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Route 6
Ruta 6
Joaquín Suárez
Route information
Maintained by Ministry of Transport & Public Works
Length428 km (266 mi)
Major junctions
South endMontevideo
North endPaso de Frontera
Location
CountryUruguay
Highway system
← Route 1→ Route 27

Route 6 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1981, it was assigned the name Joaquín Suárez.[1] It connects Montevideo with the northeast of Rivera Department, at Vichadero, with an extension reaching the border with Brazil. The road is approximately 428 kilometres long till Vichadero.

The distance notation along Route 6 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.[2]

The only cities apart from Montevideo it connects with are San Ramón in Canelones Department and Sarandí del Yí in Durazno Department. North of Canelones, Route 6 passes mostly through sparsely populated areas and connects with few small towns and villages.

South end

Its extension in Montevideo is Avenida de las Instrucciones, which splits into Route 33 and Route 6 in Toledo Chico, just before the border with Canelones Department.

Destinations and junctions

These are the populated places Route 6 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.

Montevideo Department
  • Km. 18 Avenida de las Instrucciones turns into Route 6. At this point, Route 7 merges with it and both go northeast.
  • Km. 21 Route 33 north to Routes 11 & 65.
Canelones Department
Florida Department
Durazno Department
Cerro Largo Department
  • It crosses a distance of only 15 kilometres (9.3 mi) in this department from the stream Arroyo de Cordobés at Paso del Gordo to the Río Negro at Paso Pereira, where it passes over the river on a hand pulled wire cable ferry with single car capacity. 1.6 kilometres (0.99 mi) before the ferry, it meets with Route 38 which connects it with Route 7 near Tupambaé.
Tacuarembó
Rivera Department

References

  1. ↑ "LEY N° 15.214". República Oriental del Uruguay, Poder Legislativo. 1981. Archived from the original on 7 March 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2011.
  2. ↑ "Kilómetro cero en Plaza Cagancha". Junta Departamental de Montevideo. 25 March 2010. Archived from the original on 29 June 2012. Retrieved 21 July 2011.


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