Bandeirantes Avenue (in

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: ''Avenida dos Bandeirantes'' - ''see

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)'' is one of the most important avenues of

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, serving as one of the main access roads to the

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, as well as a link between

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highway and

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and

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. The avenue had large truck traffic due to the export flow flowing through the

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, however, after August 2010, the movement of such vehicles on the road was restricted to the nighttime due to the conclusion of the south section of the

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(see below). The avenue also serves as the southern boundary of the area known as the "expanded central zone." Bandeirantes Avenue originally was called Estrada da Traição ("Betrayal Road"). Traição stream was channeled into a pipeline and the avenue was built on top of this, hence its name. On July 28, 2010, Mayor Gilberto Kassab announced a ban on trucks on the road on weekdays between 5:00 AM and 9:00 PM (21:00) hours. The measure aims to relieve traffic in the city and encourage the use of the newly opened southern passage

, created specifically for the purpose of removing the large cargo trucks from the urban center.

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