Route 1 (Uruguay)

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

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.

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.