The Lagoa–Barra Highway (
Portuguese:''Autoestrada Lagoa–Barra''), officially named Engenheiro Fernando Mac Dowell Highway in honour of
Fernando Mac Dowell, is a highway linking
Gávea and
Barra da Tijuca
Barra da Tijuca () (usually known as Barra) is an upper-middle class neighborhood or bairro in the Rio de Janeiro#West Zone, West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located in the western portion of the city on the Atlantic Ocean. Barra is well known ...
in
Rio de Janeiro
Rio de Janeiro, or simply Rio, is the capital of the Rio de Janeiro (state), state of Rio de Janeiro. It is the List of cities in Brazil by population, second-most-populous city in Brazil (after São Paulo) and the Largest cities in the America ...
, Brazil. The highway was opened in 1971.
References
Transport in Rio de Janeiro (city)
Highways in Rio de Janeiro (state)
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