Route 9 (Uruguay) Explained

Country:URY
Type:route
Alternate Name:Coronel Leonardo Olivera
Route:9
Map:Route 9-Uruguay.png
Length Km:274
Direction A:West
Terminus A:near Dr. Francisco Soca
Direction B:East
Terminus B:Chuy
Previous Type:route
Previous Route:8
Next Type:route
Next Route:19

Route 9 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Coronel Leonardo Olivera, a national hero of Uruguay.[1] It connects Dr. Francisco Soca with Chuy in the northeast.[2]

The distance notation along Route 9 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.[3] The length of the road, from its beginning at Km. 66 to its end at Km. 340 is in length.

Destinations and junctions

These are the populated places Route 9 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.

Canelones Department
Maldonado Department
Rocha Department

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: LEY N° 14.361 . República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo . 1975 . 19 July 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140307205210/http://www0.parlamento.gub.uy/leyes/AccesoTextoLey.asp?Ley=14361 . 7 March 2014 .
  2. Web site: Mapas & Planos - República Oriental del Uruguay. Reservas.net. 2 June 2011.
  3. Web site: Kilómetro cero en Plaza Cagancha . Junta Departamental de Montevideo . 25 March 2010 . 21 July 2011 . dead . https://archive.today/20120629114134/http://www.juntamvd.gub.uy/es/comunicados-de-prensa/609-kilometro-cero-en-plaza-cagancha.html . 29 June 2012 .