List of national roads in Uruguay
This list contains an overview of the Rutas Nacionales del Uruguay , the Uruguayan highways .
They are the most important transport routes in the country and connect the most important places. This road network with a total length of 8,698 kilometers has 303 kilometers of concrete, 3,164 kilometers of asphalt, 4,220 kilometers of bitumen-treated and 1009 kilometers of natural road surfaces.
Numbering and naming of the individual streets
The Rutas Nacionales in Uruguay bear the names of personalities from the country's history, often military commanders. The Ruta Interbalnearia is not numbered.
| No. | Surname | from ... to | length |
|---|---|---|---|
 Ruta 1
|
Bgdier. Grail. Manuel Oribe | Montevideo - Colonia del Sacramento | 177 km |
 Ruta 2
|
Grito de Asencio | Rosario - Fray Bentos | 181 km |
 Ruta 3
|
Grail. José Artigas | 68 km of Route 1 - Bella Unión on the border with Brazil | 587 km |
 Ruta 4
|
Andrés Artigas | Artigas - Ruta 26 | 270 km |
 Ruta 5
|
Bgdier. Grail. Fructuoso Rivera | Montevideo - Rivera | 506 km |
 Ruta 6
|
Joaquín Suárez | Montevideo - Paso Hospital - Brazil Border | 338 km |
 Ruta 7
|
Grail. Aparicio Saravia | Near Montevideo - Melo | 387 km |
 Ruta 8
|
Bgdier. Grail. Juan Antonio Lavalleja | Montevideo - Aceguá | 442 km |
 Ruta 9
|
Grail. Leonardo Olivera | Ruta 8 near Soca - Chuy | 250 km |
 Ruta 10
|
Juan Díaz de Solís | Connects the seaside resorts of the Maldonado and Rocha departments | |
 Ruta 11
|
Ing. Eladio Dieste | Ecilda Paullier - Atlántida | 160 km |
 Ruta 12
|
Dr. Luis Alberto de Herrera | ||
 Ruta 13
|
Bartolome Hidalgo | ||
 Ruta 14
|
Grail. Venancio Flores | Mercedes - La Coronilla | 481 km |
 Ruta 18
|
Ricardo Ferrés (part) | Treinta y Tres - Ruta 26 near Río Branco | 140 km |
 Ruta 19
|
Cnel. Lorenzo Latorre | ||
 Ruta 21
|
Treinta y Tres Orientales | Colonia del Sacramento - Mercedes | 177 km |
 Ruta 26
|
Bgdier. Grail. Leandro Gomez | Ruta 3 near Paysandú - Rio Branco on the border with Brazil | 398 km |
 Ruta 27
|
Mario Heber | ||
 Ruta 28
|
Cnel. Andrés Latorre | ||
 Ruta 30
|
Bgdier. Grail. Eugenio Garzón | ||
 Ruta 31
|
Cnel. Gorgonio Aguiar | ||
 Ruta 44
|
Cnel. Fernando Otorgués | ||
 Ruta 56
|
Cnel. Bernabé Rivera | ||
 Ruta 60
|
Cnel. Manuel Francisco Artigas | ||
 Ruta 101
|
Cap. Juan Antonio Artigas | ||
 Ruta IB
|
Ruta Interbalnearia (without no.) | 90 km |
Classification of the streets
The Uruguayan Ministry of Transport (Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas) makes the following classifications for the country's roads:
- Corredor Internacional
- Red Primaria
- Red Secundaria
- Red Terciaria
- and those in which the classification depends on the material of the road surface.
Corredor Internacional
Roads that connect Montevideo to the country's border crossings. The road surface is either concrete or asphalt.
- Ruta 1 , complete
- Ruta 2 , complete
- Ruta 3 , complete
- Ruta 5 , complete
- Ruta 8 , only from Montevideo to Treinta y Tres
- Ruta 9 , complete
Red Primaria
Roads connecting department capitals. The road surface consists of asphalt or is bitumen-treated.
- Ruta 6 , section from Montevideo (approx. 80 km)
- Ruta 7 , section from Montevideo (approx. 100 km)
- Ruta 8 , from Treinta y Tres to Aceguá
- Ruta 21 , complete
- Ruta 24 , complete
- Ruta 26 , complete
- Ruta 30 , from the merger with Ruta 5 to Artigas
- Ruta Interbalnearia , complete
Red Secundaria and Red Terciaria
Roads that connect smaller towns, different seaside resorts or important agro-industrial zones. The road surface is bitumen-treated or natural.
Web links
- Mapas & Planos - República Oriental del Uruguay - Overview of the road network
- Overview on the website of the Uruguayan Ministry of Transport
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