:

Montevideo (La Paloma - Tomkinson)

Montevideo Department:
• Lezica - Melilla
  - Route 102 E > Carrasco Int. Airport
Canelones Department:
• Canelones
  - Route 11 NW > San José de Mayo
  - Route 11 SE > Atlántida
Florida Department:
• Florida (5 km before)
  - Route 12 SE > Minas, Punta Ballena
Durazno Department:
• Durazno
  - Route 14 W > Trinidad, Mercedes
  - Route 14 E > La Coronilla (Rocha) Tacuarembó Department:
• Tacuarembó
  - Route 26 W-SW > Paysandú
  - Route 26 E-SE > Melo
Rivera Department:
  - Route 30 NW > Artigas

> (Guido Machado Brun)

North end:

Rivera

Highway system

National Routes of Uruguay

←

Route 1

Route 27

→

Route 5 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Fructuoso Rivera, a national hero of Uruguay.^[1] It is one of the most important highways in country, along with Route 3, connecting Montevideo in the south with Rivera in the north and passing through the centre of the country. The road is approximately 501 kilometres (311 mi) in length.^[2]^[3] Upon reaching Santana do Livramento (the Brazilian extension of Rivera), the road joins federal highway BR-158.

The distance notation along Route 5 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.^[4]

Destinations and junctions

These are the populated places Route 5 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.

Montevideo Department

10 kilometres (6.2 mi) after its junction with Route 1, near the Ángel S. Adami Airport, Route 102 connects with Carrasco International Airport.

Canelones Department

Km. 33 Villa Felicidad
Km. 47 Canelones, Route 11 Southeast to Atlántida & Northwest to San José de Mayo

Florida Department

Km. 75 Mendoza
Km. 94 Route 12 Southeast to Minas & Punta Ballena
Km. 98 Florida
Km. 143 Sarandí Grande

Durazno Department

Km. 183 Durazno, Route 14 East to Sarandí del Yí & La Coronilla (Coast of Rocha), West to Trinidad & Mercedes

Tacuarembó Department

Km. 249 Paso de los Toros
Km. 265 Route 20 to Fray Bentos
Km. 390 Tacuarembó, Route 26 West & Southwest to Paysandú, East & Southeast to Melo

Rivera Department

Km. 458 Route 30 Northwest to Artigas
Km. 496 Route 27 Southeast to Vichadero and Route 6
Km. 501 Rivera - connects to Brazilian Federal Roads BR-158 and BR-293.

References

↑ "LEY N° 14.361". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1975. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
↑ "Mapas & Planos - República Oriental del Uruguay". Reservas.net. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
↑ "Information about the routes of Uruguay" (in Spanish). Turismo en Uruguay – Turismo Uruguayo .com. 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
↑ "Kilómetro cero en Plaza Cagancha". Junta Departamental de Montevideo. 25 March 2010. Retrieved 21 July 2011.

External links

Viajando Por Uruguay, Rutas del Uruguay. Hoy; Ruta 5

v t e National Routes of Uruguay

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Coordinates: 34°48′21″S 56°30′34.3″W / 34.80583°S 56.509528°W / -34.80583; -56.509528

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