National Routes of Uruguay

The National Routes of Uruguay (officially in Spanish, Rutas nacionales de Uruguay) are the most important transport routes in the country, linking all locations. It has a network of 8,698 km of which 303 km are with concrete, asphalt 3,164 km, 4,220 km bituminous and 1,009 km rough.

Route numbers

Signal Itinerary
Gral. Líber Seregni Montevideo-Punta del Este (90km)
Brigadier Gral. Manuel Oribe Montevideo-Colonia del Sacramento (177km)
Grito de Asencio Rosario-Fray Bentos (180km)
Gral. José Artigas Route1(km.67)-Bella Unión, Artigas Department (592km)
Andrés Artigas Artigas-Carlos Reyles (330km)
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera Montevideo-Rivera (501km)
Joaquín Suárez Montevideo-Paso de Frontera (338km)
Gral. Aparicio Saravia Montevideo-Melo (387km)
Brigadier Gral. Antonio Lavalleja Montevideo-Aceguá (486km)
Gral. Leonardo Olivera Soca-Chuy (274km)
Juan Díaz de Solís Canelones-Aguas Dulces (162km)
Ing. Eladio Dieste Ecilda Paullier-Atlántida (160km)
Luis Alberto de Herrera Minas-Florida (96km)
Bartolomé Hidalgo Aiguá-Velazquez(48km)
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera Mercedes-La Caronilla (481km)
Ricardo Ferrés
Cnel. Lorenzo Latorre
Treinta y Tres Orientales
Brigadier Gral. Leandro Gómez Paysandú-Río Branco (486km)
Mario Heber
Cnel. Andrés Latorre
Brigadier Gral. Eugenio Garzón
Cnel. Gorgonio Aguiar
Domingo Burgueño Miguel Aiguá-Punta del Este (89.5km)
Cnel. Fernando Otorgués
Cnel. Bernabé Rivera
Cnel. Manuel Francisco Artigas
Cap. Juan Antonio Artigas
Wilson Ferreira Aldunate

Types of routes

The Ministry of Transport and Public Works classifies Uruguayan Routes as Corredor Internacional, Primary Network (Red Primaria), Secondary Network (Red Secundaria) and Tertiary Network (Red Terciaria).

Corredor Internacional

Pathways linking Montevideo with the main points of departure from Uruguay.

Primary network

Pathways linking other department capitals.

Secondary and tertiary networks

Minor roads linking towns, some resorts or important agribusiness areas.