The Brigadier Estanislao López Highway (AP 01) is a

highway A highway is any public or private road or other public way on land. It is used for major roads, but also includes other public roads and public tracks. In some areas of the United States, it is used as an equivalent term to controlled-access ...

in the

Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, ...

province of Santa Fe, linking the provincial capital Santa Fe and the city of

Rosario Rosario () is the largest city in the central Argentine province of Santa Fe. The city is located northwest of Buenos Aires, on the west bank of the Paraná River. Rosario is the third-most populous city in the country, and is also the most p ...

. It runs north–south for 157 km (91 mi), roughly parallel to National Route 11. Named in honor of the 19th century ''

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'' and governor, Estanislao López, the highway was initiated by the Provincial Highway Bureau office during the tenure of Governor

Aldo Tessio Aldo Emilio Tessio (October 28, 1909 – January 17, 2000) was an Argentine politician belonging to the Radical Civic Union (UCR). He served a Governor of Santa Fe Province from October 12, 1963, to June 28, 1966. Born in Esperanza, Santa Fe, ...

, and was built between 1964 and 1972. Provincial Law Nº 10.798, signed by Governor

Carlos Reutemann Carlos Alberto "Lole" Reutemann (12 April 1942 – 7 July 2021) was an Argentine racing driver who raced in Formula One from to , and later became a politician in his native province of Santa Fe, for the Justicialist Party, and governor o ...

in 1993, privatized the highway's operations and maintenance, and redesignated it as a

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under the management of AUFE.Juan Carlos Rima, Jorge Sánchez and Luis A. Yáñez: ''La vialidad argentina y la concesión por peaje de rutas nacionales''.

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Provincial roads in Santa Fe Province Buildings and structures completed in 1964 {{santaFeAR-geo-stub