Avenida Brasil (Rio de Janeiro)

Map of Av. Brasil

Avenida Brasil is an expressway-like thoroughfare in Rio de Janeiro. At 58.5 kilometres (36.4 mi), it is the biggest avenue in extension in Brazil, as well as the largest urban track of BR-101. Av. Brasil was first proposed in 1939 and was inaugurated 7 years later, and currently goes through 26 neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

References

↑ COSTA, RENATO. Entre 'Avenida' e "Rodovia": a história da avenida Brasil (1906-1954). Tese de doutoramento. UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, 2006."Hist. cienc. saude-Manguinhos vol.14 no.1 Rio de Janeiro Jan./Mar. 2007" ISSN 0104-5970

Transport in Rio de Janeiro City

Airports

Main	Galeão Santos Dumont

Other	Civil: Jacarepaguá Military: Afonsos AFB, Galeão AFB, Santa Cruz AFB Former: Bartolomeu de Gusmão, Manguinhos

Road

Major roads	Av Atlântica Av Brasil Av Rio Branco Av Vieira Souto Lagoa–Barra Highway Yellow Line Red Line

Rail/cable car

Systems	Commuter rail: SuperVia Rapid transit rail: MetrôRio

Commuter rail	List of SuperVia stations

Rapid transit rail	Line 1 Line 2 Line 4 List of Rio de Janeiro metro stations

Cable car	Sugarloaf Cable Car Teleférico do Alemão Teleférico da Providência

Light rail	Corcovado Rack Railway Santa Teresa Tram VLT (Light Rail)

Major train stations	Botafogo Carioca Central do Brasil

Bus

Systems	Bus rapid transit: BRT, BRS

BRT services	Transoeste, Transcarioca, Planned: Transolímpica List of Rio de Janeiro BRT stations

Major bus stations	Novo Rio Bus Terminal Terminal Alvorada

Boat

Ticketing

RioCard

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