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Portal De Usme (TransMilenio)
Portal de Usme is one of the terminal stations in the TransMilenio mass-transit system of Bogotá, Colombia, opened in the year 2000. Location Portal de Usme is located in the extreme south of Bogotá, specifically on Avenida Caracas (Bogotá), Avenida Caracas south of the La Picota national penitentiary. History In 2001, a few months after the opening of the system, the Portal de Usme was opened as the second terminal station in the system. After a lawsuit from a passenger complaining of lack of accessibility, handicapped access on the feeder routes at the station, the fleet of feeder buses was renovated to accommodate this service in 2005. On February 2, 2002, police thwarted an attempt to use dynamite against the station by disarming six sticks of the explosive. Station services Old trunk services Current trunk services Feeder routes The terminal operates the following feeder routes: * Santa Librada loop * Chuniza loop * Alfonso López loop * Usminia loop * V ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Avenida Caracas (Bogotá)
Avenida Caracas is an arterial road in Bogotá, Colombia that runs through the city from north to south. The road was inaugurated on 9 December 1932. Names The road has four names along its stretch: ''Avenida Caracas'', ''Troncal Caracas'', ''Carrera 14'', and ''Carretera a Usme''. Route The road begins in the southern ward of Usme, where it is named Carretera a Usme. It runs north to Calle 70 Sur. It continues north to the Portal de Usme (TransMilenio), Portal de Usme, where it is known as the Troncal Caracas. It continues through the neighborhoods Ciudad Bolívar (Bogotá), Ciudad Bolívar, Rafael Uribe Uribe, Antonio Nariño (Bogotá), Antonio Nariño, Los Mártires, Santa Fe (Bogotá), Santa Fe and Chapinero, until Calle 80 near the monument Monumento a Los Héroes (Bogotá), Los Héroes. It continues north to Chía, Cundinamarca, Chía with the name Autopista Norte (Bogotá), Autopista Norte. Points of interest on the route * The TransMilenio stations Portal de Usm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Usme
Usme is the 5th locality of the Bogotá, Capital District, Capital District of Bogotá, capital city of Colombia. Usme is located in the south of Bogotá, bordering to the north the localities of San Cristóbal, Bogotá, San Cristóbal, Rafael Uribe Uribe, Bogotá, Rafael Uribe Uribe and Tunjuelito, to the west the locality of Ciudad Bolívar, Bogotá, Ciudad Bolívar, to the south the locality of Sumapaz, and to the east, behind the Eastern Hills, Bogotá, Eastern Hills, the municipalities of Colombia, municipalities of Ubaque, Chipaque and Une in the Departments of Colombia, Department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. History Usme was inhabited first by indigenous groups during the Herrera Period and later by the Muisca. The modern locality of Usme was founded in 1650 as "''San Pedro de Usme''" which became a center for the rural areas nearby dedicated to agricultural activities. These supplied food to Bogotá. It was named after San Pedro (Saint Peter) and Usme from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TransMilenio
TransMilenio is a bus rapid transit (BRT) system that serves Bogotá, the capital of Colombia, and Soacha, a neighbouring city. The system opened to the public in December 2000. As of 2024, 12 lines totalling run throughout the city. It is part of the city's Integrated Public Transport System (Bogotá), Integrated Public Transport System (''Sistema Integrado de Transporte Público'' [SITP]), along with the urban, complimentary, and special bus services operating on neighbourhood and main streets. TransMilenio consists of several interconnected BRT lines, with raised floor stations in the center of a main avenue, or "''troncal''". Passengers typically reach the stations via a bridge over the street. Usually four lanes down the center of the street are dedicated to bus traffic. The outer lanes allow express buses to bypass buses stopped at a station. As of 2024, 1,801 buses on average were circulating on the trunk line system. An additional set of 869 regular buses, known as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bogotá
Bogotá (, also , , ), officially Bogotá, Distrito Capital, abbreviated Bogotá, D.C., and formerly known as Santa Fe de Bogotá (; ) during the Spanish Imperial period and between 1991 and 2000, is the capital city, capital and largest city of Colombia, and one of the List of largest cities, largest cities in the world. The city is administered as the Capital District, as well as the capital of, though not politically part of, the surrounding department of Cundinamarca Department, Cundinamarca. Bogotá is a territorial entity of the first order, with the same administrative status as the departments of Colombia. It is the main political, economic, administrative, industrial, cultural, aeronautical, technological, scientific, medical and educational center of the country and northern South America. Bogotá was founded as the capital of the New Kingdom of Granada on 6 August 1538 by Spanish conquistador Gonzalo Jiménez de Quesada after a harsh Spanish conquest of the Muisca, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colombia
Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia, is a country primarily located in South America with Insular region of Colombia, insular regions in North America. The Colombian mainland is bordered by the Caribbean Sea to the north, Venezuela to the east and northeast, Brazil to the southeast, Peru and Ecuador to the south and southwest, the Pacific Ocean to the west, and Panama to the northwest. Colombia is divided into 32 Departments of Colombia, departments. The Capital District of Bogotá is also the List of cities in Colombia by population, country's largest city hosting the main financial and cultural hub. Other major urban areas include Medellín, Cali, Barranquilla, Cartagena, Colombia, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Cúcuta, Ibagué, Villavicencio and Bucaramanga. It covers an area of 1,141,748 square kilometers (440,831 sq mi) and has a population of around 52 million. Its rich cultural heritage—including language, religion, cuisine, and art—reflects its history as a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dynamite
Dynamite is an explosive made of nitroglycerin, sorbents (such as powdered shells or clay), and Stabilizer (chemistry), stabilizers. It was invented by the Swedish people, Swedish chemist and engineer Alfred Nobel in Geesthacht, Northern Germany, and was patented in 1867. It rapidly gained wide-scale use as a more robust alternative to the traditional gun powder, black powder explosives. It allows the use of nitroglycerine's favorable explosive properties while greatly reducing its risk of accidental detonation. History Dynamite was invented by Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel in 1866 and was the first safely manageable explosive stronger than black powder. Alfred Nobel's father, Immanuel Nobel, was an industrialist, engineer, and inventor. He built bridges and buildings in Stockholm and founded Sweden's first rubber factory. His construction work inspired him to research new methods of blasting rock that were more effective than black powder. After some bad business deals in S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
