title: Route 5 (Uruguay)
text: # Route 5 (Uruguay)
  
  Route 5 is a national route of Uruguay. In 1975, it was assigned the name Brigadier General Fructuoso Rivera, a national hero of Uruguay. It is one of the most important highways in country, along with Route 3, connecting Montevideo in the south with Rivera in the north and passing through the centre of the country. The road is approximately 501 kilometres (311 mi) in length. Upon reaching Santana do Livramento (the Brazilian extension of Rivera), the road joins federal highway BR-158.
  
  The distance notation along Route 5 uses the same Kilometre Zero reference as Routes 1, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9 and IB, which is the Pillar of Peace of Plaza de Cagancha in the Centro of Montevideo.
  
  ## Destinations and junctions
  
  These are the populated places Route 5 passes through, as well as its main junctions with other National Roads.
  
  ### Montevideo Department
  
  * 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) after its junction with Route 1, near the Ángel S. Adami Airport, Route 102 connects with Carrasco International Airport.
  
  ### Canelones Department
  
  * Km. 33 Villa Felicidad
  * Km. 47 Canelones, Route 11 Southeast to Atlántida & Northwest to San José de Mayo
  
  ### Florida Department
  
  * Km. 75 Mendoza
  * Km. 94 Route 12 Southeast to Minas & Punta Ballena
  * Km. 98 Florida
  * Km. 143 Sarandí Grande
  
  ### Durazno Department
  
  * Km. 183 Durazno, Route 14 East to Sarandí del Yí & La Coronilla (Coast of Rocha), West to Trinidad & Mercedes
  
  ### Tacuarembó Department
  
  * Km. 249 Paso de los Toros
  * Km. 265 Route 20 to Fray Bentos
  * Km. 390 Tacuarembó, Route 26 West & Southwest to Paysandú, East & Southeast to Melo
  
  ### Rivera Department
  
  * Km. 458 Route 30 Northwest to Artigas
  * Km. 496 Route 27 Southeast to Vichadero and Route 6
  * Km. 501 Rivera - connects to Brazilian Federal Roads BR-158 and BR-293.
  