![Avenida Juan B Justo Mapa](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9c/Avenida_Juan_B_Justo_Mapa.jpg)
Avenida Juan B. Justo is an avenue that runs through
Palermo
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and
Recoleta neighborhoods of
Buenos Aires
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,
Argentina
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, and goes from southwest to northeast, parallel
Pueyrredón avenue Pueyrredón may refer to:
* ARA ''Pueyrredón'', a ''Garibaldi''-class armoured cruiser of the Argentine Navy
* Chilean brigantine ''Águila'' (1796), the first ship of the Chilean Navy, renamed ''Pueyrredón''
*Club Pueyrredón, a rugby union club ...
. It starts at
Santa Fe avenue
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, and ends at
Avenida General Paz
Avenida General Paz (official name Ruta Nacional A001 - National Route A001) is a beltway freeway surrounding the city of Buenos Aires. Roughly following the boundary between the city and Buenos Aires Province, it is one of the few motorways in A ...
.
Throughout its route passes the first
Metrobus of the city. The avenue was so named in honor of
Juan B. Justo.
Metrobus
![Villa Luro-Av](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Villa_Luro-Av._Juan_B._Justo1.jpg)
The
Metrobus line on the avenue was the first of the network to open in 2011. It is long, has 21 stations and carries 100,000 passengers per day with a frequency of one bus every 2 minutes.
[Metrobus Juan B. Justo](_blank)
/ref> Its implementation has improved traffic significantly on the avenue.
The implementation of this Metrobus line was met with criticism from shop owners along Juan B. Justo who could no longer receive deliveries during peak hours due to there being less lanes for regular traffic, something which has been remedied by having specific hours for deliveries.Comenzó a funcionar el Metrobús sobre avenida Juan B. Justo
- La Nacion, 31 May 2011.
References
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Justo Justo () is a Spanish surname and male given name meaning ''just'', i.e. ''fair''.
Given name
Notable people with this given name include:
* José Justo Corro (1794-1864), Mexican president
* José Justo Milla (1794–1838), Honduran military lea ...