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