National Route A002 Autopista Teniente General Pablo Riccheri connects
Avenida General Paz with
Ministro Pistarini International Airport (Ezeiza).
History
Established by Decree N°10116 on 29 May 1952, in honor of General
Pablo Riccheri
Pablo Riccheri (August 8, 1859 – July 29, 1936) was an Argentine army officer and minister of war during the second administration of president Julio Roca.
Life and times
Riccheri was born in San Lorenzo, Santa Fe to Catalina Ciufardi and Lazz ...
, the freeway was originally built in 1948 with three lanes on each side. It joins the ''
partidos'' of
La Matanza,
Esteban Echeverría, and
Ezeiza. The freeway travels through the cities of (from north to south)
Ciudad Madero
Ciudad Madero is a coastal city, located in southeast Tamaulipas in the Gulf of Mexico. It is the seventh most populous city in the state, with a census-estimated 2015 population of 209,175 within an area of 18.0 square miles (46.6 km2) the c ...
,
Tapiales
Tapiales is a town in Argentina. It is located in La Matanza Partido and forms part of Greater Buenos Aires. Tapiales had a population of 15,158 at the 2001 census.
Tapiales was established in 1902 by Agustín Elía along the recently inaugurate ...
,
Aldo Bonzi
Aldo Bonzi is a town in La Matanza Partido, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is located within the Greater Buenos Aires metro area.
The town owes its name to Turin-born businessman Dr. Aldo Bonzi (1852–1935), who arrived in Argentina in 18 ...
,
Ciudad Evita, and
Ezeiza.
The freeway was scene of the
Ezeiza Massacre, in which at least 13 died in clashes between left and right-wing
Peronist
Peronism, also called justicialism,. The Justicialist Party is the main Peronist party in Argentina, it derives its name from the concept of social justice., name=, group= is an Argentine political movement based on the ideas and legacy of Ar ...
s vying for the best vantage points from which to view the motorcade for exiled former President
Juan Perón
Juan Domingo Perón (, , ; 8 October 1895 – 1 July 1974) was an Argentine Army general and politician. After serving in several government positions, including Minister of Labour and Vice President of a military dictatorship, he was elected P ...
upon his return to Argentina on June 20, 1973.
It was leased to ''Autopistas del Sur'' in 1994, as part of a
privatization drive by President
Carlos Menem
Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...
. The company has established a system of
pneumatic
Pneumatics (from Greek ‘wind, breath’) is a branch of engineering that makes use of gas or pressurized air.
Pneumatic systems used in Industrial sector, industry are commonly powered by compressed air or compressed inert gases. A central ...
tubes and computers, carrying the money collected from the
toll booth
A tollbooth (or toll booth) is an enclosure placed along a toll road that is used for the purpose of collecting a toll from passing traffic. A structure consisting of several tollbooths placed next to each other is called a toll plaza, tollgat ...
s to a safe location. Approximately 4.5 million vehicles pass through the Riccheri toll plaza, located in Ciudad Madero, per month.
Notes and references
Bibliography
National roads in Buenos Aires
National roads in Buenos Aires Province
Tourism in Argentina
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