Route 3 (Uruguay)

Route 3
Route 3
Ruta 3
General José Artigas
Route information
	Maintained by Ministry of Transport & Public Works
Length	564.6 km (350.8 mi)
Major junctions
South end	Km.67 of Route 1; (near Puntas de Valdez & Rafael Perazza); Kilometre Zero is in Centro, Montevideo
	San José Department:; • San José de Mayo; - Route 11 W > Ecilda Paullier, Route 1; - Route 11 E > Atlántida; Flores Department:; • Trinidad; - Route 14 W > Mercedes; - Route 14 E > Durazno, La Coronilla; Río Negro Department:; • Young; - Route 25: S > Route 24, N > Route 90; Paysandú Department:; • Paysandú; - Route 90 E; - Route 135 of Argentina; • 34.5 Km after Paysandú; - Route 26: E-SE > Tacuarembó, Melo; Salto Department:; • Salto; - Route 31 SE > Tacuarembó; Artigas Department:; • 23 Km before Bella Unión; - Route 30 NE > Artigas; > BR-472 of Brazil
North end	Bella Unión
Location
Country	Uruguay
Highway system
	National Routes of Uruguay;

Route 3 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name General José Artigas, the foremost national hero of Uruguay.^[1] It is one of the most important highways in the country along with Route 5, connecting the south coast near Rafael Perazza with Bella Unión in the extreme northwest. The road is approximately 592 kilometres (368 mi) in length.^[2]^[3]

Although Route 3 starts at Km. 67 of Route 1, its distance notation uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.^[4]

Destinations and junctions edit

These are the populated places Route 3 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.

San José Department

Km. 67 of Route 1, between Puntas de Valdez & Rafael Perazza.
Km. 90 San José de Mayo, Route 11 West to Ecilda Paullier and East to Atlántida.

Flores Department

Km. 189 Trinidad, Route 14 West to Mercedes and East to Durazno and La Coronilla at the coast of Rocha.
Km. 238 crosses Río Negro and enters Río Negro Department.

Río Negro Department

Km. 317 Young Route 25 South to Route 24 and North to Route 90.

Paysandú Department

Km. 376 Paysandú, Route 90 East.
Km. 381 a 6 km road connects it with International Bridge General Artigas into Route 135 of Argentina.
Km. 410 Route 26 East-Southeast to Tacuarembó and Melo.
Km. 441 Termas de Guaviyú

Salto Department

Km. 488 Termas del Daymán
Km. 496 Salto, Route 31 Southeast to Tacuarembó.

Artigas Department

Km. 636 Route 30 Northeast to Artigas.
Km. 659 Bella Unión - connects to Brazilian Federal Road BR-472.

References edit

^ "LEY N° 14.361". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1975. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
^ "Mapas & Planos - República Oriental del Uruguay". Reservas.net. Retrieved 2 June 2011.(Note: Length=180km, evidently a mistake)
^ "Information about the routes of Uruguay" (in Spanish). Turismo en Uruguay – Turismo Uruguayo .com. 2011. Retrieved 16 July 2011.
^ "Kilómetro cero en Plaza Cagancha". Junta Departamental de Montevideo. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.