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	Carrasco International Airport (in Montevideo suburbs)-Punta del Este (90 km)
Brigadier Gral. Manuel Oribe	Montevideo-Colonia del Sacramento (177 km)
Grito de Asencio	Rosario-Fray Bentos (181 km)
Gral. José Artigas	Route 1 (km 68)-Bella Unión, Artigas Department (587 km)
Andrés Artigas	Artigas-Route 31-Salto
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera	Montevideo-Rivera (506 km)
Joaquín Suárez	Montevideo- (338 km)
Gral. Aparicio Saravia
Brigadier Gral. Antonio Lavalleja	Montevideo-Aceguá
Gral. Leonardo Olivera	Route 8 (near Soca)-Chuy
Juan Díaz de Solís	Seaside resorts of the Maldonado and Rocha Departments
Ing. Eladio Dieste	Ecilda Paullier-Atlántida (160 km)
Luis Alberto de Herrera
Bartolomé Hidalgo
Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso Rivera


	Colonia del Sacramento-Mercedes (177 km)
Brigadier Gral. Leandro Gómez


	The main route of the Artigas Department (260 km)

Domingo Burgueño Miguel

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.

Route 1, all the way.
Route 2,all the way.
Route 3, all the way.
Route 5, all the way.
Route 8, from the beginning of Montevideo to Treinta y Tres.
Route 9, all the way.

Primary network[]

Pathways linking other department capitals.

Route 6: the nearest stretch to Montevideo (80 km approximately).
Route 7: the nearest stretch to Montevideo (100 km approximately).
Route 8: from Treinta y Tres to Aceguá.
: all the way.
: all the way.
Route 26: all the way.
: from the junction with Route 5 to Artigas.
Ruta Interbalnearia: all the way.

Secondary and tertiary networks[]

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