Provincial Route 215 (Buenos Aires)

Provincial Route 215 is a 109-kilometre-long (68 mi) highway in the northeast of the Province of Buenos Aires, Argentina that joins the West Channel in the city of Ensenada and the junction with National Route 3 in San Miguel del Monte.

Provincial Route 215
Ruta provincial 215
Route information
Length109 km (68 mi)
Existed1935–present
Major junctions
Northeast endEnsenada
Southeast endSan Miguel del Monte
Highway system
Highways in Argentina

In the Ensenada Partido, it corresponds to Avenida Horacio Cestino while in the La Plata Partido, it corresponds to Avenida 44.[1] Although the roads are separated to the northeast of the roundabout with the Provincial Route 6, this section does not form a motorway or semi-motorway since the cross streets cross the route level.

History

National Route 215 was in the original plan of national routes of September 3, 1935, linking the cities of La Plata and San Miguel del Monte.[2]

On April 14, 1937, the company hired by the "Dirección Provincial de Vialidad (Buenos Aires Province Road Directorate", government agency that built and maintained roads in Buenos Aires Province) completed the paving work on a road (3 m wide) from the La Plata to Brandsen section.[3]

On December 14, 1979, a bridge over Provincial route 2 near the Ángel Etcheverry district, was inaugurated. Due to its proximity to the town, it was popularly known as "Cruce Etcheverry" ('Etcheverry Crossing').[4][5]

In 1982, the Directorate of Roads of the Province of Buenos Aires completed the works to add a divided carriageway with reinforced concrete pavement on this highway in the section between Avenida 131 (border of the city of La Plata) and Provincial Route 6, with variable road width according to the distance to the provincial capital.[6]

The route was later transferred to provincial jurisdiction. In 2007 the construction of the second road of the 18 kilometers that separated Provincial Route 6 from the town of Brandsen was announced. During 2009, a tender was called to carry out the work, which was divided into two stages. This time the first would be held, which would extend between Provincial Route 6 and Los Bosquecitos de Brandsen neighborhood, a section of approximately 11 kilometers.

Major intersections

Partido City km mi Exit Destinations Notes
EnsenadaEnsenada1.00.622 to Ensenada (east)
1.10.68 FCBAPE's Buenos Aires – Port of Ensenada lineLevel crossing (line closed)
La PlataLa Plata53.102 La Plata (north) – Mar del Plata (south)
Lisandro Olmos1911.802 El Pato (north) – Pipinas (south)Joins to and
25.015.53 FCR's La Plata – González Catán lineLevel crossing (line closed in 1993)
25.715.962 Buenos Aires (north) – Mar del Plata (south)Crossing known as "Cruce Etcheverry"
Abasto2817.391 to Zárate (north)
BrandsenBrandsen4125.472 to Villa La FloridaJoins to (north)
45.628.33 FCR's ConstituciónMar del Plata lineLevel crossing (active)
45.728.391 to PR 226 (Balcarce) (south)
4729.201 to Remedios de Escalada (GBA) (north)
CañuelasGobernador Udaondo8250.95 FCPBA's Loma Negra – La Plata lineLevel crossing (line closed)
MonteBlandengues10665.862 to Baradero (north) – Castelli (south)
S.M. del Monte10967.722 Buenos Aires (north) – Tierra del Fuego (south)
1.000 mi = 1.609 km; 1.000 km = 0.621 mi

References

  1. Guía "T" (Buenos Aires maps), Editorial Betina, 2005
  2. "Caminos de la red nacional" on Dirección Nacional de Vialidad, Editorial Pesce, published 1936
  3. "Cuatro años de gobierno 1936-1940" on Vialidad - Vol. IV, Editorial Kraft, published 1940
  4. Vialidad n° 72, Oct–Dic 1979
  5. El Pueblo n° 1404 (magazine of San Vicente Partido), 14 Dec 2007 (archived)
  6. Vialidad n° 82, Apr–Jun 1982
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