Ruta 3 (Uruguay)

Ruta 3 in Uruguay
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Basic data
Operator:	Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
Overall length:	600 km
Departments :	San Jose Flores Río Negro Paysandú Somersault Artigas
Course of the road San Jose de Mayo Trinidad Río Negro Paysandú Somersault Bella Unión Rio Cuareim Uruguay - Brazil Continue on  BR-472

The Ruta 3, General José Gervasio Artigas is a street in Uruguay . It is named after the Uruguayan general and politician José Gervasio Artigas (1764-1850).

The road, which is around 600 kilometers long, starts at kilometer 67 of Ruta 1 in the San José department and leads from there to the north of the country. It initially runs through the city of San José de Mayo . Then it crosses the Flores department and here its capital Trinidad . After crossing the Río Negro, you continue through the department of the same name as well as the department of Paysandú and its capital of the same name . It finally ends in the town of Bella Unión in the Artigas department , having previously crossed Salto and the department of the same name .

Web links

• Ministerio de Transporte y Obras Públicas
• Picture of the bridge crossing of the Ruta 3 over the Río Queguay south of Lorenzo Geyres

Commons : Ruta 3 (Uruguay)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Section of the Río Negro crossing near Paso del Puerto