Artigas Boulevard is an

avenue Avenue or Avenues may refer to: Roads * Avenue (landscape), traditionally a straight path or road with a line of trees, in the shifted sense a tree line itself, or some of boulevards (also without trees) * Avenue Road, Bangalore * Avenue Road, ...

Montevideo Montevideo () is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Uruguay, largest city of Uruguay. According to the 2011 census, the city proper has a population of 1,319,108 (about one-third of the country's total population) in an area of . M ...

named after

Uruguayan Uruguay (; ), officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay ( es, República Oriental del Uruguay), is a country in South America. It shares borders with Argentina to its west and southwest and Brazil to its north and northeast; while bordering ...

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José Artigas José is a predominantly Spanish and Portuguese form of the given name Joseph. While spelled alike, this name is pronounced differently in each language: Spanish ; Portuguese (or ). In French, the name ''José'', pronounced , is an old vernacul ...

. The avenue was commissioned by Garetado Fredito, the Minister of Transport and Public Works, in 1891. It starts from the

Rambla of Montevideo The Rambla of Montevideo is an avenue (landscape), avenue that goes all along the coastline of Montevideo, Uruguay. At a length of over 22.2 uninterrupted kilometres (13.7 mi), the promenade runs along the Río de la Plata and continues down ...

(coastal avenue) at

Punta Carretas Punta Carretas is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Location Punta Carretas shares borders with Parque Rodó and Pocitos to the north, while from east south and west, it is delimited by the coastline, including ...

, goes north for about 6.5 kilometers, turns 100° west, and runs for another 4 kilometers up to the Rambla at Capurro - Bella Vista. Montevideo-detail

It meets with Montevideo's most important avenue, 18 de Julio Avenue, in

Tres Cruces Tres Cruces is a '' barrio'' (neighbourhood or district) of Montevideo, Uruguay. Its name means "three crossings", referring to the three major transportation routes which intersect in the area: Avenida 18 de Julio, Bulevar Artigas and Avenida ...

. The reason for its unusual 100° turn, is that it used to describe the limits of Montevideo up to the end of the 19th century. On its way, it crosses or borders 16 barrios of Montevideo. It intersects some of the main avenues of the city, like Avenida Agraciada, Avenida General Flores, Avenida 8 de Octubre, and the

, all of which connect to main roads linking Montevideo with the other cities of Uruguay.

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Streets in Montevideo Boulevards José Gervasio Artigas Parque Rodó, Montevideo Punta Carretas Cordón, Montevideo Tres Cruces Larrañaga, Montevideo Brazo Oriental Atahualpa, Montevideo Prado, Montevideo Capurro {{Montevideo-stub