Roads of Brazil

There exist two highway types to the Brésil: the federal roads , managed by the federal government, and the local roads , managed by the various States of the federative Republic of Brazil.

Federal roads

The Brazilian federal roads are presented by a symbol made up of the letters " BR" , of an indent and three digits. They are divided into five categories: radial road , longitudinal road , transverse road , diagonal road and road of connection .

Radial roads

A radial Route (radial Rodovia) is the name received by the Brazilian federal Roads which start from Brasília, towards the extreme points of the country, Mer or Frontière.

The direction of mileage starts starting from the road Ring of Brasília, the Kilomètre Zero of each State being at the point of Rout federal nearest to the federal capital.

Identification

Nomenclature: Br-0xx
Primier quantifies: 0 (zero)
Other figures: classification can vary from 10 to 90, being always multiples of 10 being established in the time Sens on the road Ring.

See also: List of the radial roads (Brazil)

Longitudinal roads

A longitudinal Route is the name received by the Brazilian federal Roads which cross the country in the Northern direction - Southern. Mileage is done in this direction, with the single exceptions of BR-163 and BR-174 which is seen directed towards North.

Identification

Nomenclature: Br-1xx
Primeiro criffre: 1 (one)
Other figures: classification varies from 00 to 49 on the part of the country which goes from the extreme Is country with Brasília, and from 50 to 99 between the Capital and the extreme Western.

See also: List of the longitudinal roads (Brazil)

Transverse roads

A transverse Route (transverse Rodovia) is the name received by the Brazilian federal Roads which traverse the country in the direction Is - Western. Mileage is done in this direction.

Identification

Nomenclature: Br-2xx
First figure: 2 (two)
Other figures: classification varies from 00 to 49, on the part of the country which goes from the Northern extreme of the country to Brasília. Varied from 50 has 99 between the Capital and the extreme Southern.

See also: List of the transverse roads (Brazil)

Diagonal roads

A Diagonal Route (diagonal Rodovia) is the name received by the Brazilian federal Roads which cross the country in the North-western direction - South-east or the North-East - South-west. Mileage is done in this direction.

Identification

Nomenclature: Br-3xx
First figure: 3 (three)
Other figures: classification can vary from 01 to 99.

See also: List of the diagonal roads (Brazil)

Roads of connection

A Route of connection (Rodovia of ligação) is the name received by the Brazilian federal Roads which connect two federal roads between them, a road with a close locality, the international borders or which cannot be classified elsewhere.

Identification

Nomenclature: Br-4xx
First figure: 4 (four)
Other figures: classification can vary from 01 to 99.

See also: List of the roads of connection (Brazil)

Local roads

The Brazilian local roads are represented by a symbol made up of the letters symbolizing the State which they serve, of an indent and three digits.

Rio Grande C Sul

See Roads of the Rio Grande C Sul.

State de São Paulo

Sources

Localization of the federal roads (in Portuguese) ; to select the desired State and to click on the number of the road to know its state, section section by section.
List of the federal roads.
Charts of the roads of Brazil, by State (pdf).

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