Route 6 is a national route of

Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast, while bordering the Río de la Plata to the south and the A ...

. In 1981, it was assigned the name

Joaquín Suárez Joaquín Luis Miguel Suárez de Rondelo (August 18, 1781 in Canelones – December 26, 1868 in Montevideo) was a Uruguayan politician. Head of State of Uruguay In December 1828, Suárez served as the first head of state of the territory t ...

. It connects

Montevideo Montevideo (, ; ) is the capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2023 census, the city proper has a population of 1,302,954 (about 37.2% of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

with the northeast of

Rivera Department Rivera Department () is a Departments of Uruguay, department of the northern region of Uruguay. It has an area of and a population of 109,300. Its capital is the city of Rivera. It borders Brazil to the north and east, Cerro Largo Department to t ...

, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with

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. The road is approximately 428 kilometres long till Vichadero. The distance notation along Route 6 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of

Plaza de Cagancha is a public square in ''barrio'' Centro, Montevideo, Centro of Montevideo, Uruguay. Located on 18 de Julio Avenue, the main avenue of the city, it originated in 1836 as the central space of the layout of the "Ciudad Nueva" ("new city"), outside th ...

in the

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. The only cities apart from Montevideo it connects with are San Ramón in

Canelones Department The Departamento de Canelones (; ) is one of the 19 Uruguayan departments. With an area of and 608,956 inhabitants at the 2023 Census, it is located in the south of Uruguay. Its capital is Canelones. Ciudad de la Costa is the largest city by ...

and

Sarandí del Yí Sarandí del Yí is a city in the Durazno Department of central Uruguay. Geography It is located on the north bank of the river Río Yi, and on the intersection of Route 6 with Route 14, about east of Durazno, the capital of the department. Th ...

Durazno Department Durazno (; ) is a Departments of Uruguay, department of Uruguay. Its capital is Durazno. Its name means ''"peach"'' in Spanish language, Spanish, referring to the department's peaches and its status as an agricultural breadbasket. It is located i ...

. North of Canelones, Route 6 passes mostly through sparsely populated areas and connects with few small towns and villages.

South end

Its extension in Montevideo is Avenida de las Instrucciones, which splits into Route 33 and Route 6 in Toledo Chico, just before the border with Canelones Department.

Destinations and junctions

These are the populated places Route 6 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads. ;

Montevideo Department Montevideo () is a department (''departamento'') of Uruguay. It is by far the smallest department in area, but also by far the most populated. Its capital is the city of Montevideo, which is also the national capital. While most of the departme ...

* Km. 18 Avenida de las Instrucciones turns into Route 6. At this point, Route 7 merges with it and both go northeast. * Km. 21 Route 33 north to Routes 11 & 65. ;

* Km. 22

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* Km. 27 Route 6 splits from Route 7, turning north. * Km. 32/33 Route 107 northwest to

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and Canelones, while Route 6 passes east of Sauce. * Km. 35 Route 86 northeast to Route 11. * Km. 50 Route 11 west to Canelones, southeast to Atlántida. * Km. 51

Santa Rosa Santa Rosa is the Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish name for Saint Rose. Santa Rosa may also refer to: Places Argentina *Santa Rosa, Mendoza, a city * Santa Rosa, Tinogasta, Catamarca * Santa Rosa, Valle Viejo, Catamarca *Santa Rosa, La Pampa * S ...

* Km. 60 San Bautista, Route 81 east to Migues. * Km. 70 Castellanos, Route 65 west and south to

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and to Route 11, east to Route 7. * Km. 79 San Ramón, Route 12 east to Tala, Route 63 southwest to Santa Lucía. ;

Florida Department Florida () is a department of Uruguay. Its capital is Florida. It is located in the south of the central part of the country with Durazno Department to its north, the departments of Treinta y Tres and Lavalleja to its east, Canelones Department t ...

* Km. 87

Chamizo Chamizo is a village in the Florida Department of central Uruguay. Geography The village is located on the intersection of Route 6 with Route 94, about from the centre of Montevideo. History It was declared a "Pueblo" (village) on 21 November ...

, Route 94 east to Fray Marcos. * Km. 111 Route 56 west to

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, east to Route 7. * Km. 180 Capilla del Sauce ;

* Km. 200

, Route 14 west to

Durazno Durazno is the capital city of the Durazno Department, department of Durazno in Uruguay. Geography The city is located at the intersection of Route 5 (Uruguay), Routes 5 and 41, in the south of the department, close to the borders with the depar ...

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& Mercedes, southeast to

Lascano Lascano is a small town in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay Uruguay, officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay, is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north ...

La Coronilla La Coronilla is a village in the Rocha Department of southeastern Uruguay. Geography The village is located on the Atlantic coast on Route 9, about south of Chuy and the border with Brazil Brazil, officially the Federative Republic of ...

. * Km. 235 Route 43 northwest to San Gregorio de Polanco and to Routes 59 & 5. ;

Cerro Largo Department Cerro Largo Department () is a Departments of Uruguay, department of Uruguay. Its capital is Melo, Uruguay, Melo. It is located in the east of the country, bordering Brazil to its northeast with Rio Yaguaron, Yaguaron River as the natural border, ...

* It crosses a distance of only in this department from the stream Arroyo de Cordobés at Paso del Gordo to the Río Negro at Paso Pereira, where it passes over the river on a hand pulled wire

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with single car capacity. before the ferry, it meets with Route 38 which connects it with Route 7 near Tupambaé. ;

Tacuarembó Tacuarembó ( Guaraní language, Guarani: ''Takuarembo'', literally: "Bamboo shoot") is the capital city of the Tacuarembó Department in north-central Uruguay. History On 24 October 1831, a presidential decree by Fructuoso Rivera ordered the cr ...

* Km. 360 Route 26 northwest to

, east-southeast to Melo &

Río Branco Rio or Río is the Portuguese and Spanish word for "river". The word also exists in Italian, but is largely obsolete and used in a poetical or literary context to mean "stream". Rio, RIO or Río may also refer to: Places United States * Rio, Fl ...

. * Km. 399 Route 44 (border with Rivera) northwest to Ansina, southeast to Melo. ;

* Km. 427/428 Vichadero & Route 27 northwest to

Rivera Rivera () is the capital of Rivera Department of Uruguay. The border with Brazil joins it with the Brazilian city of Santana do Livramento, which is only a block away from it, at the north end of Route 5 (Uruguay), Route 5. Together, they form an ...

, while also connecting to Minas de Corrales via Routes 29 & 28. * A smaller road extends north to Paso Hospital (Km. 445) and the

ian border (Km. 465).

References

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