Marginal Pinheiros

Marginal Pinheiros (officially SP-015) is a section of the highway that runs through the city of

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along the

Pinheiros River The Pinheiros River ( pt, Rio Pinheiros) is a most rectified inverted polluted water original sinuous course, today tributary of the Tietê River that runs through the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Until 1920, the river was together the river ''Jur ...

. It is one of the most important roads in São Paulo, linking the north and south zones, though this

east East or Orient is one of the four cardinal directions or points of the compass. It is the opposite direction from west and is the direction from which the Sun rises on the Earth. Etymology As in other languages, the word is formed from the fa ...

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connection, beginning at the triple border of Campos Grande,

Cidade Dutra Cidade Dutra is one of 96 districts in the city of São Paulo, Brazil. Neighborhoods of Cidade Dutra * Chácara Meyer * Chácara Monte Sol * Cidade Dutra * Conjunto Residencial Salvador Tolezani * Granja Nossa Senhora Aparecida * Jardim Alpi ...

and Socorro and ending at the border of Vila Leopoldina and

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. It provides access to many important highways of the state of São Paulo, including the Anchieta Highway and the Imigrantes Highway via the

Bandeirantes Avenue Bandeirantes Avenue (in Portuguese: ''Avenida dos Bandeirantes'' - ''see Bandeirantes)'' is one of the most important avenues of São Paulo, serving as one of the main access roads to the Congonhas Airport, as well as a link between Marginal Pinhe ...

, the Raposo Tavares Highway and the Régis Bittencourt Highway via the ''Francisco Morato Avenue'', and to the Castelo Branco highway via the Cebolão, a complex of accesses linking Marginal Pinheiros,

Marginal Tietê Marginal Tietê (officially SP-015) is a section of this highway that runs through the city of São Paulo, Brazil. The name of this section comes from the fact that each way of the expressway runs near a different waterfront of the Tietê River. ...

and the aforementioned highway. There are several bridges connecting each side of the river, such as the Octavio Frias de Oliveira bridge. Even though there are seven

lanes In road transport, a lane is part of a roadway that is designated to be used by a single line of vehicles to control and guide drivers and reduce traffic conflicts. Most public roads (highways) have at least two lanes, one for traffic in each ...

on each side of the Marginal Pinheiros, in which 5 lanes are express to up 90 km/h and a local one with 3 lanes to up 60 km/h, it is still very common for

traffic congestion Traffic congestion is a condition in transport that is characterized by slower speeds, longer trip times, and increased vehicular queueing. Traffic congestion on urban road networks has increased substantially since the 1950s. When traffic de ...

to take place there. A

CPTM , owner = São Paulo State Government , area served = Greater São Paulo, Brazil , transit_type = Commuter rail , lines = 5 , line_number = , st ...

Train line runs along both the river and the road. Streets in São Paulo Highways in São Paulo (state) {{brazil-road-stub