Route 1 is a
national route of
Uruguay
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. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General
Manuel Oribe
Manuel Ceferino Oribe y Viana (August 26, 1792 – November 12, 1857) was the 2nd Constitutional president of Uruguay and founder of Uruguay's National Party, the oldest Uruguayan political party and considered one of the two Uruguayan "tr ...
, a national hero of Uruguay. It connects Montevideo with Colonia del Sacramento to the west along the coast. The road is approximately in length.
The distance notation along Route 1 uses the same
Kilometre Zero
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reference as Routes 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of
Plaza de Cagancha in the
Centro
Centro may refer to:
Places Brazil
*Centro, Santa Maria, a neighborhood in Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro, Porto Alegre, a neighborhood of Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
* Centro (Duque de Caxias), a neighborhood of Du ...
of Montevideo.
Route 1 crosses the
Santa Lucia River on the border between the departments of Montevideo and San Jose along a modern 4-lane bridge with a length of 800 metres. It was crossed by the old 2-lane bridge opened in 1925 on the old Route 1, which still exists today and is used as a shortcut by the people of
Santiago Vázquez
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.
Destinations and junctions
These are the populated places Route 5 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.
;Montevideo Department
* Km. 9
La Paloma - Tomkinson, Route 5 North to Canelones,
Florida
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, Durazno,
Tacuarembó and
Rivera.
;San José Department
* Km. 52 Libertad, Route 45 North to
Rodríguez
* Km. 61 (6.5 km after Puntas de Valdez),
Route 3 North to San José, Trinidad, Young,
Paysandú
Paysandú () is the capital of Paysandú Department in western Uruguay.
Location
The city is located on the banks of the Uruguay River, which forms the border with Argentina. It lies northwest of Montevideo via Route 1 and Route 3, on the ju ...
, Salto and
Bella Unión.
* Km. 101
Ecilda Paullier,
Route 11 East to
San José de Mayo, Canelones, Atlántida and
Route IB
;Colonia Department
* Km. 127 (7 km after Colonia Valdense), Route 2 North to Rosario,
Cardona, and the Northwest to Mercedes,
Fray Bentos and Route 136 of Argentina.
* Km. 137 (17 km after Colonia Valdense), Route 54 South to
Juan Lacaze, Route 54 North to Route 12.
* Km. 148 (28 km after Colonia Valdense), Route 22 North to Tarariras and then Northwest to Route 21.
* Km. 163 (43 km after Colonia Valdense), Route 50 Northeast to Tarariras
* Km. 177 Ends into Avenida Franklin D. Roosevelt of
Colonia del Sacramento
Colonia del Sacramento (; pt, Colónia do Sacramento) is a city in southwestern Uruguay, by the Río de la Plata, facing Buenos Aires, Argentina. It is one of the oldest towns in Uruguay and capital of the Colonia Department. It has a population ...
.
References
External links
Viajando Por Uruguay, Rutas del Uruguay. Hoy; Ruta 1
Roads in Uruguay
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