Tres Cruces Bus Station
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Tres Cruces bus station (
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:''Terminal Tres Cruces'') is the main bus terminal in
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Tres Cruces Tres Cruces is a ''barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Uruguay's capital Montevideo. Its name means "three crossings", referring to the three major transportation routes which intersect in the area: Avenida 18 de Julio, Bulevar Artigas and ...
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Overview

On July 11, 1991, President Luis A. Lacalle signed the agreement for the construction of the Bus Terminal. The building was designed by the studio of the architect Guillermo Gómez Platero, with the collaboration of Enrique Cohe and Roberto Alberti. The station was inaugurated on November 16, 1994. The structure is brick. Tres Cruces concentrates the largest passenger traffic in the country, from there national and international destinations are operated. Around 20,000,000 people visit this bus station. In the building, there is also a shopping center.


See also

* Transportation in Uruguay * Tres Cruces district


References

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