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, 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)

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, Tapiales, Aldo Bonzi, 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

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s vying for the best vantage points from which to view the motorcade for exiled former President

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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

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. The company has established a system of

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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.

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