Route 1 (Uruguay)

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Route 1
Ruta 1
Brigadier General Manuel Oribe
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transport & Public Works
Length	174.29 km (108.30 mi)
Major junctions
East end	Montevideo (Bella Vista)
Major intersections	Montevideo Department: • Km.9 La Paloma - Tomkinson   - Route 5 N > Canelones, Florida,     Durazno, Tacuarembó, Rivera San José Department: • Km.52 Libertad   - Route 45 N > Rodríguez > ... • Km.61 (6.5 km after Puntas de Valdez)   - Route 3 N San José, Trinidad, Young,     Paysandú, Salto, Bella Unión • Km.101 Ecilda Paullier   - Route 11 E > San José de Mayo,     Canelones, Atlántida > Route IB Colonia Department: • Km.127 (7 km after Colonia Valdense)   - Route 2 N > Rosario, Cardona, NW >     Mercedes, Fray Bentos, Argentina R.136 • Km.137 (17 km after Colonia Valdense)   - Route 54 S > Juan Lacaze   - Route 54 N > Route 12 • Km.148 (28 km after Colonia Valdense)   - Route 22 N > Tarariras, NW > Route 21 • Km.163 (43 km after Colonia Valdense)   - Route 50 NE > Tarariras   > (Avenida Franklin D. Roosevelt)
West end	Colonia del Sacramento
Location
Country	Uruguay
Highway system
National Routes of Uruguay
← Route 21 → Route IB

Route 1 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Manuel Oribe, a national hero of Uruguay.^[1] It connects Montevideo with Colonia del Sacramento to the west along the coast. The road is approximately 177 kilometres (110 mi) in length.^[2][3]

The distance notation along Route 1 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.^[4]

Route 1 crosses the Santa Lucia River on the border between the departments of Montevideo and San Jose along a modern 4-lane bridge with a length of 800 metres. It was crossed by the old 2-lane bridge opened in 1925 on the old Route 1, which still exists today and is used as a shortcut by the people of Santiago Vázquez.