Tres Cruces bus station

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Tres Cruces Bus Station
General information
LocationArtigas Boulevard 1825
Montevideo, Uruguay
Coordinates34.8938° S, 56.1664° W
Platforms49 gates
Other information
Websitewww.trescruces.com.uy
History
OpenedNovember 16, 1994; 29 years ago (1994-11-16)
Passengers
12 100 000

Tres Cruces bus station (Spanish:Terminal Tres Cruces) is the main bus terminal in Uruguay. It is located in the Tres Cruces district, in Montevideo.

Overview

Main facade and monument to Fructuoso Rivera, first president of Uruguay.

On July 11, 1991, President Luis A. Lacalle signed the agreement for the construction of the Bus Terminal. [1] The building was designed by the studio of the architect Guillermo Gómez Platero, with the collaboration of Enrique Cohe and Roberto Alberti. The station was inaugurated on November 16, 1994.[1] The structure is brick. Tres Cruces concentrates the largest passenger traffic in the country, from there national and international destinations are operated. Around 20,000,000 people visit this bus station.[2] In the building, there is also a shopping center.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b "Terminal de ómnibus Tres Cruces" [Bus Terminal Three Crosses]. Municipio B (in Spanish). 2018-01-06. Retrieved 2019-12-27.
  2. ^ "Tres Cruces "se echa encima" US$ 38 millones (3 por pasajero). Te contamos cómo se acomodan las marcas en el shopping" [Three Crosses "sat" $38 million (3 per passenger) We tell you how brands fit in shopping]. info Negocios (in Spanish). 2012-12-06.