National Routes of Uruguay

The National Routes of Uruguay (officially in Spanish, Rutas nacionales de Uruguay) are the most important transport routes in the country, linking all locations. It has a network of 8,698 km of which 303 km are with concrete, asphalt 3,164 km, 4,220 km bituminous and 1,009 km rough.

Route numbers

SignalItinerary
Gral. Líber SeregniCarrasco International Airport (in Montevideo suburbs)-Punta del Este (90 km)
Brigadier Gral. Manuel OribeMontevideo-Colonia del Sacramento (177 km)
Grito de AsencioRosario-Fray Bentos (181 km)
Gral. José ArtigasRoute 1 (km 68)-Bella Unión, Artigas Department (587 km)
Andrés ArtigasArtigas-Route 31-Salto
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso RiveraMontevideo-Rivera (506 km)
Joaquín SuárezMontevideo-Paso de Frontera (338 km)
Gral. Aparicio Saravia
Brigadier Gral. Antonio LavallejaMontevideo-Aceguá
Gral. Leonardo OliveraRoute 8 (near Soca)-Chuy
Juan Díaz de SolísSeaside resorts of the Maldonado and Rocha Departments
Ing. Eladio DiesteEcilda Paullier-Atlántida (160 km)
Luis Alberto de Herrera
Bartolomé Hidalgo
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera
Ricardo Ferrés
Cnel. Lorenzo Latorre
Treinta y Tres OrientalesColonia del Sacramento-Mercedes (177 km)
Brigadier Gral. Leandro Gómez
Mario Heber
Cnel. Andrés Latorre
Brigadier Gral. Eugenio GarzónThe main route of the Artigas Department (260 km)
Cnel. Gorgonio Aguiar
Domingo Burgueño Miguel
Cnel. Fernando Otorgués
Cnel. Bernabé Rivera
Cnel. Manuel Francisco Artigas
Cap. Juan Antonio Artigas
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate

Types of routes

The Ministry of Transport and Public Works classifies Uruguayan Routes as Corredor Internacional, Primary Network (Red Primaria), Secondary Network (Red Secundaria) and Tertiary Network (Red Terciaria).

Corredor Internacional

Pathways linking Montevideo with the main points of departure from Uruguay.

Primary network

Pathways linking other department capitals.

Secondary and tertiary networks

Minor roads linking towns, some resorts or important agribusiness areas.

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