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 SignalItinerary Gral. Líber SeregniMontevideo-Punta del Este (90 km) Brigadier Gral. Manuel OribeMontevideo-Colonia del Sacramento (177 km) Grito de AsencioRosario-Fray Bentos (180 km) Gral. José ArtigasRoute1(km.67)-Bella Unión, Artigas Department (592 km) Andrés ArtigasArtigas-Carlos Reyles (330 km) Brigadier Gral. Fructuoso RiveraMontevideo-Rivera (501 km) Joaquín SuárezMontevideo-Paso de Frontera (338 km) Gral. Aparicio SaraviaMontevideo-Melo (387 km) Brigadier Gral. Antonio LavallejaMontevideo-Aceguá (486 km) Gral. Leonardo OliveraSoca-Chuy (274 km) Juan Díaz de SolísCanelones-Aguas Dulces (162 km) Ing. Eladio DiesteEcilda Paullier-Atlántida (160 km) Luis Alberto de HerreraMinas-Florida (96 km) Bartolomé HidalgoAiguá-Velazquez(48 km) Brigadier Gral. Venancio FloresMercedes-La Coronilla (481 km) Ricardo Ferrés Cnel. Lorenzo Latorre Treinta y Tres Orientales Brigadier Gral. Leandro GómezPaysandú-Río Branco (486 km) Mario Heber Cnel. Andrés Latorre Brigadier Gral. Eugenio Garzón Cnel. Gorgonio Aguiar Domingo Burgueño MiguelAiguá-Punta del Este (89.5 km) 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.
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. Route 21: all the way. Route 24: all the way. Route 26: all the way. Route 30: 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.
External links MTPW website about the national route network Routes of Uruguay National Routes of Uruguay, Viajando Por Uruguay Photos of the National Routes of Uruguay, via Picasa Web Albums