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

Signal	Itinerary
Gral. Líber Seregni	Montevideo-Punta del Este (90km)
Brigadier Gral. Manuel Oribe	Montevideo-Colonia del Sacramento (177km)
Grito de Asencio	Rosario-Fray Bentos (180km)
Gral. José Artigas	Route1(km.67)-Bella Unión, Artigas Department (592km)
Andrés Artigas	Artigas-Carlos Reyles (330km)
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera	Montevideo-Rivera (501km)
Joaquín Suárez	Montevideo-Paso de Frontera (338km)
Gral. Aparicio Saravia	Montevideo-Melo (387km)
Brigadier Gral. Antonio Lavalleja	Montevideo-Aceguá (486km)
Gral. Leonardo Olivera	Soca-Chuy (274km)
Juan Díaz de Solís	Canelones-Aguas Dulces (162km)
Ing. Eladio Dieste	Ecilda Paullier-Atlántida (160km)
Luis Alberto de Herrera	Minas-Florida (96km)
Bartolomé Hidalgo	Aiguá-Velazquez(48km)
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera	Mercedes-La Caronilla (481km)
Ricardo Ferrés
Cnel. Lorenzo Latorre
Treinta y Tres Orientales
Brigadier Gral. Leandro Gómez	Paysandú-Río Branco (486km)
Mario Heber
Cnel. Andrés Latorre
Brigadier Gral. Eugenio Garzón
Cnel. Gorgonio Aguiar
Domingo Burgueño Miguel	Aiguá-Punta del Este (89.5km)
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.

• Route 1, all the way.
• Route 2, all the way.
• Route 3, all the way.
• Route 5, all the way.
• Route 8, from the beginning of Montevideo to Treinta y Tres.
• Route 9, all the way.

Primary network

Pathways linking other department capitals.

• Route 6: the nearest stretch to Montevideo (80 km approximately).
• Route 7: the nearest stretch to Montevideo (100 km approximately).
• Route 8: from Treinta y Tres to Aceguá.
• Route 21: all the way.
• Route 24: all the way.
• Route 26: all the way.
• Route 30: from the junction with Route 5 to Artigas.
• Ruta Interbalnearia : all the way.

Secondary and tertiary networks

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

External links

• MTPW website about the national route network (in Spanish)
• Routes of Uruguay
• National Routes of Uruguay, Viajando Por Uruguay
• Photos of the National Routes of Uruguay, via Picasa Web Albums